glTF Working Group Meeting 2021-12-16

[robertlong]

Agenda

• Welcome newcomers.
• Khronos Liaison Update.
• OMI_audio_emitter updates
• Schedule working sessions for explainer and blender Addon

[robertlong]

Notes

• Discussion on Avatar rigging / animation retargeting workflow for VRM
  • https://www.donmccurdy.com/2017/11/06/creating-animated-gltf-characters-with-mixamo-and-blender/
  • https://github.com/sketchpunklabs/ossos
  • https://github.com/pixiv/three-vrm
  • https://glitch.com/edit/#!/three-vrm-1-sandbox-mixamo
  • Voids in glTF <-> VRM
    • VRM explicitly excludes animations
    • Animation retargeting
  • Possible standards
    • Animation retargeting
    • Props driven avatar animations (ex. potion glTF can animate avatar to drink potion)
  • Action items:
    • Evie to create an issue to kick off this retargeting extension proposal and @fire and Lyuma to help add comments
• @fire is now an individual contributor to the Khronos 3D Formats group, representing Godot and OMI
• Open glTF Repository
  • There's a need for an open repository for hosting common glTF content. A CDN for metaverse assets with proper CORS headers set for public usage.
  • Possible partners
    • Icosa Gallery https://beta.icosa.gallery/
    • Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/archiveteam_googlepol
    • US Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000500.shtml