XR Subgroup

This is the landing page for the XR subgroup. The XR subgroup meets on Mondays from 09:00-10:00 EST (14:00 - 15:00 BST). Information for joining the meeting can be seen at https://www.w3.org/2017/08/telecon-info_silver-xr.

• Meeting summary notes can be found at https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/XR_Subgroup_-_Meeting_Summary

Comments on the WCAG3 FPWD

• Github issues assigned to XR - the Github issues from WCAG3 First Public Working Draft (FPWD) filtered to those assigned to the XR subgroup.
• Google drive folder for storing proposals

Drafts

• XR Strategy White Paper Draft
• How-To: XR Captioning
• Method: Reflow of captions
• Method: Provide Text Equivalents for speech and key sound effects
• Method: Provides visual equivalent of speech and non-speech audio metadata
• Summary of Guideline and Outcomes for TR - Github branch with project info]
• Project of status on developing documents
• XR Captioning User Requirements - Github project.
• Functional Outcomes draft

Resources

• Thread from Immersive Caption on location data in caption meta-data
• XR and Emerging Technologies - from Joshue
• XR Accessibility User Requirements
• Report from W3C Inclusive Design for Immersive Web standards
• Disruptive Approaches for Subtitling in Immersive Environments - (PDF) BBC's Chris Hughes (and others) research on captioning in XR
• W3C Media Accessibility User Requirements (MAUR)
• Designing Subtitles for 360 Content
• Enhancing Subtitles
• Feels Like Rain - haptic experiment at BBC
• Immersive Captions Breakout from XRAccess Conference
• XRAccess Conference - Notes from Immersive Captioning session
• Virtual World Society
• XR Access Symposium Mozilla Hubs Experimental Virtual Reality Session
• Getting Started with Hubs
• Training Experts in Inclusive Practice for an Equity Access to Culture in Europe
• Tactile Images
• Demos from XR Access Symposium
• BBC's Designing Subtitles for 360 Content
• Enhancing Subtitles - BBC

From TPAC 2020

• Requirements for subtitles and text in WebXR - Immersive Web #40
• Use Cases for Subtitles in 360 (Immersive Web #39)
• Standardisation of 360 Video Playback (Immersive Web #55)
• Immersive Accessibility Group
• Mozilla Immersive Custom elements
• W3C 360 Workshop on Cloud Streaming (Slide 9)
• W3C 360 Video Meeting Minutes

Next Steps

• Email for January goals
  • Suzanne is writing 2 Methods for Outcome 5
  • Sheri is writing a Method for Outcome 3, but need to coordinate with Outcome 4
• Draft a definition for captioning in an immersive environment
• Draft more Methods (at least one for each functional outcome)

Participants

• Mike Crabb
• Joshue O'Connor
• Bruce Bailey
• Jeanne Spellman
• Charles Hall
• Suzanne Taylor
• Sheri Byrne-Haber

No longer active

• Janina Sajka