[webvmt] Status Update

1. Progress Made
    i. Published vmt-sync-examples repo [1] with demos and guidance on how to integrate WebVMT sync commands [2] with DataCue in a web browser - including variants for streaming cues, custom cues, duplicate cue types, multiple tracks and multiple handlers.
    ii. Continued collaboration in W3C Sync on the Web Community Group [3] for live screening use case to replicate stage lighting at local venue synchronised with video of remote event using WebVMT with DataCue [4].
    iii. Updated Editor's Draft [5] to include negative cue times [6].
    iv. Drafted IANA media type application [7] for 'text/vmt' to address breaking changes from 'text/vtt' including unbounded cues and negative cue times - both of which are supported by HTML.
    v. Updated GPX import tool on community tools page [8].

2. Next Steps
    i. Submit proposal to OGC Testbed-21 [9] to study collision monitoring use case using geotagged video from dash cam fleet.
    ii. Continue alignment discussions with OGC GeoPose SWG [10].
    iii. Continue participation in WICG DataCue [11].
    iv. Continue collaboration in W3C Sync on the Web Community Group [12]. 
    v. Continue community outreach and identify more activities to promote progress towards the standardisation track.

[1] https://github.com/webvmt/vmt-sync-examples?tab=readme-ov-file#vmt-sync-examples
[2] https://www.w3.org/TR/webvmt/#synchronized-data
[3] https://www.w3.org/community/sync-on-the-web/
[4] https://github.com/webvmt/community-group/issues/16
[5] https://w3c.github.io/sdw/proposals/geotagging/webvmt/
[6] https://github.com/webvmt/community-group/issues/9
[7] https://www.iana.org/form/media-types
[8] https://webvmt.org/community/tools
[9] https://www.ogc.org/initiatives/ogc-testbed-21/
[10] https://www.ogc.org/projects/groups/geoposeswg
[11] https://github.com/WICG/datacue
[12] https://www.w3.org/community/sync-on-the-web/

Received on Thursday, 11 September 2025 11:33:05 UTC