Game Technology Standards Study Group Bret Wilson Winter 2009 SAB Meeting 9 December 2008

Purpose & Agenda Agenda Purpose: To provide an update on the Game Technology Standards Study Group. Agenda Workshop Report. Roadmap. Policies & Procedures. Wiki. Issues. 20 Mar 09 Game Technology Standards – Winter 2009

Workshop Report Workshop overview: Key Issues (Standards): Held 3 Feb 09 in Los Angeles, sponsored by SAB & T&C. Purpose: to establish a roadmap for game engineering technology standards. Attendees: GameSIG (Orange County), TFGT. Key Issues (Standards): Convincing game tech industry who think we do not need standards. Working with other standards committees. Industry outreach. Key Issues (Technical): GameSIG (Orange County) feels isolated. Members are a ready source for game engineering articles. Relationships with TFGT and other tech committees (Visualization & Graphics TC, Human Interface and Artificial Intelligence, Audio). 20 Mar 09 Game Technology Standards – Winter 2009

Online resources are key and essential to our success. Roadmap Milestone Date Description Status Policies & Procedures 20 Mar Draft GTSC Policies & Procedures manual for review & comment. Pending review. Roadmap Publish preliminary roadmap. Resources May Identify & acquire IEEE-CS resources for outreach (web community, articles, representation at major game tech events). On-going/TBD. GameSIG/TFGT Jun Re-engage GameSIG and TFGT; establish collaborative game engineering strategy. TBD. Web Portal Feeder established to Game & Simulation Technology Portal; content posted from GTSC >1x weekly. Approve P&P 3 Jun P&P to be reviewed for approval. At <event>.. Pending approval of draft. Membership Jul Select officers; have 2+ members in all domain areas. On-going. Candidate PARs Sep Identify and draft 3< PAR candidates. 2 incomplete drafts. Generate PAR Dec First PAR submitted NLT EOM Dec. Not started. Online resources are key and essential to our success. 20 Mar 09 Game Technology Standards – Winter 2009

Policies & Procedures Draft published online for review & comment. No issues anticipated. 20 Mar 09 Game Technology Standards – Winter 2009

Wiki Background. Why is it important? Website established Apr 08: gamestandards.org. IEEE DNS Jun 08: ieee.gtsc.org. Listserv & forums established Jul 08. GameSIG engaged for game standards support: Aug 08. Online community moved to Liferay (IEEE), Dec 08. Why is it important? Where is the online IEEE-CS game tech community? 20 Mar 09 Game Technology Standards – Winter 2009

Wiki Background. Where is the online IEEE-CS game tech community? Website established Apr 08: gamestandards.org. IEEE DNS Jun 08: ieee.gtsc.org. Listserv & forums established Jul 08. GameSIG engaged for game standards support: Aug 08. Online community moved to Liferay (IEEE), Dec 08. Where is the online IEEE-CS game tech community? TFGT: no online presence. TCSIM: no online presence. Game & Simulation Technology portal: content updates? Why is it important? 20 Mar 09 Game Technology Standards – Winter 2009

Why an Online Community? Purpose Examples Interactivity Engagement. Learning. Build community. User profiles. Discussion forums. In-line commenting. Collaboration Working together. Sharing information. Communicating updates. Writing/editing docs. Shared calendars. Shared files, links, news. Team/Unit News Inform. Share information. Build community. Project updates. Events. Milestones. Organizational News Support priorities. Keep staff informed. Connect the pieces. New projects. Notes from Senior Mgt. Public accolades. Operational News Basic information. Support of daily work. Business continuity. New policies. Network maintenance. New members. Core Information References. Standards. Accountability. Strategic plan. Members directory. Policies, guidelines. 20 Mar 09 Game Technology Standards – Winter 2009

Content Generation & Source Purpose Examples Individuals Interactivity Engagement. Learning. Build community. User profiles. Discussion forums. In-line commenting. Create Comment Tag Collaboration Teams Working together. Sharing information. Communicating updates. Writing/editing docs. Shared calendars. Shared files, links, news. Post Edit Update Team/Unit News Inform. Share information. Build community. Project updates. Events. Milestones. Organizational News Centralized Functions Support priorities. Keep staff informed. Connect the pieces. New projects. Notes from Senior Mgt. Public accolades. Operational News Basic information. Support of daily work. Business continuity. New policies. Network maintenance. New members. Search Find Read Core Information References. Standards. Accountability. Strategic plan. Members directory. Policies, guidelines. 20 Mar 09 Game Technology Standards – Winter 2009

Issues [Web] – Enable registration and delegate OU/Community roles. [Web] – Enable messaging tools. Notifications/Alerts. Subscriptions. Email. [Web] – Inheritance of content from “game” portals to Game & Simulation Technology portal. News/Articles. Events. Blogs. Links. [Web] – Listserv administration. 20 Mar 09 Game Technology Standards – Winter 2009

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