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Abstract

This is the just one in a series of white papers published by the IEEE 3D Body Processing Initiative (3DBP). The main areas of interest of IEEE 3DBP are apparel, athletics, health, and wellness industry applications.

The first white paper¹ introduced the background, goals, and status for the IEEE 3D Body Processing standard, which is under development. Another white paper² reviews existing standards relevant to the 3DBP initiative and provides a minimal set of landmarks and measurements needed for 3D body processing. These and other white papers are available at

Yearly updates of the IEEE 3DBP are available from 3D Body Tech Conference Proceedings.

This white paper is dedicated to file formats, covering the surveys conducted by 3DBP group, determining industry needs, and providing file format recommendations to facilitate the 3D data processing. The requirements for 3D body models are thoroughly considered, five file formats are compared, two of them that meet the requirements (X3D and glTF) are explored, and the recommendations on representation options are given as well.

¹3D Body Processing (3DBP) Initiative-An Introduction.

²Landmarks and Measurement Standards Comparison in 3D Body‐model Processing.