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SIGGRAPH 2024 will take place from 28 July – 1 August 2024 in Denver, Colorado. The annual event is the premier conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques...
The Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) is an open, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the interoperability of 3D content through OpenUSD (Universal Scene Description). Standardizing the 3D ecosystem will enable developers and content creators to describe, compose, and simulate large-scale 3D projects and build an ever-widening range of 3D-enabled products and services. Part of the Joint Development Foundation, the Alliance brings together a diverse and inclusive community of participants to provide an open forum for collaborative development and discussion around OpenUSD.
OpenUSD is far more than just a file format. It’s a comprehensive technology, platform, and ecosystem built to empower 3D creativity and visualization at cinematic scales.
OpenUSD is a high-performance extensible framework and ecosystem for describing, composing, simulating, and collaboratively navigating and constructing 3D scenes.
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Created by Pixar Animation Studios, OpenUSD is now being embraced by industries beyond the film industry, including architecture, engineering, construction, automotive, and manufacturing.
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OpenUSD gives developers and content creators the unique ability to broaden interoperability across content tools, data types, workflows, and platforms.
Nvidia
SIGGRAPH 2024 will take place from 28 July – 1 August 2024 in Denver, Colorado. The annual event is the premier conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques...
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In the second edition of the "Meet the Visionary" editorial series, we’re diving deep into the world of Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD) through the eyes of Perry Nightingale, a trailblazer in digital content production whose insights are setting the stage for the next wave of digital transformation. Perry is Senior Vice President of Creative AI at WPP, a new member of the Alliance for OpenUSD that will help shape the future of this transformative technology. Learn more in the video: His pioneering work is not only transforming the content production landscape at WPP but also paving the way for…
As an AOUSD General Member, you’ll have a seat at the table during discussion and development of new features to the OpenUSD specification. Through a structured but collaborative process, you’ll help shape the future features and directions of the OpenUSD technology stack and define the structure of the core functionality for how 3D worlds will be described and interacted with going forward.
The Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) is an open, non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the standardization, development, evolution, and growth of OpenUSD (Universal Scene Description) to promote interoperability of 3D content. Part of the Joint Development Foundation, the Alliance provides an open forum for collaborative development and discussion around OpenUSD, bringing together a diverse and inclusive community of participants.
For more information about becoming an AOUSD member, click here, and for the AOUSD Working Group Processes, click here.
The Alliance for OpenUSD steering committee will comprise technical, business, and community leaders committed to driving the open standards technology, including one from each of the Founding Member companies and elected representatives of the general membership. Each of the Founding Member companies–Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA–has been and continues to be large contributors to and evangelists of OpenUSD.
Steve May, CTO of Pixar Animation Studios, is the initial Chairperson for the Alliance, selected by the steering committee.
Members of AOUSD must also be members of Linux Foundation. General Members pay an annual fee of $10,000 USD.
Membership fees are used to support collaborative infrastructure, program management, specification editing services, marketing, and PR, and in the future, compliance and certification testing efforts. General membership is now open. Become a member.