To foster the standardization, development, evolution, and growth of OpenUSD.
The Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) is an open, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting 3D data interoperability through OpenUSD (Universal Scene Description). As part of the Joint Development Foundation, AOUSD provides an open forum for collaborative development and discussion, aiming to standardize the 3D ecosystem for developers and content creators to build and simulate large-scale 3D projects.
Provide a written specification for OpenUSD functionality and compatibility, enabling. diverse implementations and allowing other standards to reference OpenUSD.
Serve as the coordinator for developing new OpenUSD functionality by our members and in collaboration with partner organizations.
Provide a repository for new OpenUSD functionality when a reference implementation doesn’t exist in the Pixar repository, allowing new implementations as OpenUSD functionality grows.
Offer new opportunities for the OpenUSD community including removing barriers for adoption across a wider array of use cases and implementations.
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.
NVIDIA
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, manufacturing, and robotics.
NVIDIA
OpenUSD gives developers and content creators the unique ability to broaden interoperability across content tools, data types, workflows, and platforms.
Join us in San Francisco at the Autodesk Gallery on November 21st for the second AOUSD Member Summit, where open source & standards experts, 3D pioneers, and industry leaders will...
Join AOUSD as a General Member and help collaboratively shape the future of the OpenUSD technology stack and its functionality as part of AOUSD Working Groups. Or, become a Contributor in Interest Groups to share your thoughts.
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.
Parties interested in taking an active role in the Alliance for OpenUSD’s missions may join as a General Member to participate in Working Groups, or as a Contributor to participate in Interest Groups. Learn more about our membership.
AOUSD has a strong ecosystem partnerships with standards organizations and open source consortiums working in the OpenUSD and 3D worlds ecosystem. If you are interested in working with AOUSD, request to collaborate.
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