SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 will take place December 12–15 at the ICC Sydney, Australia. The annual event, which rotates around the Asian region, attracts folks technically and creatively minded from all over the world interested in research, science, art, animation, gaming, interactivity, education, and emerging technologies.
This year, several Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) members — Foundry, NVIDIA, and Pixar, will be presenting on topics ranging from OpenUSD best practices to how VFX pipelines can benefit from machine learning. Should you be attending, here are some OpenUSD-related sessions we think you might like:
Recommended Sessions
[Virtual] OpenUSD at SIGGRAPH Asia: Conversations with the Experts | NVIDIA | In a special SIGGRAPH Asia livestream, learn about configuring your scene in USD and planning ahead to ensure your aggregate datasets are legible, modular, performant, and navigable. The livestream takes place on Monday, Dec. 11, at 10 a.m. AEDT.
Unlocking the Future of Digital Artistry: AI, VR, and Pixar’s RenderMan Unveiled | Pixar | Listen to Pixar’s Dylan Sisson unveil the upcoming capabilities of RenderMan 26 and glimpse what the future holds with R&D examples from Pixar’s Elemental, as advances in compute power are making the impossible now possible, all in a presentation on Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 2:00 p.m. AEDT.
Demystifying OpenUSD: End-to-end Data Pipelines and Workflows | Animal Logic, NVIDIA | Get an introduction to best practices in handling OpenUSD data, examples of how proceduralism can enable new workflows, some intermediate subjects such as materials, the expanded capabilities of Hydra 2.0, and how NVIDIA Omniverse Fabric enables runtime optimizations including GPU interoperability. The course takes place on Wednesday, Dec. 13, at 2:00 p.m. AEDT.
OpenUSD Lectures | NVIDIA | Don’t miss a wealth of learning opportunities on the fundamentals of OpenUSD, generative AI for animation, and the acceleration of 3D workflows in these lectures on Thursday, Dec. 14, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. AEDT.
Boutique VFX studios deliver big results with Nuke Studio | Foundry | Join compositing supervisors from Fin Design + Effects for a deep dive into the technical and creative compositing process used by teams in small to medium-sized VFX studios on Thursday, Dec. 14, at 10:00 a.m. AEDT.
Integrating machine learning workflows within a VFX pipeline | Foundry | Discover how RSP is integrating machine-learning workflows and ultimately handing creative control to its compositing artists to explore within their Nuke pipeline on Thursday, Dec. 14, at 11:30 a.m. AEDT.
OpenUSD Developer Meetup | NVIDIA | Learn more about generative AI, OpenUSD, and Omniverse for 3D workflows and network during a happy hour with the experts on Thursday, Dec. 14, from 2:50 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. AEDT.
How to build a better spaceship: The VFX of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 | Foundry | Listen to Wētā FX’s Sequence VFX Supervisor Jason Galeon talk about the studio’s VFX work on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, including space battles, cybernetic animals, a giant talking tree, and an epic one-shot hallway fight. The presentation will take place Thursday, Dec. 14, at 4:00 p.m. AEDT.
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