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Mar 17, 2025
Alliance for OpenUSD Announces New Members, Interest Groups, and Working Group Progress
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — March 17, 2025 — The Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) today announced five new general members, the formation of two new Interest Groups, and significant progress across multiple Working Groups and Interest Groups as OpenUSD adoption continues to expand across industries. Formed in 2023, AOUSD is an…
Nov 19, 2024
Alliance for OpenUSD Announces New Rotating Steering Committee Members and Expanded Industry Collaborations
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. —November 19, 2024—The Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) today announced the election of its first rotating steering committee members, welcomed three new general members, formed new liaison relationships, established a new Physics Working Group, shared progress from Working Groups, and provided updates on OpenUSD development. Formed in 2023,…
Jul 25, 2024
Alliance for OpenUSD Announces Advancements in OpenUSD, Core Specification, and Industry Collaboration
New Members and Interest Groups Expand Industry Contribution to the Alliance, New OpenUSD Release and Core Specification Development Simplifies OpenUSD Adoption and Implementation SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. —July 25, 2024—The Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) today announced DigitalFish, Hunan Mango Innocreative Technology, Microsoft Corp., Shutterstock, Sony Group, and Sunvega Information Technology…
Mar 11, 2024
Alliance for OpenUSD Launches Materials & Geometry Working Groups, Forms New Liaison Relationship
As demand for interoperability across 3D workflows continues, AOUSD grows by 8 new general members: Ansys, Bright Machines, Intel, Maxon, Siemens, Trimble, Worley, and WPP SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. —March 11, 2024—The Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD), an organization dedicated to fostering the standardization, development, evolution, and growth of Universal Scene Description…
Dec 12, 2023
Alliance for OpenUSD Unveils Roadmap for Core USD Specification and Ecosystem Collaboration
AOUSD grows with 12 new general members: Cesium, Chaos, Epic Games, Foundry, Hexagon, IKEA, Lowe's, Meta, OTOY, SideFX, Spatial and Unity; Forms New Liaison Relationship with the Khronos Group SIGGRAPH, Sydney, Australia—December 13, 2023—The Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD), an organization dedicated to fostering the standardization, development, evolution, and growth of…
Aug 1, 2023
Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA Form Alliance for OpenUSD to Drive Open Standards for 3D Content
Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA, together with the Joint Development Foundation (JDF), a part of the Linux Foundation family, today announced the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) to promote the standardization, development, evolution, and growth of Pixar’s Universal Scene Description technology. The alliance seeks to standardize the 3D ecosystem by advancing the capabilities of Open Universal…
