boost::python -> pybind11 (April 10, 2024)

Presenters: Sunya Boonyatera (Pixar)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HtuyMDZ1TsjY9KmBLU7XiBCYtyavEJif/view?usp=sharing

Revise Use of Layer Metadata in USD (April 10, 2024)

Presenters: Sebastian Grassia (Pixar)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LT3unCj2o7jZXm_fTegN2wv28u8S2r8E/view?usp=sharing

An Introduction to IIIF 3D (March 27, 2024)

Presenters: Thomas Flynn, Ronald Haynes

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ro3A5jatqMO7JFbVBgAO33pY1IoaUN5c/view?usp=sharing

USDText Proposal (March 13, 2024)

Presenters: Ashwin Bhat (Autodesk)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11BZkSKK_mTHTi_KDmW1W00Hh0XNYlmht/view?usp=sharing

Slides: USDText Proposal.pdf

Unloaded prim + non-default draw mode behavior (March 7, 2024)

Presenters: Christian López Barrón (Animal Logic)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ur5GAoPuXVZr4P1tpY2C_nwUTRsEAv51/view?usp=sharing

Showcasing VariantSets and Variants in Wētā FX scenes (March 7, 2024)

Presenters: Paolo Selva (Wētā)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b1K29iuOMBBia-qoPWLdWrcm7I6Ti2mJ/view?usp=share_link

Transcoding: A better TfMakeValidIdentifier (November 30, 2023)

Presenters: Miguel Hernandez (NVIDIA)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H2C1TXKJcMNz2LOAxNWUSMqS16foiId9/view?usp=sharing

Slides: Transcoding-AssetsWorkingGroup.pptx

Unicode UTF-8 Identifiers in OpenUSD (February 28, 2024)

Presenters: Edward Slavin (NVIDIA)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r9K5aJ6nty0n09Ug5cCS8kby_5yqe4UL/view?usp=sharing

Slides: OpenUSD_Unicode_Identifiers.pdf

OpenUSD for a 3D Cloud (January 17, 2024)

Presenters: Jiwen Cai & Egor Yusov

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mRt2TpqfQVPC8_DjlIz1dllAc-STPdF3/view?usp=sharing

Slides: https://docsend.com/view/ww8r3thu6pdc3idr

SwiftUSD (November 22, 2023)

Presenters: Tyler Furby

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1refBn6v6jF610n22lsgh1aPiTcRoJf4r/view?usp=share_link

USD Game Engine in Rust (November 15, 2023)

Presenters: Kev Kirkland

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JpIg4U7Jk0iTKLxzcOXst0AzC2ZJw2DA/view?usp=share_link

My USD Journey (November 8, 2023)

Presenters: Andy Beers

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1syY_gK6TnLEHsnzWPnBFANtxZ3yrvBOx/view?usp=share_link

UsdLux Update (November 8, 2023)

Presenters: Anders Langlands (Nvidia)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v3if4EMjY2fSRrbvRpkz4-IQEVskob68/view?usp=share_link

USD Notice Framework  (August 30, 2023)

Presenters: Curie Hong, Jeremy Retailleau (Walt Disney Animation Studios)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jtqrjXUCol34cCmGRmlAEmvLK-joFrAj/view?usp=share_link

Hydra 2.0 (July 19, 2023)

Presenters: Steve LaVietes, Tom Cauchois (Pixar)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17FCkcYUsN3uvqRcxSZfUUpQMs07sPe4F/view?usp=share_link

USD in Unreal on Linux (May 10, 2023)

Presenter: William Dwelly, Shawn Dunn (Epic Games)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HXtKvIULHel-tau9lINVxXsCCd_wUgEH/view?usp=share_link

USD modalities at Weta (May 24, 2023)

Presenter: Paolo Selva (Weta)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14eXGcqO5nwXs6cH8So81_YyfC4QwjS1g/view?usp=share_link

Powering Creatorverse with Composable RT3D Content (March 01, 2023)

Presenter: Natalya Tatarchuk (Unity)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12OQy3a2kzCD8wkIPNEkPsZxmUe0eCnZf/view?usp=sharing

MaterialBindingAPI Requirement and Updates (June 07, 2023)

Presenter: Varun Talwar (Pixar)

PDF: https://wiki.aswf.io/download/attachments/27168877/MaterialBindingAPI-ASWF-USD-WG.pdf

4004 Moore Lane USD Scene from Intel (March 29, 2023)

Presenter: Sean McDuffee, Matt Wilson (Intel)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oihZlQhA2h9omVjS1tIqBxT-mxvAfaTM/view?usp=share_link

USD at Adobe 2023 (March 15, 2023)

Presenter: Guido Quaroni (Adobe)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wuQq96S_8HSwwarPN0ADdysCvbqV_rx5/view?usp=share_link

Meeting details and notes: March 15th, 2023

Maxar Satellite Imagery Goes 3D: Use Cases in Gaming, VFX, and Animation  (January 18, 2023)

Presenters: Jennifer Horowitz, Kevin Bullock, Chris Orndorff (all Maxar)

Presentation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYRAvFpWKyk

Update on guc, glTF to USD+MaterialX converter (January 12, 2023)

Presenter:  Pablo Delgado

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12A9cmf0qxrIePkU0ExXWEfxqR11zeeNr/view?usp=share_link

Slides from previous presentation: guc.pdf

Autodesk: USD & Bifrost (January 03, 2023)

Presenter: Guillaume Laforge (Autodesk)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rlgAfFH7TI9sVQFzRW1F5GMqwHT1XFTV/view?usp=share_link

Metropolitan Museum of Art Case Study-Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color  (September 28, 2022)

Presenter: Scott Geffert (The Met)

USD at Remedy  (September 20, 2022)

Presenter: Kristof Minnaert (Remedy Entertainment)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17BgRTWr3XIlMUpqXv_ytcOGJZu9sV2pl/view?usp=sharing

PDF: USDWG_USD_at_remedy.pdf

Meeting details and notes: September 20, 2022

Art+Technology / Gone to Water  (August 03, 2022)

Presenter: Cat Ross & Marin Vesely (Love Death Design)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RPb86oawilfx3BqzApBA9giZwIA24lP6/view?usp=sharing

Meeting details and notes: August 03, 2022

NetEase Games: USD Game Assets and Structure (July 26, 2022)

Presenter: TJ Trently (NetEase Games)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RXwsiKx0At9DuGKXEALhTH1NNJe6UCxO/view?usp=sharing

Meeting details and notes: July 26, 2022

USD x OpenMfx: Interchange of parametric shapes (June 08, 2022)

Presenter: Élie Michel

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10Cn-JwphzwL0r9kIU-16UTf269yCleWs/view?usp=sharing

Generative Procedurals in USD and Hydra (May 25, 2022)

Presenter: Steve LaVietes (Pixar)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OAjf30a3JrVxKzr4_HFQVA5FSaaiUnMQ/view?usp=sharing

Games and USD (April 27, 2022)

Presenter: Jeremy Cowles (Unity)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ghdBJO9R0KVjB7fjacCd9L0E3kL3oVXM/view?usp=sharing

USD and MaterialX at Wayfair (April 07, 2022)

Presenter: Eric Chadwick (Wayfair)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FCl-FPUGCB6vzPp9fFiyCaFXQ3jcOyHE/view?usp=sharing

HGI WebGPU (March 30, 2022)

Presenter: Jerran Schmidt (Autodesk)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NGssjaVjv42FO7oOEhLX1kEN870dpzx4/view?usp=sharing

Meeting details and notes: March 30, 2022

USD at Adobe (March 16, 2022)

Presenter: Guido Quaroni (Adobe)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rkwcOxRLH74uHlxlfC72moznVpxN7l96/view?usp=sharing

Meeting details and notes: March 16, 2022

USD on the Web (February 2, 2022)

Presenter: Kai Schroeder (Autodesk)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MsGcVwVstIWukOporWtyrxuO_oP3I4qN/view?usp=sharing

Meeting details and notes: February 02, 2022

Blender 3.0 USD Import (January 19, 2022)

Presenter: Michael Kowalski (Nvidia)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DcgxhrDdcJkSHnUi0BbrvhmJc1n0UqV0/view?usp=sharing

Meeting details and notes: January 19, 2022

usd-rs: Rust bindings for USD core (November 10, 2021)

Presenter: Luke Titley

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fH57uWC45vBwFzU64le2HK2en28sn8j7/view?usp=sharing

Meeting details and notes: November 10, 2021

Guidelines for Structuring USD Assets (October 13, 2021)

Presenter: Chris Rydalch (SideFX)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qLcuWGgdAVdbnU79B0IwwomA_uVdEc0f/view?usp=sharing

Meeting details and notes: October 13, 2021

Katana USD Export: USDLux (September 29, 2021)

Presenter: James Pedlingham (Foundry)

Presentation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HUCmdqxCuWyiB8wEsnUsq5PoHE-wMtfd/view?usp=sharing

Meeting details and notes: September 29, 2021

Presentation Index