Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and Nvidia form alliance for OpenUSD

[anaclet0]

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/08/pixar-adobe-apple-autodesk-and-nvidia-form-alliance-for-openusd/

[FrostKiwi]

How is this different from glTF? Are we getting another XKCD #927?

[gjvc]

name collisions "They're too common to be interesting"

bullshit

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

Is this like HTML for 3D scenes?

Sidenote- OpenUSD sounds like a crypto currency.

[petercooper → 2OEH8eoCRo0]

Sidenote- OpenUSD sounds like a crypto currency.

This is exactly what I thought at first too. But then realized it's August 1st and not April..

[khazhoux → 2OEH8eoCRo0]

No, because HTML is semantic (rendering is open to interpretation) whereas USD is explicit.

But in terms of "common format which different systems can read", then yes, sure.