JigSpace running in Apple’s visionOS. | Image: JigSpace
Apple, Adobe, Pixar, Nvidia, and Autodesk are teaming up to promote open standards for interoperable 3D tools and data. In a press release, the companies announced the formation of the Alliance for OpenUSD, which will drive the “standardization, development, evolution, and growth” of Pixar’s Universal Scene Description (USD) technology.
Pixar describes USD as the “first open-source software that can robustly and scalably interchange 3D scenes” while incorporating various assets, sources, and animations. The animation company calls it a “fundamental requirement” for people creating metaverse content.
USD enables the various applications used in 3D content creation — like Maya, Houdini, Autodesk 3ds Max, and Adobe Substance 3D Designer —…