Develop metaverse 3D graphics standards, form alliances with giants such as Apple, Nvidia, and Pixar | OpenUSD | Giants

Release time:Apr 14, 2024 12:46 PM

On August 1st local time, five major companies in the US 3D content industry, Apple, Nvidia, Pixar, Adobe, and Autodesk, jointly established the OpenUSD Alliance. OpenUSD technology is the foundation of NVIDIA Omniverse platform and may one day become the 3D graphics standard for the metaverse.

OpenUSD is an open data format developed by Pixar Animation Studios, allowing teams to collaborate on large-scale 3D workflows and share information on 3D objects and environments that can be used in AR and VR projects.

The OpenUSD Alliance will develop written specifications detailing the features of OpenUSD. This will improve the compatibility of OpenUSD, expand its adoption, integration, and implementation scope, and enable other standardization organizations to also be included in this specification. The Joint Development Foundation under the Linux Foundation has been selected as the custodian for this project, which will promote open, efficient, and effective OpenUSD specification development and provide a pathway to obtain certification from the International Organization for Standardization.

Steve May, Chief Technology Officer of Pixar and Chairman of the OpenUSD Alliance, said, "OpenUSD is based on Pixar's years of research and application in film production. We opened the project in 2016, and now OpenUSD's influence is not limited to the fields of movies, visual effects, and animation, but also extends to other industries that increasingly rely on 3D data for media exchange."

Nvidia has long used OpenUSD as the foundation for its Omniverse platform, particularly committed to supporting the industrial metaverse through the concept of digital twins. Omniverse is a platform that supports real-time collaboration and simulation, allowing artists and engineers to design and reconstruct virtual worlds on a large scale in a virtual way.

Guy Martin, Director of Open Source and Standards at Nvidia, said, "OpenUSD provides a complete foundation for 3D developers, artists, and designers with extensive multi application interoperability to support large-scale industrial and digital content creation and simulation work. The alliance brings a unique opportunity to accelerate OpenUSD's global collaboration by establishing formal standards across industries and taking measures to help achieve the digitalization of the 3D world and industry."

The interoperability mentioned by Martin, also known as interoperability, refers to the ability of different computer systems, networks, operating systems, and applications to work together and share information.

OpenUSD will also find a place in the virtual reality and augmented reality markets, as Apple recently released a powerful new head display Vision Pro and its vision OS operating system. Mike Rockwell, Vice President of Apple's Visual Products Group, said, "Apple has always been an active contributor to USD development, as it is an important technology for the groundbreaking VisionOS platform and the new Reality Composer Pro development tool. OpenUSD will help accelerate the development of next-generation AR experiences from art creation to content delivery, and promote an increasing number of spatial computing applications."

Several companies did not specifically discuss the "metaverse" at the press conference, but they are promoting one of the key features of the open metaverse - by promoting greater interoperability between 3D tools and data, the alliance will enable developers and content creators to describe, write, and simulate large-scale 3D projects, and build a continuously expanding range of 3D products and services.

Two women were stabbed to death and reported to have committed a crime 4 days before the follow-up visit for schizophrenia. Suspect of a bloody murder case in a Hong Kong shopping mall appeared in court today. Male | Last Friday | Murder case
Two women were stabbed to death and reported to have committed a crime 4 days before the follow-up visit for schizophrenia. Suspect of a bloody murder case in a Hong Kong shopping mall appeared in court today. Male | Last Friday | Murder case

According to Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po, a bloody knife stabbing case occurred at Hollywood Square in Diamond Hill last Friday. The police arrested a 39 year old man on suspicion of stabbing two young women, one of whom was stabbed over 30 times. The suspect appeared in the Kwun Tong Magistrates Court this morning. The police at the Kwun Tong Magistrate's Court temporarily charged the suspect with two counts of murder last Sunday. The suspect appeared in court this morning at the Kwun Tong Magistrate's Court. Acting Chief Magistrate Zheng Jihang, after listening to the opinions of both the prosecution and defense, decided to postpone the hearing for two weeks until 9:30 am on June 19th, waiting for two psychiatric expert reports to be obtained. The defense did not object. Zheng Jihang approved the application, and the defendant needs to be temporarily detained at Xiaolan Mental Hospital. When the suspect appeared in court, he wore black framed glasses, a light gray shirt, and camouflage green shorts, and was able to answer the judge's questions normally. accordingly

Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee: The focus of Henan's "summer harvest" has shifted to agricultural machinery in the northern region of Henan Province. | Support | Science | Organization | Province | Northern Henan | Summer Harvest | Rush Harvest
Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee: The focus of Henan's "summer harvest" has shifted to agricultural machinery in the northern region of Henan Province. | Support | Science | Organization | Province | Northern Henan | Summer Harvest | Rush Harvest

Currently, the highly anticipated summer harvest work in Henan has shifted its focus to the northern region of Henan. According to the Henan Daily client, on June 4th, Lou Yangsheng, Secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, presided over a special video scheduling meeting on the "Three Summers" work in the province, listened to the situation report, analyzed and judged the situation, and arranged and deployed the next steps of work. Governor Wang Kai made specific arrangements. On the evening of May 31, 2023, in Xiafutou Village, Xuliang Town, Boai County, Jiaozuo, Henan Province, villagers braved light rain in the wheat fields to harvest wheat. Visual China Map Lou Yangsheng pointed out that the current summer harvest battle in the province has entered the decisive stage. Doing a good job in summer harvest in northern Henan Province is related to the summer grain yield and seed safety. We should focus on seizing opportunities and make every effort to organize the wheat harvesting work in the northern Henan region, minimize losses, and protect the interests of farmers to the greatest extent possible. Accurate forecasting is essential

Xinhua All Media+| Welcome home! What innovative technologies are protecting the return journey of Shenzhou 15? Spaceship | Shenzhou | Technology
Xinhua All Media+| Welcome home! What innovative technologies are protecting the return journey of Shenzhou 15? Spaceship | Shenzhou | Technology

On June 4th, the return capsule of the Shenzhou-15 manned spacecraft successfully landed at the Dongfeng landing site. Astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming, and Zhang Lu all safely and smoothly exited the spacecraft, and the Shenzhou-15 manned flight mission was a complete success. What innovative technologies are there to safeguard the return journey of Shenzhou 15 in this mission? On June 4th, the return capsule of the Shenzhou-15 manned spacecraft successfully landed at the Dongfeng landing site. Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen photographed that "the sky and the ground" ensure the high-precision return of spacecraft. For the Shenzhou series spacecraft, the return and re-entry GNC technology is directly related to the life safety of astronauts. Taking the success of this return mission as a symbol, China has comprehensively upgraded its GNC system since the Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft, which features autonomous rapid rendezvous and docking, autonomous adaptive prediction and re-entry return guidance, and has completed a comprehensive update and replacement

The Chinese naval fleet has arrived! Assembly | Navy | Chinese Fleet
The Chinese naval fleet has arrived! Assembly | Navy | Chinese Fleet

At noon today, a Chinese naval fleet consisting of Zhanjiang and Xuchang ships arrived at the assembly area of the "Comodo-2023" multinational maritime joint exercise. It is understood that the assembly anchorage for this exercise is 3 nautical miles long and 1.5 nautical miles wide, capable of anchoring up to 50 ships. Naval vessels from various countries participating in the exercise will also arrive at the anchorage today to complete the assembly of the "Komodo 2023" multinational maritime joint exercise, which is held every two years by the Indonesian Navy. This year is already the fourth edition of the exercise. The exercise will be held from June 5th to 8th in the city of Jakarta, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, including the port and sea phases. In the coming days, participating navies from various countries will participate in ship reading style search and rescue exercises, maritime interception and damage management exercises, aerial exercises, and other course objectives exercises

New comment: Donkey like "morale" limit pulls US debt "bomb" fuse hard to dismantle US | debt | morale
New comment: Donkey like "morale" limit pulls US debt "bomb" fuse hard to dismantle US | debt | morale

On the evening of June 1st, the US Senate passed a bill on the federal government's debt ceiling and budget, and the flame of the US debt bomb was temporarily extinguished at the last moment. The two parties in the United States have staged an extreme tug of war over the US debt bomb. Some experts believe that the US debt crisis is the result of the reckless politics promoted by the US dollar hegemony, and the underlying cause of this crisis is the highly polarized political system of the US. Since the end of World War II, the US Congress has adjusted the debt ceiling more than a hundred times. The recurring debt crisis will not only have a catastrophic impact on the US economy and people's livelihoods, but also continuously erode the value of US dollar assets such as government credit and US bonds, bringing significant and far-reaching impacts to the global economic landscape. 【