January 6, 2021

Owned by Cory Omand
Last updated: Jan 13, 2021
2 min read

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Attendance

Cory Omand - WG Chair, Pixar/TWDS
Alan Blevins, Dreamworks
Alex Gerveshi, AWS
Alex Schwank, Apple
Aloys Baillet, Animal Logic
Andy Biar,  Warner Bros.
Anandhaiyappan, Botvfx
Arash Keissami, Nira.app
Ben Chung-Hoon, Google
Bill Spitzak, Dreamworks Animation
Brian Green, Dreamworks
Carson Brownlee, Intel
Charles Fleche, Rodeo FX
Chris Rydalch, Blue Sky Studios
Daniel Heckenberg, Animal Logic
David Aguilar, Walt Disney Animation
Deke Kincaid, Digital Domain
Dhruv Govil, Apple
Doug MacMillan, Tippett Studio
Eoin Murphy, NVidia
Eric Enderton, NVidia
Fabrice Macagno, Animal Logic
Francois Lord, Rodeo FX
Gary Jones, Foundry
Gordon Bradley, Autodesk
Greg Wuller, AWS
Henry Vera, DNEG
James Pedlingham, Foundry
Jeff Bradley, Dreamworks
John Hood, SPI
John Mertic, Linux Foundation
Jordan Soles, Rodeo FX
Jordan Thistlewood, Foundry
JT Nelson, Pasadena Open Source Consortium/SoCal Blender group
Kimball Thurston, Weta
Larry Gritz, SPI
Lee Kerley, SPI
Luca Scheller, RiseFX
Mark Elendt, SideFX
Mark Final, Foundry
Mark Tucker, SideFX
Mathieu Mazerolle, Foundry
Matthew Levine, WDAS
Matthew Low, DWA
Michael B. Johnson, Apple
Michael Kass, NVidia
Michael Min, Netflix
Niall Redmond, Foundry
Nick Porcino, Pixar
Philippe Sawicki, Autodesk
Pier Paolo Ciarravano, MPC
Richard Lei, Weta
Robin Rowe, CinePaint
Roman Zulak, SPI
Rory Woodford, Foundry
Sean Looper, AWS
Sean McDuffee, Intel
Serguei Kalentchouk, Apple
Shawn Dunn, Epic Games
Sue Sauer, Sunrise Productions

Minutes

  • Action item follow-up (0:05-)

    • Wiki content review (Cory O.)

      • USD Playground (Phillippe S.)

        • web-based visualizer for USD files, with ability to change usda and see results.

        • could be great for sharing asset examples, linked from the USDWG wiki.

        • (JT) possible integration Jupyter notebooks

    • Presentation scheduling (Cory O.)

      • Omniverse extension mechanism.

        • Omniverse just entering open beta, so check back next month.

      • Physics schema.

        • No update.

      • New:

        • Web-based USD visualization (Roman Z.), scheduled for next session (1/20/2021).

        • Viewing and Collaborating on USD Data (Arash K.)

  • USD Camera

    • Michael M. to form a sub-working group to discuss a proposal for USD camera rigging structure.

    • Reporting back to the USDWG periodically.

    • First sub-group, congrats Michael.

  • Web-based USD Visualization

    • There are a number of efforts in this space, should discuss whether a sub-working group would be useful.

    • Can discuss this after presentation in this space scheduled next session.

  • Call for additional topics

  • Closing/Action Items



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