February 17, 2021

Owned by Cory Omand
Last updated: Feb 17, 2021
2 min read

Video Conference Link

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
Rob Stauffer, SideFX
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
Sergio Rojas, Arena World

Minutes

  • Action item follow-up (0:05-)

    • Presentation scheduling (Cory O.)

      • USD for digital backlot (3/3)

      • Viewing and Collaborating on USD Data (3/17)

  • Sub-working group updates

    • USD Camera (Michael M.)

      • No updates since last USDWG

      • Next meeting Monday 2/22.

      • Update to WG in next session (3/3)

    • USD Web Visualization (Roman Z.)

      • Met this week

      • Discussed extending the visualization space to mobile/embedded (Android/iOS/rpi)

      • Issues with Web Assembly

        • USD build assumes 64-bit target, while WebASM only supports 32-bit.

      • Extending support to Android and iOS

        • Likely requires modifications to libarch and libwork to operate on these platforms.

        • Needs a CI environment – could be something to approach the CIWG about.

  • Call for additional topics

    • With Blue Sky closing, technical staff with USD experience are available, please reach out (Chris R.)

    • Upgrading Houdini From USD 20.08 to 21.02

      • Very useful resource for others when looking at an upgrade to the newest quarterly release.

      • Would be great to continue this (Mark T. plans to do this again for the next update) and expand with input from others doing the same.

      • Somehow integrate Matt Johnson's Maya USD update notes (Cory O. to follow up).

      • Advertise this page to the usd-interest list.

    • USD interest list is private, requires an invite to join?

      • There was a period a couple of months ago where this was true due to a permissions issue.

      • Should be resolved now, no longer need an invite to join.

      • If you are having or hearing about trouble joining the group, please let me (Cory O.) know on the aswf slack #usd-wg channel.

  • Closing/Action Items



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