August 18, 2021

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
Carlos Felipe Garcia Murillo
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
Henrik Edstrom, Autodesk
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
Lucas Morante
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
Paul Molodowitch, NVIDIA
Pete Segal
Phil Sawicki, NVIDIA
Pier Paolo Ciarravano, MPC
Richard Lei, Weta
Rob Stauffer, SideFX
Robin Rowe, CinePaint
Roman Zulak, NVIDIA
Rory Woodford, Foundry
Sean Looper, AWS
Sean McDuffee, Intel
Seb Schmidt, Weta
Sergio Rojas, Arena World
Serguei Kalentchouk, Apple
Shawn Dunn, Epic Games
Sue Sauer, Sunrise Productions
Steve Hwan

Minutes

  • Sub-working group updates

  • USDWG Leadership (comand)

    • Next session scheduled for September 1st 2021 will be aimed at hearing thoughts and suggestions regarding USD Chair, and transition

    • Cory to send invite and note to the USD interest mailing-list to notify attendees who couldn't join today's session

  • SIGGRAPH impressions

    • Code-less schemas are interesting, and may provide relief for some class of ABI compatibility problems. 

    • USD potentially included in the VFX platform, as draft is currently being sketched for the 2023 draft: https://vfxplatform.com 

      • To be confirmed within the upcoming weeks

    • Blender support for USD in the 3.0 Alpha release appears to have gathered positive reactions

  • Call for additional topics

  • Closing/Action Items

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