Book of USD

Universal Scene Description (USD) is a novel way of defining and working with 3D-Scene data, developed by Pixar Animation Studios.

This book aims to be a companion document for the official documentation

License (MIT)

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2022 Remedy Entertainment

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Most images in this book are using the Animal Logic ALab USD Scene.

Animal Logic ALab License (ASWF Digital Assets License v1.1)

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Contributing

This is an open project and any contributions are welcome and appreciated! See the GitHub Repository for more information