OpenUSD: History

OpenUSD, or Universal Scene Description, is an open-source system for describing, composing and exchanging 3D scenes. Artists can combine geometry, materials and lighting while retaining layers and variants for further work. In a digital-fashion workflow, a colourway variant and a campaign-lighting revision can remain distinct contributions to the scene. That is a possible use of USD's composition model, rather than evidence that a particular garment application supports the whole workflow. Export support alone does not establish which shaders or animation will survive a handoff. The production team needs an agreed supported subset and a review of the scene in the receiving application.