Aaron Luk

Aaron Luk is a senior engineering manager for NVIDIA Omniverse leading Universal Scene Description (USD) ecosystem engineering, including oversight, integration, and optimization of USD and Hydra paradigms across all components of NVIDIA Omniverse. Previously, Aaron co-developed and deployed USD into production pipelines at Pixar.
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Posts by Aaron Luk

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Simulation / Modeling / Design

New Video Series: OpenUSD for Developers

Universal Scene Description, also called OpenUSD or USD, is an open and extensible framework for creating, editing, querying, rendering, collaborating, and... 3 MIN READ
Simulation / Modeling / Design

New Video: Representing Data with OpenUSD Custom Schemas

Custom schemas in Universal Scene Description, known as OpenUSD or USD, are pivotal for developers seeking to represent and encode sophisticated virtual worlds.... 2 MIN READ
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Simulation / Modeling / Design

Developers Look to OpenUSD in Era of AI and Industrial Digitalization

A new paradigm for data modeling and interchange is unlocking possibilities for 3D workflows and virtual worlds. 1 MIN READ
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Simulation / Modeling / Design

New Video: Composition and Layering with Universal Scene Description

Developers are using Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD) to push the boundaries of 3D workflows. As an ecosystem and interchange paradigm, OpenUSD models,... 2 MIN READ