OpenUSD for Developers
OpenUSD (Universal Scene Description) is an open, extensible framework for describing, composing, and simulating 3D worlds. NVIDIA has adopted it as the foundation for its NVIDIA Omniverse™ libraries, enabling developers and AI agents to integrate into existing applications and workflows to prepare and validate simulation-ready worlds. Frontier AI agents —such as those powered by GPT‑6 Astra—can connect to OpenUSD’s standardized data model to move scene data across tools, so developers spend less time rebuilding interoperability and more time building.
Why Use OpenUSD?
OpenUSD is the shared framework that makes it possible to build, simulate, and validate across the full development pipelines, establishing a common foundation for autonomous system workflows. Agents and software developers can use OpenUSD to:
Compose 3D scenes for simulation: Physical AI workflows demand scene representations that hold up across sensors, environments, and edge cases. OpenUSD's extensible schemas and non-destructive layer model let teams iterate on complex sensor configurations and environments without rebuilding the pipeline every time requirements change.
Prepare assets to be simulation ready: Deploying in physical AI simulations means knowing assets will behave as expected. Teams using the SimReady framework can validate assets to ensure they meet required physical properties.
Build on an industry-driven standard: The Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) advances OpenUSD through open governance, helping teams align today’s 3D workflows with the standard's evolution.
Get Started With OpenUSD
Choose the right starting point for your OpenUSD workflow: Explore learning resources, access source code, or use OpenUSD assets for physical AI workflows.
Start Learning
Build practical OpenUSD expertise with NVIDIA’s free, open source Learn OpenUSD path—from core concepts to workflows, validation, and certification prep.
Develop With OpenUSD
Access OpenUSD source code on GitHub, install the usd-core Python package from PyPI, or download available USD builds for supported platforms.
Download USD 25.08, Python 3.12
Experiment USD Runtime With USD Core Specification and AI agents.
Develop With Sim Ready
Use SimReady skills and content libraries to validate and leverage OpenUSD assets with requirements and profiles that support physical AI simulation and agentic workflows.
Build simulation-ready worlds on NVIDIA Isaac Sim™ and Isaac™ with a physical AI dataset, validated by industrial and robotics OEMs.
For current and archived USD builds, see the available downloads below. For broader build discussions, follow AOUSD Build Interest Group activity.
Alliance for OpenUSD
NVIDIA is a founding member of the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD), an open, non-profit organization dedicated to the standardization, development, and growth of OpenUSD. Explore the core specification and participate through working groups or interest groups.
