News: Autodesk SIGGRAPH Announcements: Generative AI Tools in Maya, Alliance for OpenUSD

Autodesk has made some big announcements at SIGGRAPH this year.  First, they are part of the new Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD),  to make it easier for artists to collaborate more effectively across projects, tools, and teams.”  They are also exploring the power of AI to speed up and augment artist workflows by integrating NVIDIA Picasso into Maya.

Autodesk has released an article about these announcements and more.  Here’s an excerpt:

From industry-wide efforts to drive adoption of open-source standards to empowering artist creativity with generative AI, our vision for the future is squarely in the spotlight at SIGGRAPH. We invite attendees to explore how Autodesk solutions enable a cloud connected future for creative teams at the Autodesk Vision Series, and traverse the past, present, and future of computer graphics in a spectacular new exhibition, The Time Tunnel.

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