Foundry USD

A chronological journey through the Universal Scene Description integration across Nuke, Katana, and Mari. The backbone of the open pipeline.

Current Release

Nuke 15.0

Native 3D System Overhaul

Released Q4 2023

The new Nuke 3D system is completely rebuilt on USD. This allows for higher performance in the viewport, exact parity with other USD-compliant tools, and the ability to load massive datasets without conversion overhead.

Native USD Geometry & Lights

Hydra Storm Viewport

Scenegraph Instancing

USD 23.05 Core

The Future of USD at Foundry

We are committed to making Universal Scene Description the backbone of the open pipeline.

Cloud Native

Streaming USD assets directly from the cloud for distributed teams.

Machine Learning

AI-assisted scene assembly and lookdev powered by USD metadata.

Real-time

Zero-latency viewport parity across all Foundry applications.