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SUMMARY:NVIDIA Presents OpenUSD Day
DESCRIPTION:Breathing Life Into Disney’s Robotic Characters With Deep Rein
 forcement Learning\n\nAt Disney, we are fundamentally rethinking what ente
 rtainment robotics means to this world. In this talk, we will provide insi
 ght into the robotic character platform developed by Walt Disney Imagineer
 ing that enables the rapid design of legged robotic characters that learn 
 to imitate artist-specifie...\n\n---------------------\nNVIDIA Research Pr
 esents AI and the Next Frontier of Graphics\n\nGet an exclusive sneak peek
  into the latest research coming from NVIDIA Research graphics, 3D, simula
 tion, and robotics labs. Join research luminaries as they present their la
 test fields and discoveries in a lightning round of presentations.\n\n----
 -----------------\nBeyond Hollywood: Expanding 3D Skills Into New Frontier
 s in AI and Digital Twins\n\nUnlock new career paths beyond media and ente
 rtainment. Join our panel to discover opportunities in fields like digital
  twins, AI, and robotics. Hear from industry leaders and learn how to tran
 sition your 3D skills to these high-demand industries.\n\n----------------
 -----\nAccelerating Autonomous Vehicle Development With OpenUSD Virtual Wo
 rlds\n\nWe’ll demonstrate how OpenUSD enhances AV workflows through creati
 ng worlds with NeRF, testing AV scenarios with LLMs, and generating synthe
 tic training data with free space and occupancy voxel GTs for perception a
 t scale.\n\n---------------------\nBreak\n---------------------\nBringing 
 RTX to OpenUSD: Ultra-Realistic Spatial Experiences From the Cloud\n\nSee 
 how fully ray traced, industrial-scale OpenUSD scenes stream in real time 
 to Apple Vision Pro with NVIDIA Omniverse SDKs and APIs. Learn how to deve
 lop your own native OpenUSD spatial applications that enables digital twin
  experience with next-level realism.\n\n---------------------\nBreak\n----
 -----------------\nBreak\n---------------------\nRobotics, Generative AI, 
 and OpenUSD: How WPP is Building the Future of Creativity\n\nPerry Nightin
 gale, SVP Creative AI for WPP, the world’s largest marketing services comp
 any, shares how robotics, OpenUSD, and AI are transforming the content cre
 ation pipeline for major global brands. As operators of one of the largest
  content supply-chains in the media and entertainment indus...\n\n--------
 -------------\nBreak\n---------------------\nBreak\n---------------------\
 nBreak\n---------------------\nRemastering Classic Games With OpenUSD\n\nR
 TX Remix empowers modders to remaster classic games with path-tracing, DLS
 S, and high poly assets with PBR materials. In this talk we'll discuss ren
 dering improvements since launch, ongoing projects, and our OpenUSD-based 
 content pipeline.\n\n---------------------\nBreak\n---------------------\n
 Break\n---------------------\nNarrowing the Gap Between Simulation and Rea
 lity With OpenUSD\n\nJoin us to learn how Ansys is using OpenUSD to unlock
  new capabilities in physics-based simulation and visualization, enhancing
  the accuracy, efficiency, and realism of virtual prototypes across indust
 ries. Discover how Ansys is contributing its AI-enabled simulation experti
 se to the Alliance for Op...\n\n---------------------\nBreak\n------------
 ---------\nAdvancing OpenUSD for the Era of Industrial Digitalization and 
 Physical AI\n\nSee how NVIDIA and our partners are advancing OpenUSD as th
 e data ecosystem for industrial digital twins and the next era of AI, incl
 uding physical AI in autonomous vehicles and robots. We’ll cover pipelines
  for sensor simulation, CFD, data optimization frameworks, and the first o
 f many OpenUS...\n\n---------------------\nScaling Avatars to Billions: Le
 veraging OpenUSD for Dynamic Character Assembly and Personalization\n\nIn 
 this talk, we'll delve into the use of OpenUSD within the Meta Avatar Team
  and explore how it enables the creation of complex dynamic character asse
 mbly workflows. We'll discuss our novel content pipeline that delivers hig
 h-quality avatars at scale, supporting billions of users. Our approach all
 o...\n\n\nInterest Area: Arts & Design, New Technologies, Production & Ani
 mation, Research & Education\n\nKeyword: OpenUSD Day\n\nRegistration Categ
 ory: Exhibitor, Full Conference, Full Conference Supporter, Experience, Ex
 hibits Only, Exhibitor Full Conference, Exhibitor Experience, Tuesday
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