Alliance for OpenUSD - Bryant McGill

# Alliance for OpenUSD **Entity class:** Standards governance **Integration priority:** P1 **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] ## Definition **Alliance for OpenUSD** — Pixar/Adobe/Apple/Autodesk/NVIDIA governance bridge; standards path for world representation. ## Relationships  This entry is routed through [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], and [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] and [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section. ### People and institutional relationships - [[wiki/Pixar|Pixar]] co-founded **Alliance for OpenUSD**. Founding member. - [[wiki/Adobe|Adobe]] co-founded **Alliance for OpenUSD**. Founding member. - [[wiki/Apple|Apple]] co-founded **Alliance for OpenUSD**. Founding member. - [[wiki/Autodesk|Autodesk]] co-founded **Alliance for OpenUSD**. Founding member. - [[wiki/NVIDIA|NVIDIA]] co-founded **Alliance for OpenUSD**. Founding member. ### Governance, authority, and safeguards - **Alliance for OpenUSD** is associated with [[wiki/Linux Foundation|Joint Development Foundation / Linux Foundation]]. Standards governance. ### Standards and interoperability - **Alliance for OpenUSD** standardizes [[wiki/OpenUSD|OpenUSD]]. Normative interoperability. ### Additional Documented Relationships - **Alliance for OpenUSD** is associated with [[wiki/Linux Foundation|Linux Foundation]]. Standards governance.  ## Research Edges  #### Host–residual infrastructure patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] **Related acquisition source:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] #### Host-infrastructure integration Pixar/Adobe/Apple/Autodesk/NVIDIA governance bridge; standards path for world representation. #### Outgoing typed edges - **HR-1565 — `governed_under` → [[wiki/Linux Foundation|Joint Development Foundation / Linux Foundation]]** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_AOUSD`. Standards governance. - **HR-1566 — `standardizes` → [[wiki/OpenUSD|OpenUSD]]** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_AOUSD`, `WEB_AOUSD_CORE`. Normative interoperability. #### Incoming typed edges - **HR-1560 — [[wiki/Pixar|Pixar]] `co_founded` → this entry** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_AOUSD`. Founding member. - **HR-1561 — [[wiki/Adobe|Adobe]] `co_founded` → this entry** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_AOUSD`. Founding member. - **HR-1562 — [[wiki/Apple|Apple]] `co_founded` → this entry** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_AOUSD`. Founding member. - **HR-1563 — [[wiki/Autodesk|Autodesk]] `co_founded` → this entry** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_AOUSD`. Founding member. - **HR-1564 — [[wiki/NVIDIA|NVIDIA]] `co_founded` → this entry** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_AOUSD`. Founding member.