# Universal Scene Description **Entity class:** World substrate **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 **Universal Scene Description** — Canonical scene graph/instancing lineage from Pixar to OpenUSD. ## Relationships <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> 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. ### Key Relationships - [[wiki/Pixar Animation Studios|Pixar Animation Studios]] is associated with **Universal Scene Description**. Article source; OpenUSD originated at Pixar. - **Universal Scene Description** is associated with [[wiki/OpenUSD|OpenUSD]]. Open-source scene description lineage. ### Additional Documented Relationships - [[wiki/Pixar|Pixar]] is associated with **Universal Scene Description**. Article source. OpenUSD originated at Pixar. <!-- END HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> ## Related Work in the Corpus <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED CORPUS ROUTES 2026-09-11 --> - 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]], **I. Ten million people do not need ten million cities** provides the narrative context for **Universal Scene Description**: This is not a thought experiment. - 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]], **Host-infrastructure crosswalk** provides the narrative context for **Universal Scene Description**: A durable habitat would likewise be hybrid. <!-- END HUMANIZED CORPUS ROUTES 2026-09-11 --> ## Research Edges <!-- BEGIN HOST RESIDUAL RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 --> #### 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 Canonical scene graph/instancing lineage from Pixar to OpenUSD. #### Outgoing typed edges - **HR-0252 — `publicly_released_as` → [[wiki/OpenUSD|OpenUSD]]** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `ARTICLE`. Open-source scene description lineage. #### Incoming typed edges - **HR-0251 — [[wiki/Pixar|Pixar Animation Studios]] `originated` → this entry** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `ARTICLE`. Article source; OpenUSD originated at Pixar. <!-- END HOST RESIDUAL RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 -->