“Apple announces alliance with Adobe, NVIDIA, and others to develop Pixar’s 3D standard”

“Open Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD) was created by Pixar Animation Studios as a 3D scene depiction technology that promises significant interoperability among tools, data, and workflows.”

Apple’s interested in using it for Augmented Reality.

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/08/01/apple-alliance-to-develop-pixar-3d-standard/