# What have AOUSD and Khronos publicly stated about OpenUSD and glTF interoperability, and what does the Core Specification itself say about glTF?

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- updated: 2026-10-23T12:13:48.603Z
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Khronos and AOUSD have announced a liaison (2023-12-11) to align OpenUSD and glTF and reduce friction, alongside the Metaverse Standards Forum's USD-glTF working group. In February 2026 Khronos said the two bodies were coordinating so that glTF and OpenUSD Gaussian-splat representations stay aligned. The AOUSD Core Specification 1.0.1 does not mention glTF or Khronos, and OpenUSD 26.03 added a 3D Gaussian splat schema. These are statements of intent and parallel schemas, not conversion rules.

Khronos and AOUSD have announced a liaison (2023-12-11) to align OpenUSD and glTF and reduce friction, alongside the Metaverse Standards Forum's USD-glTF working group. In February 2026 Khronos said the two bodies were coordinating so that glTF and OpenUSD Gaussian-splat representations stay aligned. The AOUSD Core Specification 1.0.1 does not mention glTF or Khronos, and OpenUSD 26.03 added a 3D Gaussian splat schema. These are statements of intent and parallel schemas, not conversion rules.

Curator qualifications: Pages read 2026-10-22; no conversion attempted. No published USD-glTF splat mapping read.

Limitations: Pages read 2026-10-22; no conversion attempted. Ratification date taken from the registry commit, not a Khronos announcement.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/blob/5b3c21a1f20a77383fd6e7814ce6bde4e6c1895d/CHANGELOG.md",
      "note": "Khronos blog Building Bridges in 3D (December 11, 2023); Khronos press release (February 3, 2026), re-fetched 2026-10-22; KhronosGroup/glTF extensions/2.0/Khronos/KHR_gaussian_splatting/README.md at 63770cc (2026-04-15) L27-29; same README at 81762cc (2026-09-03, Update extensions registry) L27-29; same README at main 7cee0fc (2026-10-22); AOUSD core_spec.md 1.0.1 (whole text)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/aousd/specifications-public/blob/2f9e746c4fbd7f48d6d2c9ac568133fe398bbfc0/core/1.0.1/core_spec.md",
      "note": "Khronos blog Building Bridges in 3D (December 11, 2023); Khronos press release (February 3, 2026), re-fetched 2026-10-22; KhronosGroup/glTF extensions/2.0/Khronos/KHR_gaussian_splatting/README.md at 63770cc (2026-04-15) L27-29; same README at 81762cc (2026-09-03, Update extensions registry) L27-29; same README at main 7cee0fc (2026-10-22); AOUSD core_spec.md 1.0.1 (whole text)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.khronos.org/blog/building-bridges-in-3d-aousd-and-khronos-collaborate-on-openusd-and-gltf-interoperability",
      "note": "Khronos blog Building Bridges in 3D (December 11, 2023); Khronos press release (February 3, 2026), re-fetched 2026-10-22; KhronosGroup/glTF extensions/2.0/Khronos/KHR_gaussian_splatting/README.md at 63770cc (2026-04-15) L27-29; same README at 81762cc (2026-09-03, Update extensions registry) L27-29; same README at main 7cee0fc (2026-10-22); AOUSD core_spec.md 1.0.1 (whole text)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.khronos.org/news/press/gltf-gaussian-splatting-press-release",
      "note": "Khronos blog Building Bridges in 3D (December 11, 2023); Khronos press release (February 3, 2026), re-fetched 2026-10-22; KhronosGroup/glTF extensions/2.0/Khronos/KHR_gaussian_splatting/README.md at 63770cc (2026-04-15) L27-29; same README at 81762cc (2026-09-03, Update extensions registry) L27-29; same README at main 7cee0fc (2026-10-22); AOUSD core_spec.md 1.0.1 (whole text)"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Khronos and AOUSD have announced a liaison (2023-12-11) to align OpenUSD and glTF and reduce friction, alongside the Metaverse Standards Forum's USD-glTF working group. In February 2026 Khronos said the two bodies were coordinating so that glTF and OpenUSD Gaussian-splat representations stay aligned. The AOUSD Core Specification 1.0.1 does not mention glTF or Khronos, and OpenUSD 26.03 added a 3D Gaussian splat schema. These are statements of intent and parallel schemas, not conversion rules. · locator: Khronos blog Building Bridges in 3D (December 11, 2023); Khronos press release (February 3, 2026), re-fetched 2026-10-22; KhronosGroup/glTF extensions/2.0/Khronos/KHR_gaussian_splatting/README.md at 63770cc (2026-04-15) L27-29; same README at 81762cc (2026-09-03, Update extensions registry) L27-29; same README at main 7cee0fc (2026-10-22); AOUSD core_spec.md 1.0.1 (whole text) · source: https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/blob/5b3c21a1f20a77383fd6e7814ce6bde4e6c1895d/CHANGELOG.md

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