Universal Scene Description

Universal Scene Description is a framework developed by Pixar. "It is a system for encoding scalable, hierarchically organized, static and time-sampled data, for the primary purpose of interchanging and augmenting the data between cooperating digital content creation applications."

File Identification
USDA files are plain ascii, while USDC are binary files. USDZ is a container for the format in a ZIP structure, used by Apple for 3D and AR applications.

Sample Files

 * USDA sample file
 * USDZ sample files