The Academy Software Foundation today announced the addition of three new member companies: Technology developer Miris is joining the Foundation as a general member, in addition to Open 3D Engine (O3DE) and Texas A&M University’s College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts joining as associate members. David Morin, Executive Director...
The Academy Software Foundation has announced the keynote speakers and full schedule details for its Open Source Forum on February 26. Held annually for Foundation members and invited guests, this exclusive event brings together leaders from across the media and entertainment industries to share their learnings and inspiration for the...
The Academy Software Foundation is excited to announce the addition of a Slang shader generator to the MaterialX ecosystem! Developed by NVIDIA and now maintained by The Khronos® Group, Slang™ is an open-source shading language and compiler, built on 15 years of research, development, and deployment experience. Slang is designed...
2025 marks the third year of our annual Dev Days program – a 24-hour virtual hackathon designed to bring in new contributors to the Foundation’s open source projects. For the first time this year, we hosted two standalone Dev Days events – one in the spring and one in the...
The Digital Production Example Library (DPEL) is an Academy Software Foundation hosted project curating production-grade sample content for hardware and software testing purposes. DPEL has steadily grown in recent years thanks to generous contributions, with assets including Netflix Animation Studios’ ALab production scene, Adobe’s OpenPBR Shader Playground asset, Amazon Web...
Developed by Framestore, OpenQMC has improved the fidelity and speed of rendering Hollywood blockbusters such as Barbie, Superman, Wicked, F1 the Movie and How to Train Your Dragon LOS ANGELES, CA, October 7, 2025 – The Academy Software Foundation, the motion picture industry’s premier organization for advancing open source software...
The Academy Software Foundation recently wrapped its annual Open Source Days conference, the leading event dedicated to furthering open source software development for the visual effects, animation, and digital content creation industries. Video is now available on the Foundation’s YouTube channel here: The Foundation was established in 2018, as a...
Academy Software Foundation Launches New Open Source Machine Learning Projects: Rongotai Model Train Club (RMTC) and Dailies Notes Assistant, emerging from the Foundation's new Machine Learning Working Group.
Skydance Animation joins the Academy Software Foundation as a Premier Member.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences entrusts ACES to the Academy Software Foundation.
