OpenPGL Becomes an Academy Software Foundation Project
OpenPGL, the Open Path Guiding Library originally developed by Intel, joins the Academy Software Foundation as a sandbox project to bring production-ready path guiding to renderers.
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Fostering Community at the Academy Software Foundation’s Annual Open Source Forum
At the end of February, Academy Software Foundation members and invited guests gathered for our annual Open Source Forum, a one-day exclusive venue for industry leaders to share their learnings and collaborate to drive the future of open source software development. We were delighted to have Netflix, one of the...
Academy Software Foundation Welcomes New Members: Miris, O3DE, and Texas A&M
The Academy Software Foundation welcomes three new members: Miris as a general member, and Open 3D Engine (O3DE) and Texas A&M's College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts as associate members.
Academy Software Foundation Announces Keynotes for 2026 Open Source Forum
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...
MaterialX Adds Support for Slang Shader Generation
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...
Dev Days 2025 Recap: Double the Fun!
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...
DPEL Adds Sole Mates HDR Production Example Asset from Netflix Animation Studios
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...
OpenQMC Becomes an Academy Software Foundation Project
Contributed by Framestore, OpenQMC is a C++ library of quasi-Monte Carlo samplers that improves render quality and speed, and it is now an Academy Software Foundation project.
Academy Software Foundation Showcases Growth with New Project ACES, New Members Skydance and LAIKA, and More, at Open Source Days 2025
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
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.