# ASWF ## Posts - [LAIKA Joins the Academy Software Foundation as a Premier Member](https://www.aswf.io/other/laika-joins-the-academy-software-foundation-as-a-premier-member/): LAIKA, the Portland-based studio behind Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings, joins the Academy Software Foundation as a Premier Member. - [OpenQMC Becomes an Academy Software Foundation Project](https://www.aswf.io/news/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 Welcomes New Members: Miris, O3DE, and Texas A&M](https://www.aswf.io/news/academy-software-foundation-welcomes-new-members-miris-o3de-and-texas-am/): 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. - [OpenPGL Becomes an Academy Software Foundation Project](https://www.aswf.io/news/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. - [MaterialX implementation underway in Foundry’s Nuke 17.0](https://www.aswf.io/blog/materialx-implementation-underway-in-foundrys-nuke-17-0/): Foundry's Nuke 17.0 introduces native MaterialX support, letting artists view and render MaterialX Standard Surface shaders inside Nuke's new USD-based 3D system. ## Pages - [Home](https://www.aswf.io/): The mission of the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) is to increase the quality and quantity of contributions to the content - [Virtual Town Halls](https://www.aswf.io/virtualtownhalls/): 2026 Virtual Town Hall Series Our annual Virtual Town Hall series provides an opportunity for the community to connect with - [Events](https://www.aswf.io/events/): Events Don’t miss out on upcoming events for the ASWF community. Event Name Month, DD-DD, YEAR City, State #Hashtag - [Dev Days 2026](https://www.aswf.io/dev-days/): A 24-HOUR OPEN SOURCE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT EVENT Are you interested in software development for motion pictures, animation, and entertainment? Have - [Summer Learning Program (SLP)](https://www.aswf.io/summer-learning-program/): Preparing individuals from underrepresented communities for technical careers in the film, media and entertainment industry. Organized by the ASWF Diversity ## Events - [MaterialX & OpenPBR Virtual Townhall](https://www.aswf.io/events/materialx-openpbr-virtual-townhall/): Join MaterialX and OpenPBR Technical Steering Committee members and contributors as they share recent milestones, future plans and answer questions ## Categories - [Blog](https://www.aswf.io/category/blog/) - [Announcements](https://www.aswf.io/category/news/) - [ASWF Projects](https://www.aswf.io/category/blog/projects/) - [In The News](https://www.aswf.io/category/in-the-news/) - [Members](https://www.aswf.io/category/members/) ## Tags - [Behind the Screens](https://www.aswf.io/tag/behind-the-screens/) - [OpenColorIO](https://www.aswf.io/tag/opencolorio/) - [OpenEXR](https://www.aswf.io/tag/openexr/) - [Open Source Days](https://www.aswf.io/tag/open-source-days/) - [New Members](https://www.aswf.io/tag/new-member/) ## Event Categories - [ASWF Event](https://www.aswf.io/event-category/aswf/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://www.aswf.io/wp-sitemap.xml)