What is the difference between .usd and .ply?
- Extension
- .usd
- .ply
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- 3D
- 3D
- Developer
- Apple and Pixar Animation Studios
- Stanford University
- Description
- USD is a file format used for 3D models and scenes. It is an open-source format developed by Pixar, and it is designed to be used in combination with their Universal Scene Description (USD) technology. USD files store 3D geometry, materials, lighting, and other scene data, and they can be used to exchange 3D content between different 3D applications and pipelines.
- It is a 3D model file format developed by Stanford Computer Graphics Laboratory. PLY is mainly used to describe objects in a collection of polygons.
- MIME Type
- model/vnd.usdz
- application/octet-stream
- Wikipedia
- .usd on Wikipedia
- .ply on Wikipedia