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Where GDTF, MVR and OpenUSD meet: Creating Immersive Events with OpenUSD and Digital Twins

NVIDIA is featuring a story about the amazing work of Moment Factory, who has been combining the power of the OpenUSD with Omniverse together with MVR and GDTF, forming a digital twin of a real-world environment. Read on for details on how they utilize Epic Games Unreal Engine, Blender, Adobe Photoshop and Vectorworks for the immersive simulation in the Omniverse.

Posted September 12, 2023  ‐ Categories: Vectorworks, MVR, GDTF, OpenUSD


GDTF Share Report for August 2023

GDTF Share report for the month of August 2023

Posted September 1, 2023  ‐ 1 min read  ‐ Categories: GDTF, GDTF Share


Production Assist 1.9 Offers MVR 1.6 Implementation

Latest version 1.9 of Production Assist features many new improvements and additions, including implementation of the MVR 1.6 (draft). The MVR-xchange protocol is supposed to be coming up in future Production Assist version.

Posted August 31, 2023  ‐ Categories: GDTF, MVR, Production Assist


Seemles MVR Workflow With Open Source Tools

Following Industry Leaders, Open Source Tools Also Embrace MVR Workflow: Streamlining Efficiency in BlinderKitten and BlenderDMX Integration

Posted August 29, 2023  ‐ 1 min read  ‐ Categories: GDTF, MVR, BlenderDMX, BlinderKitten


BlinderKitten: Illuminating the Future of Open Source Live Event Lighting

BlinderKitten is a modern, fast, multiplatform lighting software with remote controllability via OSC and MIDI, supporting GDTF and MVR, all made accessible under the GPL license.

Posted August 25, 2023  ‐ 1 min read  ‐ Categories: GDTF, MVR, BlinderKitten


MVR 1.6 Draft

Publishing draft of the MVR Spec into the documentation section of GDTF.eu

Posted August 18, 2023  ‐ 1 min read  ‐ Categories: MVR


AJ Pen On Communication Through Illustration: 'The Book' For 'My Chemical Romance' reunion tour

In this webcast recording, AJ Pen shares his knowledge and practical tips (including MVR and his 'book' concept) that enable him and his team to turn the abstract of the design into a wonderful show.

Posted August 4, 2023  ‐ 2 min read  ‐ Categories: Vectorworks, MVR, Capture, Robe Lighting


GDTF Share Report for July 2023

GDTF Share report for the month of July 2023

Posted August 1, 2023  ‐ 1 min read  ‐ Categories: GDTF, GDTF Share


GDTF Share Fixture Library Added to the GDTF Bench Online Tool

The comparing and benchmarking GDTF Bench tool has been updated to be able to load GDTF Files directly from the GDTF Share, allowing fast and easy device and device file comparison.

Posted July 26, 2023  ‐ 2 min read  ‐ Categories: GDTF, GDTF Share


GDTF training: new YouTube videos explaining the GDTF Builder

GDTF & MVR YouTube channel published new training video series about the GDTF Builder.

Posted July 21, 2023  ‐ 1 min read  ‐ Categories: GDTF


MVR instrumental at Eurovision Song Contest 2023 design

The TPi magazine has published an interesting, detailed writeup on desigining the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, including mention on how MVR has allowed the team to efficiently distribute and coordinate design changes between Vectorworks, gMA3, and Depence.

Posted July 17, 2023  ‐ Categories: MVR, Vectorworks, MA Lighting


GDTF Builder Release Summer 2023 Improvements

New features, bug fixes and improvements to the GDTF Builder

Posted July 10, 2023  ‐ 5 min read  ‐ Categories: GDTF, GDTF Builder