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Cristian Díaz Peredo

Cristian Díaz Peredo

Jun 3, 2019
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Illustration of a plane with colorful stalactites and stalagmites representing the diversity that can exist in hidden places

Deconstructing Reality Composer Pro (Inspector Bindings, References and Variants)

The next level of functionality in the RCP inspector offers deeper control over model linking, looks, and variations Bindings In OpenUSD, the terminology "Binding" comes from the UsdShadeMaterialBindingAPI. Unlike traditional formats where a material is simply a property of a mesh, USD treats materials as independent prims that

Feb 13, 2026
Deconstructing Reality Composer Pro: Logbook

Deconstructing Reality Composer Pro: Logbook

A continually growing list of interesting things found during exploration that have not yet been featured in the "Deconstructing Reality Composer Pro" series entries. Mapping from Prims to Entities RCP maintains a bidirectional mapping between RealityKit entities and USD prim paths. While public RealityKit doesn't easily

Feb 11, 2026
Illustration of 3x3 boxes in perspective, similar to the boxes on the transform inspector in RCP.

Deconstructing Reality Composer Pro (Inspector Basics)

Dual-mode Inspector: scene layer shows global stage metadata (upAxis, metersPerUnit), while prim inspection displays transform, materials, and references. UI presents cm/degrees; USD persists meters/quaternions with rotationEulerHint for round-trip editing.

Feb 9, 2026
Deconstructing Reality Composer Pro (Scene Navigator)

Deconstructing Reality Composer Pro (Scene Navigator)

To implement the Scene navigator, we will need to handle .usd manipulation, and the best approach I have found is to use Apple's SwiftUsd project. Although it is a bit behind the standard and has some quirks with C++ interops, it remains powerful and convenient, and by including

Feb 5, 2026
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