photo by Jim Hagarty © 2018 ACM SIGGRAPH
Our recent trip to Vancouver yielded a wealth of new ideas, new experiences, and new innovations. …And plenty of writers were there to capture it! We hope you enjoy this roundup of some of the biggest stories out of SIGGRAPH 2018.
NVIDIA Doubles Down On Ray Tracing With Turing
Forbes
SIGGRAPH in a Nutshell: Real-Time Ray Tracing Gets Realistic and Machine Learning Gets Practical
StudioDaily
Rays Of Light: Takeaways From An Action-Packed SIGGRAPH 2018
Techgage
SIGGRAPH 2018: Celebrating VR at 50
Renderosity Magazine
Vancouver’s SIGGRAPH 2018 blends science, technology, art and entertainment
BCBusiness
12 Cool New Pieces Of Animation Tech We Saw At SIGGRAPH 2018
Cartoon Brew
Fusion: A Collaborative Robotic Telepresence Parasite That Lives on Your Back
IEEE Spectrum
I’m officially creeped out by this robot’s lifelike facial expressions
BGR
VR optics could help old folks keep the world in focus
TechCrunch
LulzBot Releases 3D Aerostruder Micro Tool Head for “Penny-scale” 3D Printed Parts
3D Printing Industry
Wind-Blaster VR Peripheral Offers New Wind Powered Immersion
VRFocus
Google unveils new virtual reality experience at SIGGRAPH 2018
Phys.org
Facebook made a camera system that can make better virtual mirrors
VentureBeat
Solo VFX Supervisor Rob Bredow on the Power of Creativity
VFX Voice
SIGGRAPH: StarVR One’s VR headset with integrated eye tracking
postPerspective
Porsche and Epic Games show off new lighting features for Unreal Engine
TNW
MIT, Adobe’s new A.I. could bring one-click background removal, social filters
Digital Trends
I Saw Disney’s First VR Film “Cycles” And My Mind Is Blown
BuzzFeed
DigiPro 2018, SideFX and and cloth: SIGGRAPH weekend report
fxguide
Digital Basketball Players Teach Themselves to Dribble
Futurity
Platige Image Explores Pure Form with ‘Miazmat’ Short
Animation World Network
SIGGRAPH 2018 Spotlights Women In Computer Graphics
SHOOT Online
Isabelle Riva: How The Unity Game Engine Will Democratize Film
UploadVR
EXCLUSIVE: Dreamworks Directors On How They Made ‘Bilby,’ And On The Studio’s New Shorts Program
Cartoon Brew
AMPAS Launches Academy Software Foundation for VFX, Animation Development
The Hollywood Reporter
For even more conference news, visit “SIGGRAPH In the News” on the 2018 website.
