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Seeing SIGGRAPH From All Sides With David Kasik

15 October 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Graphics, Industry Leaders, Interactive Techniques

After first attending SIGGRAPH 44 years ago, David Kasik shares his experience as an author, teacher, volunteer, and attendee.

ACM Fellows, ACM SIGGRAPH, Boeing, David Kasik, SIGGRAPH 2019, University of Colorado

Change Your Tune at the Touch of a Dial

9 October 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Education, Emerging Technologies

Find out how Mozart’s dice game inspired SIGGRAPH 2019 Emerging Technologies project, “Melody Slot Machine.”

Deep learning, Education, Emerging Technologies, General Submissions, Generative Theory of Tonal Music, Masatoshi Hamanaka, Mozart, RIKEN, SIGGRAPH 2019

A Look at the Emmy-nominated VFX of Netflix’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’

4 October 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Production, Visual Effects

“The Umbrella Academy” VFX supervisors discuss the Emmys, highlights from the show’s first season, and what fans can expect from season two.

Chris White, Emmy Awards, Emmys, Everett Burrell, Netflix, Production Sessions, SIGGRAPH 2019, The Umbrella Academy, VFX, Visual Effects, Weta Digital

Behind the Research: Making Collective Virtual Narrative

3 October 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Awards, Conferences, Research

NYU Future Reality Lab’s Kris Layng and Ken Perlin discuss their Best in Show-winning Art Paper, “CAVE: Making Collective Virtual Narrative.”

Art, Art Papers, art research, Best Art Paper, Best in Show, CAVE, cave automatic virtual environment, CAVE VR, New York University, Research

Visualizing Pollution? There’s an App for That

1 October 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAugmented Reality, Conferences, Mobile

Developers Paulina Escalante Campbell and Natalia Garcia Torres share the story behind and impact of their AR app, “Aire,” presented at SIGGRAPH 2019.

air quality, Aire, Appy Hour, AR, Augmented Reality, Climate Change, environment, Mobile App, mobile app development, Natalia Garcia Torres, Paulina Escalante Campbell, pollution, SIGGRAPH 2019

Find Something That Keeps You Going: Catch Up With the 2019 Graduate Student Research Winner

26 September 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Research

Sai Ganesh Subramanian shares how he developed “Delaunay Lofts,” the winning graduate project at the 2019 ACM Student Research Competition.

ACM Student Research Competition, Delaunay Lofts, Ergun Akleman, Graduate Student Research Competition, Matthew R. Eng, Sai Ganesh Subramanian, SIGGRAPH 2019, Texas A&M, Vinayak Krishnamurthy

‘Privacy is Hard,’ a Look at the Ethical Implications of Mixed Reality

25 September 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAugmented Reality, Conferences, Industry Leaders, Interactive Techniques, Virtual Reality

A recap of the SIGGRAPH 2019 Panel, “The Ethical and Privacy Implications of Mixed Reality.”

Augmented Reality, Kent Bye, Mixed Reality, Panel, Panels, SIGGRAPH 2019, Virtual Reality, Voices of VR

Emmys Are Coming: Sending Off ‘Game of Thrones’ With Honors

20 September 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Production, Visual Effects

Ahead of the 2019 Emmy Awards, catch our exclusive interview with panelists from the SIGGRAPH 2019 Production Session “For the Throne – The Making of ‘Game of Thrones’: Season 8.”