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Building a More Intuitive Interface for Machine Knitting

19 November 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Design, Programming & Scripting, Research

The researchers behind SIGGRAPH 2019 Technical Paper “Visual Knitting Machine Programming” share details of the project.

3D printing, Call for Papers, Call for Submissions, Carnegie Mellon University, Knitting, Machine Knitting, Programming, Research, SIGGRAPH 2019, SIGGRAPH 2020, Technical Papers, University of Utah

Leading With Story: The Making of ‘The Ostrich Politic’

14 November 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Students

Student creator Mohammad Houhou shares behind-the-scenes stories for “The Ostrich Politic” and offers the full short film and new making-of featurette.

Academy Awards, Animated Shorts, Animation, Computer Animation, Computer Animation Festival, Computer Graphics, Ostrich Politic, short film, Shorts

Project Nira: Fostering Collaboration in 3D Design

6 November 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Conferences, Mobile, Production, Real-Time

Nira promotes collaboration, tracking, and organization for artists and designers sharing their 3D assets.

Andrew Johnson, Appy Hour, Arash Keissami, Dario Manesku, dRaster, Nira.app, Project Nira, Real Time Live!, Real-Time Rendering, SIGGRAPH 2019

How Smart Is Your Smartphone?

31 October 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Mobile, Research

See what’s next in smartphone innovation with a roundup of three SIGGRAPH 2019 Technical Papers, including advances for photography, gaming, and more.

Android, Apple, Columbia University, Gaming, Google, Lens, Mobile, Photography, Portrait, Research, SIGGRAPH 2019, SIGGRAPH 2020, smartphones, Technical Papers, Technical Papers Program

Flex in VR With the ‘Beach Body Bros’

30 October 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Film, Virtual Reality

Tyler Hurd’s “Beach Body Bros” uses VR to bring users an enjoyable, enlightening, and fun experience.

Gentle Manhands, Immersive Pavilion, Oculus, Oculus Medium, SIGGRAPH 2019, Tyler Hurd, Virtual Reality

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 30 – Tim Sweeney and the Metaverse

25 October 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Gaming, Industry Leaders

Image Credit: Epic Games For the first time, SIGGRAPH Spotlight presents a live, in-session recording from the annual conference in North America. Tune in to hear Tim Sweeney (founder and CEO, Epic Games) during his SIGGRAPH 2019 Talk, “THRIVE: Foundational Principles...

Epic Games, Game Development, Games, Metaverse, podcast, podcasts, SIGGRAPH 2019, SIGGRAPH Spotlight, Talks, Tim Sweeney

Scientific Visualization in Game Engines: Get to Know the 2019 Undergrad Student Research Winner

17 October 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Research, Students

Jasmine Shih shares how she developed “Interactive Cinematic Scientific Visualization in Unity 3D,” the winning undergraduate project at the 2019 ACM Student Research Competition.

ACM Student Research Competition, Andrew Christensen, Donna Cox, Jasmine Shih, Kalina Borkiewicz, NCSA Advanced Visualization Lab, Posters, Scientific Vizualization, SIGGRAPH 2019, Student Volunteers, Undergraduate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Transforming Shadows, Transforming Self

16 October 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Conferences, Design, Graphics, Interactive Techniques

A real shadow has infinite resolution. Discover how one SIGGRAPH 2019 team turned real optical shadows into fragmented, textured, and immersed projection graphics for Fragment Shadow.

Fragment Shadow, Multimedia Installations, projection, Shunichi Kasahara, SIGGRAPH 2019, Sony CSL, Studio, The University of Tokyo