By Gerry Derksen Transition spaces in the context of the “city” are central to the Studio concept at the upcoming SIGGRAPH 2016 conference. The spaces that form between the virtual and the physical world blur and change as we construct and demolish in a game we are...
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Coming Soon to a Virtual Environment Near You
13 January 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Virtual Reality
Image: Real Virtuality: Immersive Explorer. Courtesy of Sylvain Chagué, Fondation Artanim; Bart Kevelham, Fondation Artanim VR Village Chair Denise Quesnel shares her take of the evolution of virtual reality, from curiosity to commercial viability. The VR Village at...
5 Reasons Students Volunteer for SIGGRAPH
7 January 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Students
The deadline to apply to be a student volunteer at SIGGRAPH 2016 is just a month away (February 9 to be exact) and every year, we look forward to the enthusiasm, energy and service that hundreds of student volunteers bring to the conference. This important group of...
Star Wars: A Look Back with ILM Veteran Jeff Light
16 December 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesFilm, Industry Leaders, Production, Visual Effects
Photo credit / source: www.movpins.com It had been a long time since the last Star Wars movie when George Lucas came back to Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). He came back after "Jurassic Park" showed him what could be done in terms of the environment in the...
Talking with SIGGRAPH 2016 Art Papers Chair Ed Shanken
8 December 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Conferences
Image credit: Articulating Media Arts Activities in Art-Science Contexts © 2015 Angus Graeme Forbes, University of Illinois at Chicago This Q&A is part of a series of interviews with some of the creative minds behind SIGGRAPH 2016. Meet Edward Shanken,...
Are Computer Graphics Always the Answer?
3 December 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Visual Effects
Photo credit: Industrial Light & Magic workers stage the Battle of Hoth for "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back." Courtesy of ILM This post was originally published on the ACM SIGGRAPH News blog in January 2015. With the highly anticipated release of...
SIGGRAPH 2016: Contribute Your Content
19 November 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Art, Conferences, Data, Design, Emerging Technologies, Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Mobile, Research, Students, Virtual Reality
SIGGRAPH has always celebrated the synergy of art, science, and technology through a passion for graphics, interactivity, enhanced realities, games, mobile, robotics, visualization, and any other area where creative convergences occur. For more than 40 years, our...
Balance and Harmony: Recapping SIGGRAPH Asia 2015
12 November 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Art, Conferences, Education, Emerging Technologies, Industry Leaders
The Kobe Convention Center was bustling with activity as it played host to Asia’s premier graphics, animation, art and technology event. Held from 2 to 5 November 2015, the 8th ACM SIGGRAPH Asia Conference and Exhibition brought together over 7,000 computer graphics...
Comic Strip to Feature Film: Behind ‘The Peanuts Movie’
29 October 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Production
A team of over 500 people at Blue Sky Studios tirelessly worked to bring the classic Charles M. Schulz comic strip to life in its new, feature-length film: "The Peanuts Movie." The day they made the big announcement that we were doing the project, we were really...
Speaking with Yoshifumi Kitamura, SIGGRAPH Asia Conference Chair
21 October 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences
With a little more than a week to SIGGRAPH Asia 2015, we sat down with Conference Chair Yoshifumi Kitamura for some insights into the conference and his connection with the industry. SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 (SA2015): As Conference Chair for SIGGRAPH Asia 2015, could you...
Behind-the-Scenes: SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 Computer Animation Festival
5 October 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Graphics
Image credit: © Digic Pictures, CD PROJECKTS. A. SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 Computer Animation Festival (CAF) Director Jinny H.J. Choo shares her thoughts on the future of the industry and what you can expect at the SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 CAF. SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 (SA2015): What...
SIGGRAPH 2016 Preview: An Interview with Jonah Brucker-Cohen
10 September 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Data
Image Credit: “PrintCade”, 2014, Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Michael Ang This Q&A is part of a series of interviews with some of the creative minds behind SIGGRAPH 2016. Meet Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Ph.D., SIGGRAPH 2016 Art Gallery Chair. Brucker-Cohen is an award winning...