Amid all of the education, demonstrations, and networking at SIGGRAPH 2015, chances are you missed something worth discovering. Not to worry! SIGGRAPH 2015 received plenty of media attention and we've rounded up of some of the most noteworthy news items and stories to...
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That’s a Wrap – Highlights from SIGGRAPH 2015
13 August 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Art, Augmented Reality, Conferences, Emerging Technologies, Virtual Reality, Visual Effects
The collaboration between the graphics, art and technologies always brings out the new, the exciting and the inspired. At SIGGRAPH 2015, various disciplines and interests intersected at the “Xroads of Discovery.” Throughout the year, the conference and program chairs...
Up Close with SIGGRAPH 2015 VR Village Contributors
12 August 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Virtual Reality
image: Cardboard Car Crash, Vincent McCurley, National Film Board of Canada Vincent McCurley, National Film Board of Canada We had an opportunity to connect with these contributors to the new VR Village at SIGGRAPH 2015: Vincent McCurley, National Film Board of...
Trailer Spotlight: Real-Time Live! and Studio
4 August 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Design, Interactive Techniques, Real-Time
Image: "A Boy and His Kite" Gavin Moran and Nick Penwarden, Epic Games SIGGRAPH 2015 is just days away and we have two final trailers to share before the best and brightest in computer graphics and interactive techniques converge 9-13, August in downtown L.A.!...
Changing the Game: 2015 Games Program
30 July 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Gaming
Image credit: Lara Croft in Rise of the Tomb Raider (c) 2015 Square Enix Ltd. All rights reserved. SIGGRAPH’s Games Program centers around the innovation and creativity in the games industry and how the graphics community works together to deliver content. Games will...
Explore SIGGRAPH 2015 with an Exhibits Plus Pass
27 July 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Conferences, Emerging Technologies, Virtual Reality
Image credit: An Automultiscopic Projector Array for Interactive Digital Humans courtesy of Andrew Jones (University of Southern California) If you're an industry professional who has never attended a SIGGRAPH conference or are just curious about the future of...
Shadertoy Competition at SIGGRAPH 2015
23 July 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Mobile, Real-Time, Visual Effects
Image credit: Space Curvature by Inigo Quilez (iq) https://www.shadertoy.com/view/llj3Rz Jesse Barker, Chair of the Mobile Focus Program at SIGGRAPH 2015, shares his thoughts on what's hot in mobile at this year's conference and why the Shadertoy competition is the...
New at SIGGRAPH 2015: ePosters
21 July 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Research, Simulation
image credit: Fully Automatic ID Mattes With Support for Motion Blur and Transparency by Jonah Friedman and Andrew C. Jones, Psyop SIGGRAPH 2015 presents work by some of the brightest minds in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Posters are a great way for...
The Academy Brings ‘Wallace and Gromit’ Studio to SIGGRAPH
16 July 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film
Image credit: © 2015 Aardman Animations The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is returning to SIGGRAPH with a panel talk devoted to the four-time Oscar-winning U.K. studio Aardman Animations. The special conference session will feature Aardman co-founder...
Making @ SIGGRAPH: Q&A with Andrew Glassner
14 July 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Design, Hardware, Industry Leaders
Image Credit: All images copyright Andrew Glassner, 2015 This Q&A is part of a series where we sat down with innovative makers across disciplines to both celebrate the launch of the conference's brand-new Making program and to highlight the impressive work of the...
Trailer Spotlight: Dailies at SIGGRAPH 2015
9 July 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Production, Students, Visual Effects
Image: The Making of Fruit People © 2015 Emilio Saenz, Treehouse Army It's a given that SIGGRAPH conferences celebrate excellence in computer graphics and interactive techniques. But SIGGRAPH is so much more. At its core, SIGGRAPH is about connections, intersections,...
Trailer Spotlight: Emerging Technologies and Art Gallery
2 July 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Conferences, Emerging Technologies
Image: Folding musical instruments by Brian Chan SIGGRAPH is always filled with the latest new and exciting technology and innovation. This year's conference in Los Angeles will be no different, featuring endless opportunities to experience the outer limits of...