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Regional Snapshot: Computer Graphics in China
27 April 2017 • by ACM SIGGRAPHACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Production, Real-Time, Virtual Reality, Visual Effects
By Jessica Sommerville & Rick Xu For this Regional Snapshot post, we look into the trends and climate surrounding China’s computer graphics (CG) industry. We were fortunate to speak with a man known to many as “the father of the Chinese CG industry,” Raymond...
Faces of SIGGRAPH: Muhammad Arief
25 April 2017 • by ACM SIGGRAPHACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Conferences, Research
This Q&A was originally published in the ACM SIGGRAPH Member Profiles. Muhammad Arief is a Ph. D. candidate at Tokyo University of Technology and is active in the ACM SIGGRAPH International Resources Committee. 1. What do you do, and how long have you been doing...
Laval Virtual Winner ‘Real Baby’ to Showcase at SIGGRAPH 2017
18 April 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Conferences, Emerging Technologies, Virtual Reality
At Laval Virtual's 19th Annual Conference, SIGGRAPH 2017 Emerging Technologies Chair Jeremy Kenisky presented a special prize to competition winner “Real Baby – Real Family.” The "Real Baby" project creates an age controllable VR avatar from 2D face images, and was...
SIGGRAPH 2017 Avatars: Explained
13 April 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Conferences
If you've already registered for SIGGRAPH 2017, you may have chosen an avatar (or three) that match your profile. Maybe you've seen the video on Facebook and met the avatars. Maybe you're getting ready to register and want to know more about why you should pick an...
SIGGRAPH Conferences: An International Affair
6 April 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Conferences
By Jessica Sommerville SIGGRAPH conferences are truly international events, with attendees traveling from all over the world to exchange ideas and accomplishments in the field of computer graphics and interactive techniques. ACM SIGGRAPH holds this exchange of...
SIGGRAPH Profile: Meet Brian Wyvill
30 March 2017 • by ACM SIGGRAPHACM SIGGRAPH, Conferences
This Q&A was originally published in the ACM SIGGRAPH Member Profiles. Brian Wyvill is a professor of computer science at the University of Victoria, British Columbia and has been active in the ACM SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Conferences for many years. He currently...
Students + SIGGRAPH = #SIGGRAPHchat
9 March 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Conferences
Join SIGGRAPH for our second Twitter chat of 2017 on Wednesday, 15 March, at 2 pm ET (1 pm CT, 11 am PT). We will be using the hashtag #SIGGRAPHchat and our topic will be the Students and SIGGRAPH. If you're a student and want to get involved with SIGGRAPH Student...
Regional Snapshot: Computer Graphics in North America
3 March 2017 • by ACM SIGGRAPHACM SIGGRAPH, Augmented Reality, Emerging Technologies, Graphics, Virtual Reality, Visual Effects
photo courtesy Jessica Sommerville by Jessica Sommerville This is the second installment in the regional snapshot series. In the previous article we focused on the current state of the Computer Graphics Industry in Australasia.This article explores both current trends...
Dreaming Big, Celebrating Black History Month
27 February 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Conferences, Students
Black History Month, or National African American History Month is an annual celebration of achievements and a time for acknowledging the important role of African Americans in U.S. history. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom,...
The Right Stuff: Mary Whitton and the History of SIGGRAPH
16 February 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Graphics, Research
This Q&A was originally published in the ACM SIGGRAPH Member Profiles. Mary Whitton is a research professor in the computer science department at UNC-Chapel Hill. She has been involved in SIGGRAPH conferences since 1977 and is currently working on recording,...
The Evolution of Real-Time Graphics
9 February 2017 • by Cristobal ChengACM SIGGRAPH, Conferences, Graphics, Production, Real-Time
As I sat down to come up with a list of the best real-time projects in SIGGRAPH history, I knew I wanted to accomplish two things: convey what kinds of submissions the SIGGRAPH 2017 Real-Time Live! program is looking for, and inspire fellow creators. Founded in 2009...