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Photo of Stefen Fangmeier (left) and Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams (right) introducing "Jurassic Park" by Jim Hagarty © 2018 ACM SIGGRAPH As we get ready for SIGGRAPH 2019, it's hard not to think back on what made last summer so special. Read on for some of our favorite...
Photo of Pol Jeremias-Vila at the SIGGRAPH conference in Los Angeles by John Fujii © 2017 ACM SIGGRAPH The secret's out! It was announced today the Pol Jeremias-Vila will chair the SIGGRAPH 2021 conference in Los Angeles. To celebrate his selection, we've rounded up...
This Q&A was originally published in the ACM SIGGRAPH Member Profiles. Nick England has been involved with ACM SIGGRAPH since 1977 and is an expert in graphics and imaging hardware and software. 1. What do you do, and how long have you been doing it? I have been...
Welcome back to SIGGRAPH Spotlight! In this episode, ACM SIGGRAPH International Resources Committee member Santiago Echeverry (professor, University of Tampa) sits down with Hernando Bahamon (animation director, Globizco Inc.; and, director, Bogota ACM SIGGRAPH...
By Theresa-Marie Rhyne and Min Chen Image credit: Graphic recordings by Benjamin Felis of the IEEE VIS Technical Awards and the Test of Time and Keynote sessions (Fig. 1) Data visualization is the study of the transformation of data into visual representations. It...
Image from "Steerable Application-Adaptive Near-Eye Displays" Ⓒ 2018 NVIDIA Corporation, UNC Chapel Hill In August, SIGGRAPH 2018 showcased inspiring, bleeding-edge technologies that are expanding the human experience in the areas of health, home, and entertainment...
The original use and development for the GPU was to accelerate 3D games and rendering.
Image of SIGGRAPH Asia 2017's Art Gallery courtesy of ACM SIGGRAPH Asia This post is part of a larger conversation that appeared on CG World Japan. This winter, SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 is to be held at the Tokyo International Forum (Yurakucho) from 4th to 7th December. In...
photo by John Fujii © 2018 ACM SIGGRAPH Hello there! My name is Mikki Rose, and I’m your SIGGRAPH 2019 Conference Chair. I’m very pleased to share some of the exciting ideas we’re working on for the conference, but before we dive into that, it might help you to know a...
Photo by Jim Hagarty © 2018 ACM SIGGRAPH SIGGRAPH 2018 concluded in Vancouver, BC, with over 16,500 attendees from around the world. Attendees hailed from Canada and 87 other countries worldwide, including the United States, China, France, Germany, Japan,...
photo by Jim Hagarty © 2018 ACM SIGGRAPH “I never thought much about the future. I couldn’t imagine what people would do with this thing. I just did it because it was interesting and seemed possible.” So thought Ivan Sutherland about his Head-Mounted 3D Display System...
In this episode of SIGGRAPH Spotlight, ACM SIGGRAPH International Resources Committee member Afsaneh Rafighi (computer scientist, Simba Technologies) is joined by Hasan Karimi (president, Iran Computer and Video Games Foundation). The two discuss the international...