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Where to Watch: SIGGRAPH 2017 VR Theater Shorts

Where to Watch: SIGGRAPH 2017 VR Theater Shorts

SIGGRAPH 2017 VR Theater Directors Q&A | photo by John Fujii © 2017 ACM SIGGRAPH You asked, we answered... Check out a complete list of SIGGRAPH 2017 VR Theater selections below to find out where you can watch each virtual reality animated short from last summer's...

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 9 – Mohammed Saeed Harib

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 9 – Mohammed Saeed Harib

Hot off the heels of SIGGRAPH Asia 2017, the ACM SIGGRAPH International Resources Committee brings you another new episode of SIGGRAPH This time IRC member Anupama Hiregouda sits down with Mohammed Saeed Harib (animator), of the United Arab Emirates, to talk about his...

Regional Snapshot: Computer Graphics in Europe (Part I)

Regional Snapshot: Computer Graphics in Europe (Part I)

Image courtesy Mackevision. © Home Box Office, Inc. All rights reserved.   By Jessica Sommerville In this regional snapshot, we explore the climate of the computer graphics (CG) industry within Europe. In part I of this exploration, we touch base with two...

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 8 – SIGGRAPH Asia’s Pisut Wisessing and Marisa Ginger Tontaveetong

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 8 – SIGGRAPH Asia’s Pisut Wisessing and Marisa Ginger Tontaveetong

In this latest SIGGRAPH Spotlight installment, ACM SIGGRAPH International Resources Committee (IRC) member Bektur Ryskeldiev (Ph.D. candidate, University of Aizu) sits down with SIGGRAPH Asia 2017 Student Volunteer Chair Pisut Wisessing (Ph.D. candidate, Trinity...

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 5 – Animation in Asia with Juck Somsaman

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 5 – Animation in Asia with Juck Somsaman

Image credit: © All rights reserved bkmagazine.com In the latest edition of the SIGGRAPH Spotlight podcast, ACM SIGGRAPH International Resources Committee member Rebecca Ko (founder, Rooftop Animation) sits down with SIGGRAPH Asia 2017 Computer Animation Festival...

Regional Snapshot: Computer Graphics in Africa

Regional Snapshot: Computer Graphics in Africa

Image, "Khumba" courtesy of Triggerfish By Jessica Sommerville In this fifth installment of our series of regional snapshots, we focus on the climate of the CG industry within Africa. For this edition we have three industry spokesmen to shed some light on the...

Who’s Who: SIGGRAPH 2017 Award Winners

Who’s Who: SIGGRAPH 2017 Award Winners

Image source: Twitter It has been a big, amazing year for art, research, and technology and SIGGRAPH 2017 was there to award it all. Find out who won our top honors and learn more about the projects below. ACM SIGGRAPH Awards The ACM SIGGRAPH Awards program recognizes...

SIGGRAPH 2017 News You Need to Know

SIGGRAPH 2017 News You Need to Know

With all of the chances to discover new research, learn new methods, or experience new technologies, it's highly likely you missed something that is worth a second look. Not to worry! Below is our mid-week round up of SIGGRAPH 2017 noteworthy stories from the heart of...

Disney Legend Floyd Norman at SIGGRAPH 2017

Disney Legend Floyd Norman at SIGGRAPH 2017

photo of Steve Waskul and Floyd Norman, courtesy of John Fujii for SIGRRAPH 2017 On Monday, 31 July, SIGGRAPH 2017 attendees heard from Floyd Norman, conference keynote speaker and the first African-American storyboard artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Norman...

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 2 – Computer Animation Festival ‘Song of a Toad’

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 2 – Computer Animation Festival ‘Song of a Toad’

In the second episode of the SIGGRAPH Spotlight podcast, SIGGRAPH 2017 Computer Animation Festival Director Pol Jeremias sits down with three of the creators behind the Best in Show winning animated short "Song of a Toad," part of this year's Electronic Theater....

5 Questions with Floyd Norman, SIGGRAPH 2017 Keynote Speaker

5 Questions with Floyd Norman, SIGGRAPH 2017 Keynote Speaker

Photo Courtesy of Michael Fiore Films On Monday, 31 July, Disney legend Floyd Norman will address attendees in a very special keynote session during SIGGRAPH 2017. Don't miss your chance to hear from Walt Disney Animation Studios' first African American animator as he...