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SIGGRAPH Business Symposium Presents Leaders and Visionaries to Address Industry Direction
23 July 2012 • by ACM SIGGRAPHAnimation, Business, Interactive Techniques, Research
Featured Speaker Carl Rosendahl In its second year, the SIGGRAPH Business Symposium provides an intimate, interactive forum for open, frank conversations among leaders and executives in the visual effects, gaming, and media arena as they explore the present and future...
Real Steel’s Noisy Boy to Appear at SIGGRAPH 2012
20 July 2012 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Film, Industry Leaders, Interactive Techniques
Image credit: Copyright DreamWorks II Distribution Co,. LLC, All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of Digital Domain If you ever wanted to have your picture taken with something ridiculously awesome (like a 7-ft tall robot), then mark your calendars for SIGGRAPH 2012 where...
Q&A with SIGGRAPH 2012 Games Chair Naty Hoffman
17 July 2012 • by ACM SIGGRAPHAnimation, Gaming, Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Real-Time, Visual Effects
Naty Hoffman - the 2012 Games ChairFollowing is a brief conversation with Naty Hoffman, the SIGGRAPH 2012 Games Chair and Technical Director at Activision, regarding games and SIGGRAPH 2012. Please check back later this week for an article summarizing all the game...
SIGGRAPH 2012 Showcasing Advancements in Real-Time Graphics
11 July 2012 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Gaming, Graphics, Industry Leaders, Interactive Techniques, Real-Time, Visual Effects
SIGGRAPH Real-Time Live! is the premiere showcase for the latest trends and techniques for pushing the boundaries of interactive visuals. A series of 10 international jury-selected submissions will be presented in a fast-paced, 90-minute show of cutting-edge,...
Q&A with SIGGRAPH 2012 Real-Time Live! Chair – Jason RM Smith
2 July 2012 • by ACM SIGGRAPHAnimation, Gaming, Graphics, Industry Leaders, Interactive Techniques, Real-Time, Visual Effects
Jason RM Smith, SIGGRAPH RTL! Chair Following below is a brief conversation with Jason RM Smith, SIGGRAPH 2012 Real-Time Live! (RTL!) Chair and Digital Production Supervisor at LucasArts. Real-Time Live! is the premiere showcase for the latest trends and techniques...
SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival 2012 Preview Video Is Now Live
28 June 2012 • by ACM SIGGRAPHAnimation, Interactive Techniques, Real-Time, Visual Effects
The SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival is the annual festival for the world's most innovative, accomplished, and amazing digital film and video creators. An internationally recognized jury receives hundreds of submissions and presents the best work of the year in...
SIGGRAPH 2012 Releases Packed Schedule of Production Sessions
25 June 2012 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Graphics, Production, Uncategorized
SIGGRAPH 2012, 5-9 August at the Los Angeles Convention Center, just released an all-star line-up of production sessions that will be featured as part of its annual Computer Animation Festival, which is open to the public. “Nowhere else in the world can you get this...
Q&A with Ann McNamara, SIGGRAPH 2012 Courses Chair from Texas A&M University
6 June 2012 • by ACM SIGGRAPHAnimation, Gaming, Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Visual Effects
Following below is a brief conversation with Ann McNamara, SIGGRAPH 2012 Courses Chair and assistant professor in the Department of Visualization at Texas A&M University. Her research is in computer graphics and she is currently particularly focused on the...
Q&A with the 2012 Technical Papers Chair Hanspeter Pfister from Harvard
31 May 2012 • by ACM SIGGRAPHAnimation, Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Research
Following is a brief conversation with Hanspeter Pfister, the SIGGRAPH 2012 Technical Papers Chair from Harvard University. Pfister is Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. His research lies at the intersection...
SIGGRAPH 2012 Technical Papers Preview
21 May 2012 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Research
The SIGGRAPH 2012 Technical Papers program is the premier international forum for disseminating new scholarly work in computer graphics and interactive techniques. The 39th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, 5–9...
SIGGRAPH 2012 Courses Preview
4 May 2012 • by ACM SIGGRAPHAnimation, Art, Education, Graphics, Interactive Techniques
Courses are short (1.5 hours) or half-day (3.25 hours) structured sessions that often include elements of interactive demonstration, performance, or other imaginative approaches to teaching. Attendees learn from leading experts in the field and gain inside knowledge...