This article contains excerpts from an interview with the SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Computer Animation Festival Chairs, originally published on CG World, Japan. Be sure to mark your calendars for SIGGRAPH Asia 2018, taking place at the Tokyo International Forum, 4-7,...
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25 SIGGRAPH 2018 Stories You May Have Missed
28 August 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Art, Business, Conferences, Emerging Technologies, Graphics, Hardware, Industry Leaders, Interactive Techniques, Production, Virtual Reality
photo by Jim Hagarty © 2018 ACM SIGGRAPH Our recent trip to Vancouver yielded a wealth of new ideas, new experiences, and new innovations. ...And plenty of writers were there to capture it! We hope you enjoy this roundup of some of the biggest stories out of SIGGRAPH...
Throwback Thursday: SIGGRAPH 2018 in Videos
23 August 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Business, Conferences, Film, Industry Leaders, Production, Virtual Reality, Visual Effects
Still reeling from last week's SIGGRAPH 2018 conference? Perhaps you missed Vancouver altogether? There's a video for that! In addition to the ability to re-watch any of our live-streamed sessions, check out this collection of bonus videos, published daily during our...
Epic Games and ILMxLAB on ‘Reflections’
10 August 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Conferences, Film, Graphics, Industry Leaders, Interactive Techniques, Production, Real-Time, Visual Effects
"Reflections" © 2018 Epic Games, Inc. All rights reserved. Real-Time Live! is the highly anticipated showcase of real-time graphics — live and on stage at SIGGRAPH 2018! One of the projects that will be presented and deconstructed by its creators in Vancouver is...
5 Questions with Baobab Studios on ‘Crow: The Legend’
9 August 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Graphics, Industry Leaders, Interactive Techniques, Production, Virtual Reality
"Crow: The Legend" © 2018 Baobab Studios As contributors to both the SIGGRAPH 2018 Production Sessions and Virtual, Augmented & Mixed Reality programs, Baobab Studios’ creative visionaries behind "Crow: The Legend" know a bit about storytelling. Larry Cutler...
SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 17 – Independent Storytelling & Innovation
20 July 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Industry Leaders, Production, Virtual Reality
In an all-new episode of SIGGRAPH Spotlight, SIGGRAPH 2018 Production Sessions Chair Emily Hsu (associate producer, Blizzard Entertainment) sits down with a panel of independent creators in production and animation to chat about what led them to go “independent.” The...
SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 16 – CG’s Next Generation with Canada’s Natalia Freitas (Part 2)
22 June 2018 • by ACM SIGGRAPHACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Conferences, Industry Leaders
In part two of the ACM SIGGRAPH International Resources Committee's (IRC) "next generation" series, Rebecca Ko (founder, Rooftop Animation) sits down with 3D artist and Brazil native Natalia Freitas (independent animator based in Vancouver) to discuss Freitas’s...
‘Jurassic Park’ Made a Dinosaur-sized Leap Forward in Computer-generated Animation on Screen, 25 Years Ago
21 June 2018 • by ACM SIGGRAPHAnimation, Film, Simulation, Visual Effects
Computer-generated dinosaurs walk the Earth. Source: Universal Pictures Studios Written by Adam Bargteil, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Republished with permission of The Conversation With 25 years of hindsight, “Jurassic Park” marks a pivotal point in the...
Rob Bredow: ‘Everything we do is creative.’
19 June 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Industry Leaders, Production, Visual Effects
SIGGRAPH 2018 Keynote Rob Bredow (SVP, Executive Creative Director, and Head of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is a long-standing industry visionary who will take the stage in August to share how media and technological innovation come together to form both...
Sneak Peek: SIGGRAPH 2018 VR Theater
18 June 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Production, Virtual Reality
"The Legend of Hanuman" © 2017 Graphic India With just one year under its belt, the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival's VR Theater is still in its infancy. And yet, lucky attendees who experienced L.A.'s iteration, and who will have the chance to join us in...
SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 15 – CG’s Next Generation with Canada’s Myriam Beauvais and Caroline Beyne (Part 1)
15 May 2018 • by ACM SIGGRAPHACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Business, Gaming, Students
Pictured: Caroline Beyne (left) and Myriam Beauvais (right). For part one of the ACM SIGGRAPH International Resource Committee's (IRC) "next generation" series, Rebecca Ko (founder, Rooftop Animation) sits down with Myriam Beauvais (graphics programmer and intern,...
#SIGGRAPHchat: The Future of Storytelling
19 April 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Conferences, Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Research, Virtual Reality, Visual Effects
Join SIGGRAPH for our first #SIGGRAPHchat of 2018 on Thursday, 26 April, at 2 pm ET (1 pm CT, 11 am PT) on Twitter. We will be using the hashtag #SIGGRAPHchat and our topic will be the future of storytelling. If you're a part of the storytelling experience, whether...