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SIGGRAPH 2018 Research Highlight: New Tool for Sketching Faces
3 July 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Graphics, Research
Photo credit: Tiziano Protenier Across popular social media platforms, users are posting countless images every day. On Instagram alone, there are more than 40 billion uploaded photos - a figure that's skyrocketing by 95 million daily. This presents a clear need for...
Improving the VR Experience with a Blink of an Eye
25 June 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Conferences, Research, Virtual Reality
In the burgeoning world of virtual reality (VR) technology, it remains a challenge to provide users with a realistic perception of infinite space and natural walking capabilities in the virtual environment. At SIGGRAPH 2018 in Vancouver this summer, a team of computer...
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...
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...
MetaLimbs 2.0: Exploring Telepresence
12 June 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Emerging Technologies, Research
Image credit: Fusion: Full Body Surrogacy for Collaborative Communication © 2018 Keio University Graduate School of Design, The University of Tokyo The Emerging Technologies displayed at SIGGRAPH 2018 will push the boundaries of human experience, the sense of self,...
Change Agent: Daniel Szecket and SIGGRAPH Next
7 June 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Emerging Technologies, Research
Fractal image: Benoit Mandelbrot, 14 satellite julia island SIGGRAPH has long been a pioneer in computer graphics research and emerging technologies. New this year, the SIGGRAPH Next program continues the pioneering tradition by offering a series of plenary speakers...
Challenge Accepted: Infinite Walking in VR
31 May 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Research, Virtual Reality
Image: "Infinite Walking in VR," courtesy of Qi Sun In the ever-evolving landscape of virtual reality (VR) technology, a number of key hurdles remain. But a team of computer scientists have tackled one of the major challenges in VR that will greatly improve user...
Highlights from the SIGGRAPH 2018 Technical Papers Program
24 May 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Research
Image: DeepMimic: Example-Guided Deep Reinforcement Learning of Physics-Based Character Skills. Courtesy of the authors: Xue Bin Peng, Pieter Abbeel,Sergey Levine,Michiel van de Panne The SIGGRAPH 2018 Technical Papers program is the premier international forum...
Behind the Mask: Exploring the Origins of the Transformation Mask
17 May 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Conferences, Industry Leaders
The SIGGRAPH 2018 Art Gallery will fuse technology and art to bridge the gap between the past and the future. The theme for this year’s gallery is “Origins,” which aims to articulate myth and technology, science and art, the deep past, and the computational present....
New at SIGGRAPH 2018: Doctoral Consortium
11 May 2018 • by ACM SIGGRAPHACM SIGGRAPH, Conferences, Research
The SIGGRAPH Doctoral Consortium is a new initiative that will take place at SIGGRAPH 2018 in Vancouver, BC, 11 August 2018. We chatted with Consortium Chair Maneesh Agrawala of the Stanford University Brown institute for Media Innovation to find out more about the...