This year’s VR Village attendees (you!) will discover VR/AR content focused on diversity, including storylines featured within projects as well as the diversity of creators and producers who are presenting the content. Throughout the conference week, you can explore...
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SIGGRAPH 2017 to Offer Two Exclusive Panels Hosted by the Academy
7 July 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Industry Leaders, Visual Effects
In partnership with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, SIGGRAPH 2017 will present two unique educational opportunities for attendees to learn from the insider experts behind the scientific and technical awards as well as a recent Academy Award®-nominated...
The Inside Scoop on Summer’s Hottest Mobile App Soirée
29 June 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Mobile
Akshay Agarwal is the Mobile Chair for SIGGRAPH 2017. We sat down with him to discuss Appy Hour at the 2017 conference, which will take place Wednesday, 2 August from 5-7 pm in Los Angeles, CA. Watch the preview on YouTube now (just click on the video below):...
Regional Snapshot: Computer Graphics in South America
27 June 2017 • by ACM SIGGRAPHConferences, Graphics, Visual Effects
Image of Bear Story: courtesy of PunkRobot Animation Studio. By Jessica Sommerville In this fourth installment of our series of regional snapshots, we focus on the climate of the CG industry within South America. Cristián Freire, a Chilean independent animator and...
See, Touch, Learn: Emerging Technologies at SIGGRAPH 2017
21 June 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Emerging Technologies
Image: Touch Hologram in Mid-Air, courtesy IMMERSION The Emerging Technologies Program at SIGGRAPH 2017 lets you interact with surprising experiences that move beyond digital tradition, blur the boundaries between art and science, and transform social assumptions....
Faces of SIGGRAPH: Patrick Cozzi
13 June 2017 • by ACM SIGGRAPHACM SIGGRAPH, Conferences
This Q&A was originally published in the ACM SIGGRAPH Member Profiles. Patrick Cozzi is a graphic developer, educator and author working at Analytical Graphics, Inc. and the University of Pennsylvania. 1. What do you do, and how long have you been doing it? At...
SIGGRAPH 2017 is for Artists and Thinkers
6 June 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Conferences, Interactive Techniques, Research, Virtual Reality
SIGGRAPH is one of the premier events that showcases the cutting-edge research and innovation driving computer graphics and interactive techniques. The Art Gallery and Art Papers programs immerse attendees into unforgettable experiences that defy creative boundaries...
New Generations of Thai Researchers Part II
1 June 2017 • by Jamie HuangConferences
In the first article about a new generation of Thai researchers, we interviewed the Chair and Co-Chair of the Symposium on Visualizationthe. This week we speak with the Chair and Co-Chair of SIGGRAPH Asia 2017’s Symposium on Education, Miho Aoki of the University of...
Mentoring Students at SIGGRAPH 2017
23 May 2017 • by ACM SIGGRAPHACM SIGGRAPH, Conferences, Students
ACM SIGGRAPH is seeking 20 industry professionals to mentor high school students who will be part of the15th "Spend a Week at SIGGRAPH" program. This program provides a full week of immersion in the best of computer graphics and interactive techniques to high school...
Mind-Blowing Research at SIGGRAPH 2017
16 May 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Research
2017 © California Institute of Technology, Technische Universität Berlin The SIGGRAPH 2017 Technical Papers program is the premier international forum for disseminating new scholarly research in computer graphics and interactive techniques. At the conference, authors...
New Generations of Thai Researchers
9 May 2017 • by ACM SIGGRAPHConferences, Research
This year’s SIGGRAPH Asia Conference will take place in Thailand, which has a growing industry and academic research in computer science and engineering. There will be three symposiums, Symposium on Education, Symposium on Mobile Graphics and Interactive Applications,...
What It Takes to Win SIGGRAPH: L3.0 Q&A
4 May 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Students
The SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival is the leading annual festival for the world's most innovative, accomplished, and amazing digital film and video creators. In this series, we profile student award winners, a key distinction within this Academy Award-qualifying...










