Storytelling With a Camera and a Computer: Q&A With Cinematographer Roger Deakins With nine Academy Award nominations and three BAFTA awards, 2011 ASC Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC, is one of the world’s leading gonfiabili...
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SIGGRAPH 2014 Recap: Day 2
21 November 2014 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Design, Graphics
Monday, August 11, proved to be jeux gonflables an exciting day at SIGGRAPH 2014. From Keynote Elliot Kotek to
SIGGRAPH 2015 Call for Submissions
21 November 2014 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences
SIGGRAPH 2015 will feature the highest caliber of technical skills and creative talents. In order to ensure the best quality of work is presented, SIGGRAPH 2015 is excited to officially open its Call for Submissions. Join thousands of your fellow artists, scientists,...
SIGGRAPH 2014 Highlights from Vancouver
14 August 2014 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Art, Conferences, Film, Graphics
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - SIGGRAPH 2014 returned to Vancouver, Canada, for its 41st conference and exhibition. From 10-14 August, 14,045 artists, research scientists, gaming experts and developers, filmmakers, students, and academics from 50 U.S. states and 75...
Q&A: DreamWorks Animation Experts Talk ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’
14 August 2014 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Industry Leaders
SIGGRAPH 2014 sat down after DreamWorks Animation Presents: The Growth of "How To Train Your Dragon 2" for a quick Q&A with panelists on their process. Q: Which part of the animation process on How To Train Your Dragon 2 was most rewarding and why? A: Lighting was...
SIGGRAPH 2014 Emerging Technologies Media Tour
14 August 2014 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Emerging Technologies
SIGGRAPH 2014 Emerging Technologies Chair Thierry Frey (center in lavender shirt) takes you on a tour of this year's advancements in several fields - from displays and virtual reality technology to haptics and robotics, as well as innovations that apply to film and...
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson Embraces SIGGRAPH
13 August 2014 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson toboggan gonflable made an appearance at SIGGRAPH 2014 yesterday, addressing members of the press as well as visiting the Emerging Technologies. Mayor Robertson expressed his delight that emerging technologies and computer graphics...
Keynote Elliott Kotek Captivates SIGGRAPH 2014 Attendees
12 August 2014 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Industry Leaders
Elliott Kotek, co-founder of Not Impossible Labs, gave an inflatable water slide outstanding keynote presentation yesterday at SIGGRAPH 2014. Sharing that volunteerism is near and dear to his heart, Kotek told the audience about 14-year-old Daniel, a refuge in...
SIGGRAPH 2014 Recap: Day 1
12 August 2014 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences
SIGGRAPH 2014, the 41st International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, made inflatable slide its return to Vancouver, Canada, when it officially opened its doors to attendees on Sunday, 10 August. The first day of the...
Brazilian Paulo Henrique Machado Attends SIGGRAPH 2014 Via Telepresence
12 August 2014 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Interactive Techniques
Paulo Henrique Machado has lived in a room at Clinicas hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil since he was an infant. As a baby, he suffered paralysis brought on by polio, and is confined to bed and hooked to an artificial respirator 24 hours a day. In 46 years, he has left...
SIGGRAPH 2014 Chair Dave Shreiner’s CGW Interview!
10 August 2014 • by ACM SIGGRAPHConferences, Industry Leaders
Tell us about yourself on a personal level. I grew up in a technology-isolated backwater in central Pennsylvania, where computers weren’t particularly available. I became interested in computer graphics as a wee lad when I encountered a 2D-vector motorcycle jumping...
SIGGRAPH 2014 Welcome Letter from Premier of British Columbia
7 August 2014 • by ACM SIGGRAPHAnimation, Conferences, Graphics
SIGGRAPH 2014 received the following welcome letter from Christy Clark, Premier of British Columbia. Dear SIGGRAPH Attendees: On behalf of the Province of British Columbia, it is my pleasure to welcome everyone attending the 2014 SIGGRAPH conference in Vancouver. Our...