Emerging Technologies Archives

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 102 – Spatial Storytelling: New Narrative Forms

28 May 2026 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Emerging Technologies

In this episode of SIGGRAPH Spotlight, SIGGRAPH 2026 Spatial Storytelling Chair Esen K. Tütüncü is joined by Scarlett Kim, Omid Zarei, and Marco Cermusoni to explore the role of emergent technologies in narratives.

Computer Graphics, Esen K. Tütüncü, Interactive Techniques, Marco Cermusoni, Omid Zarei, Scarlett Kim, SIGGRAPH Spotlight, Spatial Storytelling

Revolutionizing VTubing and Beyond

2 December 2025 • by Alicia TranConferences, Emerging Technologies

Discover how Warudo’s innovative visual programming and expressive avatars are transforming VTubing, live performances, and virtual experiences across creative industries.

Real-Time Live!, SIGGRAPH 2025, VTubing

Achieving Life Beyond Physical Limits

7 November 2025 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesEmerging Technologies

“Handoid” is a novel hand-shaped robotic avatar that switches its morphology between acting as a part of a humanoid robot and an independent hand-shaped robot avatar.

Audience Choice Award, Emerging Technologies, handoid, Tokyo University, University of Tokyo

Robotics in Motion

24 June 2025 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Emerging Technologies

Discover how “FluidicSwarm” transforms swarm robotics with fluid-inspired, gesture-based control. Explore the tech and future applications behind this intuitive human-robot interface.

Emerging Technologies, Michikuni Eguchi, Robotics

Haptics for Healing

20 May 2025 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Emerging Technologies, Interactive Techniques, Virtual Reality

Discover how the SIGGRAPH 2024 project EmBelt uses haptic feedback and VR to simulate body image anxiety and eating disorders.

Embelt, Haptic, Hsuan-Hui Yi, SIGGRAPH 2024, XR

Animating the Self

6 May 2025 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Education, Emerging Technologies, Interactive Techniques, Visual Effects

Discover how students at NCSU’s MADTech program combined photogrammetry, mocap, and performance theory to create cinematic Metahuman animations featured at SIGGRAPH 2024.

Computer Graphics, Educator's Forum, SIGGRAPH 2024, Topher Maraffi

Editing the Present

22 April 2025 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAugmented Reality, Conferences, Emerging Technologies

Explore the sensation of real-time slow motion through a layered video display that challenges our perception of time.

Emerging Technologies, Goki Muramoto, Interactive Techniques, Slow Motion

Advancing the Study of Climatology

4 February 2025 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Emerging Technologies, Graphics, Research, Technical Papers

We sat down with SIGGRAPH 2024 Technical Papers contributor Jorge Alejandro Amador Herrera to discuss how his work is playing a role in advancing the study of climatology.

Climatology, Cyclogenesis, Jorge Alejandro Amador Herrera, SIGGRAPH 2024, Technical Papers

Gabor Splatting Redefines Gigapixel Imaging

29 January 2025 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Design, Emerging Technologies

Discover the technique that’s transforming gigapixel imaging with unmatched efficiency and precision.

ACM SIGGRAPH, Gabor splatting, Gaussian splatting, SIGGRAPH 2025, SIGGRAPH Posters

Hair-raising Innovation

11 December 2024 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Emerging Technologies, Real-Time, Technical Papers

Pioneering a new era in real-time hair rendering, the SIGGRAPH 2024 Technical Paper “Strand-Based Hair Modeling and Rendering with Mesh Shaders” introduces innovative methods that redefine efficiency and realism in computer graphics.

Animation, cem yuksel, Eisen Montalvo, Elie Diaz, Emerging Technologies, Gaurav Bhokare, SIGGRAPH 2024, Technical Papers