SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 18 – Augmented Reality with Niantic, Inc.

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 18 – Augmented Reality with Niantic, Inc.

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In this week’s episode of SIGGRAPH Spotlight, SIGGRAPH 2018 Virtual, Augmented & Mixed Reality Chair Pol Jeremias-Vila (Pixar Animation Studios) sits down with Niantic, Inc.’s Diana Hu (lead, augmented reality engineering) and Niniane Wang (senior director, engineering) to discuss their Immersive … Continued

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 17 – Independent Storytelling & Innovation

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 17 – Independent Storytelling & Innovation

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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 … Continued

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 16 – CG’s Next Generation with Canada’s Natalia Freitas (Part 2)

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 16 – CG’s Next Generation with Canada’s Natalia Freitas (Part 2)

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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 experience with renowned studios, … Continued

Rob Bredow: ‘Everything we do is creative.’

Rob Bredow: ‘Everything we do is creative.’

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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 … Continued

Behind the Mask: Exploring the Origins of the Transformation Mask

Behind the Mask: Exploring the Origins of the Transformation Mask

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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, … Continued

How VR Evolved From a ‘Stagnant Technology’

How VR Evolved From a ‘Stagnant Technology’

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Dr. Wayne Carlson walks through VR’s move from concept to reality and SIGGRAPH’s role in its evolution Wayne Carlson, Ph.D., is something of a historian of computer graphics and interactive techniques. Actively engaged in computer graphics since the early days, … Continued

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 14 – Gaming & Interactive with Kim Libreri, Jerry Rees, and Joji Tsuruga

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 14 – Gaming & Interactive with Kim Libreri, Jerry Rees, and Joji Tsuruga

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SIGGRAPH 2018 Real-Time Live! Chair Jesse Barker (software developer, Unity Technologies) sits down with gaming and interactive innovators Kim Libreri (CTO, Epic Games), Jerry Rees (creative lead – Magic Bench, Disney Research), and Joji Tsuruga (realtime supervisor, The Mill). The group … Continued

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 13 – The Making of ‘Loving Vincent’

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 13 – The Making of ‘Loving Vincent’

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ACM SIGGRAPH International Resources Committee member Santiago Echeverry (professor, University of Tampa) sits down with Łukasz Mackiewicz and Francho Melendez, two members of the team behind “Loving Vincent,” the first-ever, fully painted animated feature film, which takes viewers through the … Continued

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 12 – Mark Billinghurst

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 12 – Mark Billinghurst

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This all-new episode of SIGGRAPH Spotlight features Mark Billinghurst, professor of virtual and augmented reality at the University of South Australia and the University of Auckland. Mark sits down with Bektur Ryskeldiev (ACM SIGGRAPH International Resources Committee member; and, Ph.D. … Continued

Roundup: Oscars Week Live Director Q&A Series

Roundup: Oscars Week Live Director Q&A Series

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photo by Kyle Espeleta Photography © 2017 ACM SIGGRAPH This week, we sat down on Facebook Live for a series of three real-time discussions with Best Animated Short Film Academy Award nominees and winners. Watch each session below, led by … Continued

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