Following is a brief conversation with Makai Smith, SIGGRAPH 2012 Studio Chair from Bentley Systems. In 2001, Smith received a Master of Architecture from Arizona State University and previously served as the SIGGRAPH Design & Computation Chair amongst other...
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SIGGRAPH Business Symposium Presents Leaders and Visionaries to Address Industry Direction
23 July 2012 • by ACM SIGGRAPHAnimation, Business, Interactive Techniques, Research
Featured Speaker Carl Rosendahl In its second year, the SIGGRAPH Business Symposium provides an intimate, interactive forum for open, frank conversations among leaders and executives in the visual effects, gaming, and media arena as they explore the present and future...
Real Steel’s Noisy Boy to Appear at SIGGRAPH 2012
20 July 2012 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Film, Industry Leaders, Interactive Techniques
Image credit: Copyright DreamWorks II Distribution Co,. LLC, All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of Digital Domain If you ever wanted to have your picture taken with something ridiculously awesome (like a 7-ft tall robot), then mark your calendars for SIGGRAPH 2012 where...
SIGGRAPH 2012 Game Industry Content Summary Guide
18 July 2012 • by ACM SIGGRAPHGaming, Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Real-Time
The following is a roundup of all content at SIGGRAPH 2012 originating from the game industry as compiled by Naty Hoffman, SIGGRAPH 2012 Games Chair and Technical Director for Activision. Introduction: This post lists all the content at SIGGRAPH 2012 originating from...
Q&A with SIGGRAPH 2012 Games Chair Naty Hoffman
17 July 2012 • by ACM SIGGRAPHAnimation, Gaming, Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Real-Time, Visual Effects
Naty Hoffman - the 2012 Games ChairFollowing is a brief conversation with Naty Hoffman, the SIGGRAPH 2012 Games Chair and Technical Director at Activision, regarding games and SIGGRAPH 2012. Please check back later this week for an article summarizing all the game...
SIGGRAPH 2012 Showcasing Advancements in Real-Time Graphics
11 July 2012 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Gaming, Graphics, Industry Leaders, Interactive Techniques, Real-Time, Visual Effects
SIGGRAPH Real-Time Live! is the premiere showcase for the latest trends and techniques for pushing the boundaries of interactive visuals. A series of 10 international jury-selected submissions will be presented in a fast-paced, 90-minute show of cutting-edge,...
Q&A with SIGGRAPH 2012 Real-Time Live! Chair – Jason RM Smith
2 July 2012 • by ACM SIGGRAPHAnimation, Gaming, Graphics, Industry Leaders, Interactive Techniques, Real-Time, Visual Effects
Jason RM Smith, SIGGRAPH RTL! Chair Following below is a brief conversation with Jason RM Smith, SIGGRAPH 2012 Real-Time Live! (RTL!) Chair and Digital Production Supervisor at LucasArts. Real-Time Live! is the premiere showcase for the latest trends and techniques...
SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival 2012 Preview Video Is Now Live
28 June 2012 • by ACM SIGGRAPHAnimation, Interactive Techniques, Real-Time, Visual Effects
The SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival is the annual festival for the world's most innovative, accomplished, and amazing digital film and video creators. An internationally recognized jury receives hundreds of submissions and presents the best work of the year in...
SIGGRAPH 2012 Announces Computer Animation Festival Winners
19 June 2012 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesGraphics, Interactive Techniques, Visual Effects
SIGGRAPH 2012, 5-9 August at the Los Angeles Convention Center, announces the Computer Animation Festival's Best in Show, Jury Award, Best Student Project, and Well Told Fable Prize recipients. A total of 94 films will be shown during the Computer Animation Festival....
SIGGRAPH 2012 Selects Jane McGonigal as Keynote Speaker
13 June 2012 • by ACM SIGGRAPHArt, Gaming, Industry Leaders, Interactive Techniques, Research
SIGGRAPH announces the selection of Jane McGonigal, director of game research and development at the Institute for the Future (IFTF), as keynote speaker at SIGGRAPH 2012, the 39th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques,...
SIGGRAPH Unveils 2012 Art Gallery: In Search of the Miraculous
7 June 2012 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Graphics, Interactive Techniques
SIGGRAPH 2012 Art Gallery: In Search of the Miraculous presents exceptional digital and technologically mediated artworks that explore the existence of wonderment, mystery, and awe in today’s world of mediating technologies and abundant data. Of the nearly 400...
Q&A with Ann McNamara, SIGGRAPH 2012 Courses Chair from Texas A&M University
6 June 2012 • by ACM SIGGRAPHAnimation, Gaming, Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Visual Effects
Following below is a brief conversation with Ann McNamara, SIGGRAPH 2012 Courses Chair and assistant professor in the Department of Visualization at Texas A&M University. Her research is in computer graphics and she is currently particularly focused on the...