In July, SIGGRAPH 2016 attendees were treated to an epic Real-Time Live! show that featured some of the greatest achievements in real-time graphics to date, including this year's award-winning "From Previs to Final in Five Minutes: A Breakthrough in Live Performance...
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Real-Time Wow
28 July 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAugmented Reality, Conferences, Real-Time, Virtual Reality
“Anything can happen … and it probably will,” opened SIGGRAPH 2016’s Real-Time Live! Chair, Pol Jeremias of Pixar Animation Studios, preparing the audience for a program anticipated to go above and beyond expectations. Jeremias welcomed attendees after the first...
Wordless Wednesday: SIGGRAPH 2016 in Pictures
27 July 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Art, Conferences, Design, Education, Emerging Technologies, Film, Gaming, Graphics, Production, Real-Time, Research, Simulation, Students, Virtual Reality, Visual Effects
With special thanks to photographers John Fujii and Jim Hagarty Photography as well as the efforts of Student Volunteers. [gallery...
Live! at SIGGRAPH 2016: An Interactive, Real-Time Extravaganza
30 June 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesGaming, Interactive Techniques, Real-Time, Virtual Reality
Adam © 2016 Unity Technologies SF The SIGGRAPH Real-Time Live! program is an event where attendees can both experience and celebrate outstanding recent achievements in interactive visuals. Each demonstration selected represents creators who are pushing the...
This is the Narrative: Games at the Crossroads of Art and Tech
15 March 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Art, Conferences, Gaming, Real-Time, Virtual Reality
Image credit: “The Order: 1886” courtesy of Ready at Dawn SIGGRAPH 2016 Games Committee Member Juan Miguel de Joya shares his perspective on the hottest trends in games and the future of game development. To catch up with him and fellow developers during SIGGRAPH...
Virtual Reality: All Grown Up and Part of Real-Time Live!
3 March 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Real-Time, Virtual Reality
Image credit: "A Boy and His Kite" courtesy of Epic Games After years of predictions that Virtual Reality (VR) was not commercially viable, the technology has made a surging comeback and is the darling of venture capitalists and experience-hungry consumers alike. VR...
Trailer Spotlight: Real-Time Live! and Studio
4 August 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Design, Interactive Techniques, Real-Time
Image: "A Boy and His Kite" Gavin Moran and Nick Penwarden, Epic Games SIGGRAPH 2015 is just days away and we have two final trailers to share before the best and brightest in computer graphics and interactive techniques converge 9-13, August in downtown L.A.!...
Shadertoy Competition at SIGGRAPH 2015
23 July 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Mobile, Real-Time, Visual Effects
Image credit: Space Curvature by Inigo Quilez (iq) https://www.shadertoy.com/view/llj3Rz Jesse Barker, Chair of the Mobile Focus Program at SIGGRAPH 2015, shares his thoughts on what's hot in mobile at this year's conference and why the Shadertoy competition is the...
SIGGRAPHITTI Issue 4: Real-Time Live!, Art Gallery, Talks, Panels
23 June 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Conferences, Education, Interactive Techniques, Real-Time, Virtual Reality
PIRANESI © 2015 Adam Lowe and Alice Angossini, Factum Arte SIGGRAPHITTI is the official newsletter for the North American SIGGRAPH Conference, an annual five-day interdisciplinary educational experience of the latest computer graphics and interactive techniques. Sign...
Making @ SIGGRAPH: Q&A with Eric Haines
18 June 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Design, Real-Time
This Q&A is part of a series where we sat down with innovative makers across disciplines to both celebrate the launch of the conference's brand-new Making program and to highlight the impressive work of the making community. Making @ SIGGRAPH 2015 is for all those...
The Evolution of ‘WOW’
26 February 2015 • by Nicolas GonzalezGaming, Interactive Techniques, Real-Time, Virtual Reality
I will never forget that Christmas morning when I got my very first real-time graphics interactive system. It was an Atari 2600 and as soon as the long metal power switch was flicked to the "on" position, my jaw dropped. All I could say was “WOW.” I was enchanted by...
SIGGRAPH 2014 to Demo Latest Real-Time Advancements
1 August 2014 • by ACM SIGGRAPHAnimation, Industry Leaders, Real-Time
The SIGGRAPH 2014 Real-Time Live! program will present a 90-minute show of the most cutting-edge real-time work from the past year. Real-Time Live! is part of the Computer Animation Festival and is the premier showcase for the latest trends and techniques for pushing...










