Faces of SIGGRAPH: Muhammad Arief
This Q&A was originally published in the ACM SIGGRAPH Member Profiles. Muhammad Arief is a Ph. D. candidate at Tokyo University of Technology and is active in the ACM SIGGRAPH International Resources Committee. 1. What do you do, and how long have you been doing...
Laval Virtual Winner ‘Real Baby’ to Showcase at SIGGRAPH 2017
At Laval Virtual's 19th Annual Conference, SIGGRAPH 2017 Emerging Technologies Chair Jeremy Kenisky presented a special prize to competition winner “Real Baby – Real Family.” The "Real Baby" project creates an age controllable VR avatar from 2D face images, and was...
SIGGRAPH 2017 Avatars: Explained
If you've already registered for SIGGRAPH 2017, you may have chosen an avatar (or three) that match your profile. Maybe you've seen the video on Facebook and met the avatars. Maybe you're getting ready to register and want to know more about why you should pick an...
SIGGRAPH Conferences: An International Affair
By Jessica Sommerville SIGGRAPH conferences are truly international events, with attendees traveling from all over the world to exchange ideas and accomplishments in the field of computer graphics and interactive techniques. ACM SIGGRAPH holds this exchange of...
SIGGRAPH Profile: Meet Brian Wyvill
This Q&A was originally published in the ACM SIGGRAPH Member Profiles. Brian Wyvill is a professor of computer science at the University of Victoria, British Columbia and has been active in the ACM SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Conferences for many years. He currently...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About the VFX in Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book’
© 2016 Walt Disney Pictures During SIGGRAPH 2016, members of the genius team behind Disney's live-action, Oscar-winning film "The Jungle Book" (2016) joined attendees on the Production Session stage to present "The VFX of Disney's 'The Jungle Book.'" Presenters...
Meet the Jury for the 2017 SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival
Photo: clockwise from top left: Rick Sayre, Polly Ing, Floyd Norman, Georgina Hayns, Till Nowak, Kim Libreri, Rita Street, Cristin Pescosolido. The submission deadline for the 2017 SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival is 21 March and if you're thinking about entering...
Students + SIGGRAPH = #SIGGRAPHchat
Join SIGGRAPH for our second Twitter chat of 2017 on Wednesday, 15 March, at 2 pm ET (1 pm CT, 11 am PT). We will be using the hashtag #SIGGRAPHchat and our topic will be the Students and SIGGRAPH. If you're a student and want to get involved with SIGGRAPH Student...
Regional Snapshot: Computer Graphics in North America
photo courtesy Jessica Sommerville by Jessica Sommerville This is the second installment in the regional snapshot series. In the previous article we focused on the current state of the Computer Graphics Industry in Australasia.This article explores both current trends...
Dreaming Big, Celebrating Black History Month
Black History Month, or National African American History Month is an annual celebration of achievements and a time for acknowledging the important role of African Americans in U.S. history. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom,...
Your Computer Animation Festival Submission Questions, Answered
Taking Flight © 2016 Moonbot Studios The 2017 SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival has a lot of new and exciting aspects, including the brand-new VR Theater. Naturally, there are a lot of questions from animators who would like to enter their work in the festival....
Behind the Film: The Making of ‘Zootopia’
© 2016 Walt Disney Animation Studios The journey to make the Golden Globe-winning "Zootopia" began six years ago when director Byron Howard finished "Tangled" and John Lasseter, chief creative officer for Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, said to...