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SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 68 – Electronic Theater Award Winner: ‘Overwatch: Kiriko’
From left to right: John Kalaigian, Jeramiah Johnson Hosted by SIGGRAPH 2024 Electronic Theater chair John Kalaigian, this episode of SIGGRAPH Spotlight welcomes esteemed guest Jeramiah Johnson, director of "Overwatch: Kiriko." John and Jeramiah delve into the...
SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 68 – Electronic Theater Award Winner: ‘Overwatch: Kiriko’
28 July 2023 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAwards, Conferences, Film
Tune in to the conversation and gain insight into the technical aspects and storytelling techniques of “Overwatch: Kiriko.”
Talking with SIGGRAPH 2016 Art Papers Chair Ed Shanken
8 December 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Conferences
Image credit: Articulating Media Arts Activities in Art-Science Contexts © 2015 Angus Graeme Forbes, University of Illinois at Chicago This Q&A is part of a series of interviews with some of the creative minds behind SIGGRAPH 2016. Meet Edward Shanken,...
Are Computer Graphics Always the Answer?
3 December 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Visual Effects
Photo credit: Industrial Light & Magic workers stage the Battle of Hoth for "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back." Courtesy of ILM This post was originally published on the ACM SIGGRAPH News blog in January 2015. With the highly anticipated release of...
SIGGRAPH 2016: Contribute Your Content
19 November 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Art, Conferences, Data, Design, Emerging Technologies, Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Mobile, Research, Students, Virtual Reality
SIGGRAPH has always celebrated the synergy of art, science, and technology through a passion for graphics, interactivity, enhanced realities, games, mobile, robotics, visualization, and any other area where creative convergences occur. For more than 40 years, our...
Balance and Harmony: Recapping SIGGRAPH Asia 2015
12 November 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Art, Conferences, Education, Emerging Technologies, Industry Leaders
The Kobe Convention Center was bustling with activity as it played host to Asia’s premier graphics, animation, art and technology event. Held from 2 to 5 November 2015, the 8th ACM SIGGRAPH Asia Conference and Exhibition brought together over 7,000 computer graphics...
Comic Strip to Feature Film: Behind ‘The Peanuts Movie’
29 October 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Production
A team of over 500 people at Blue Sky Studios tirelessly worked to bring the classic Charles M. Schulz comic strip to life in its new, feature-length film: "The Peanuts Movie." The day they made the big announcement that we were doing the project, we were really...
Speaking with Yoshifumi Kitamura, SIGGRAPH Asia Conference Chair
21 October 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences
With a little more than a week to SIGGRAPH Asia 2015, we sat down with Conference Chair Yoshifumi Kitamura for some insights into the conference and his connection with the industry. SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 (SA2015): As Conference Chair for SIGGRAPH Asia 2015, could you...
Behind-the-Scenes: SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 Computer Animation Festival
5 October 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Graphics
Image credit: © Digic Pictures, CD PROJECKTS. A. SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 Computer Animation Festival (CAF) Director Jinny H.J. Choo shares her thoughts on the future of the industry and what you can expect at the SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 CAF. SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 (SA2015): What...
Digital Maps of the Future: Carto BOF at SIGGRAPH 2015
24 September 2015 • by Theresa-Marie RhyneACM SIGGRAPH, Conferences, Data, Interactive Techniques
Image: Projected detailed visualization of a digital atlas created by Theresa-Marie Rhyne, 2015. Courtesy Theresa-Marie Rhyne Today, we often use step-by-step navigation software like Global Positioning Systems (GPS), instructions from web sites like Map Quest, or our...
SIGGRAPH 2016 Preview: An Interview with Jonah Brucker-Cohen
10 September 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Data
Image Credit: “PrintCade”, 2014, Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Michael Ang This Q&A is part of a series of interviews with some of the creative minds behind SIGGRAPH 2016. Meet Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Ph.D., SIGGRAPH 2016 Art Gallery Chair. Brucker-Cohen is an award winning...
Noteworthy News You May Have Missed from SIGGRAPH 2015
27 August 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Conferences, Education, Emerging Technologies, Film, Interactive Techniques, Virtual Reality
Amid all of the education, demonstrations, and networking at SIGGRAPH 2015, chances are you missed something worth discovering. Not to worry! SIGGRAPH 2015 received plenty of media attention and we've rounded up of some of the most noteworthy news items and stories to...
That’s a Wrap – Highlights from SIGGRAPH 2015
13 August 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Art, Augmented Reality, Conferences, Emerging Technologies, Virtual Reality, Visual Effects
The collaboration between the graphics, art and technologies always brings out the new, the exciting and the inspired. At SIGGRAPH 2015, various disciplines and interests intersected at the “Xroads of Discovery.” Throughout the year, the conference and program chairs...
Up Close with SIGGRAPH 2015 VR Village Contributors
12 August 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Virtual Reality
image: Cardboard Car Crash, Vincent McCurley, National Film Board of Canada Vincent McCurley, National Film Board of Canada We had an opportunity to connect with these contributors to the new VR Village at SIGGRAPH 2015: Vincent McCurley, National Film Board of...