ACM SIGGRAPH Blog
50 Years in a Blink of the Eye
Image Credit: Jon Peddie The changes astounding — the goals unchanged. In 1973, a 24-bit frame buffer was considered big, maybe huge, it was 1024 kB. GPUs hadn’t been invented yet, and VLSI was just getting mentioned. Displays for CAD were calligraphic stroke writers,...
Tips for First-time Conference Attendees
Whether you're new to SIGGRAPH Conferences or just need a refresher on how best to tackle the biggest five days in computer graphics and interactive techniques, we're here for you. The SIGGRAPH experience can be daunting thanks in large part to the amazing breadth of...
Making @ SIGGRAPH: Q&A with Eric Haines
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...
Share Your Mobile App Masterpiece
Image credit: Earth. Visualized. by Mark Manca, Sculpted Pixels Incorporated. Debuted at SIGGRAPH 2014 Appy Hour The marvelous devices we carry in our pockets and bags are changing how we enjoy media, absorb information, and interact with the world. Mobile...
Showcasing Innovation in Computer Animation
Image: Best in Show winner "Citius, Altius, Fortius" by Felix Deimann - Independent Artist Transcendent. Magical. This year’s SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival brings together some of the world's most innovative, accomplished, and amazing digital film and video...
SIGGRAPHITTI Issue 3: Emerging Technologies, Art Papers, Production Sessions, and Industrial Light & Magic’s 40th Anniversary
Light Pattern © 2015 Daniel Temkin 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 up to receive...
Trailer Spotlight: SIGGRAPH 2015 Technical Papers
Image Credit: Codimensional Non-Newtonian Fluids © 2015 Bo Zhu, Minjae Lee, Ed Quigley, and Ronald Fedkiw, Stanford University You never know what kinds of things you might see at SIGGRAPH 2015! The SIGGRAPH Technical Papers program is the premier international forum...
Spend a Week at SIGGRAPH Student Program
One of the core components of ACM SIGGRAPH is its first-class educational support. The community accomplishes this through a variety of avenues. Today we are exploring the Spend a Week at SIGGRAPH Student Program, which focuses on underrepresented groups who...
SIGGRAPHITTI Issue 2: 2015 Conference Sneak Peeks
SIGGRAPHITTI is the newsletter for the SIGGRAPH Conference and includes in-depth news, information, sneak peeks and previews of what you'll find at SIGGRAPH 2015, a five-day interdisciplinary educational experience in the latest computer graphics and interactive...
Immerse Yourself in the VR Village
Debuting in 2015, The VR Village is a virtual screening room for cutting-edge Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and immersive media programming. Participants will experience content in a variety of ways, including stand-up/sit-down VR and tabletop AR,...
7 Reasons to Attend SIGGRAPH 2015
Why attend SIGGRAPH 2015? As always, the annual SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition gathers the world's leading experts in the field of computer graphics and interactive techniques. Of course, 2015's event also offers attendees incredible networking opportunities. And...
Behind the SIGGRAPH 2015 Juries
pictured above: the 2015 Unified Jury group Trailers for SIGGRAPH 2015 will be out very soon so we sat down with Technical Papers Chair Doug James to go behind the jury process for this year's program content. Here's what he had to say. Why does SIGGRAPH use a jury...
Enter the #6SecSIGGRAPH Vine Contest
SIGGRAPH 2015 invites you to share your creativity for a chance to win complimentary Full Conference registration! The #6SecSIGGRAPH contest is easy, fun, and a great way to share your SIGGRAPH story. The Challenge: Create a Vine film highlighting what SIGGRAPH means,...