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photo of Steve Waskul and Floyd Norman, courtesy of John Fujii for SIGRRAPH 2017 On Monday, 31 July, SIGGRAPH 2017 attendees heard from Floyd Norman, conference keynote speaker and the first African-American storyboard artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Norman...
Prepare for a broad range of concepts related to the convergence of the physical body and evolving technologies at the SIGGRAPH 2017 Studio. The new technologies you will experience in the Studio will change how we use innovative devices to experience the world within...
As I head into SIGGRAPH 2017, I am thinking about direction. When I scour through the Advanced Program, I am thinking about what I need to see for work and what will inspire me for the future. One of my “must events” is the Meet the Executive Committee (EC)...
The day after SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 came to a close, our International Resources Committee (IRC) settled into some well-deserved holiday time after a successful week in Macao ... wait, wait, there is no down time for IRC. SIGGRAPH 2017 planning began as soon as SIGGRAPH...
This year’s VR Village attendees (you!) will discover VR/AR content focused on diversity, including storylines featured within projects as well as the diversity of creators and producers who are presenting the content. Throughout the conference week, you can explore...
Akshay Agarwal is the Mobile Chair for SIGGRAPH 2017. We sat down with him to discuss Appy Hour at the 2017 conference, which will take place Wednesday, 2 August from 5-7 pm in Los Angeles, CA. Watch the preview on YouTube now (just click on the video below):...
ACM SIGGRAPH is seeking 20 industry professionals to mentor high school students who will be part of the15th "Spend a Week at SIGGRAPH" program. This program provides a full week of immersion in the best of computer graphics and interactive techniques to high school...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...