Although CG advancements continue, challenges in rendering complexity and human-like realism persist. Blinn’s Law implies rendering improvements will always demand more computing power, suggesting ongoing development.
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SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 65 – Tracing the Future: Exploring the Revolutionary Technology of Ray Tracing
How does ray tracing in video games compare to standard rasterization? How has ray tracing evolved, and where will it take us in the future of gaming?
May the ‘Fourth’ Be With You
In honor of Star Wars Day, SIGGRAPH rounded up articles highlighting contributions to the “Star Wars” film franchise.
Can GPU AI-enhanced Games Be Trusted?
AI and scaling techniques have been used in games to get computationally and resolution-dependent ray-tracing processing sped up to amazing frame rates at ultra-high resolution, but it comes at the cost of fidelity — most of the images are not originals. Will the creators complain, maybe sue?
Revisiting Past Programming… ACM SIGGRAPH YouTube Highlights
If taking time for yourself to learn something new contributes positively to your mental health, we’re here with a roundup the most popular educational sessions on the ACM SIGGRAPH YouTube channel.
2020: A Year in Stories
Once again, the ACM SIGGRAPH Blog editors reflect on a year of stories with a roundup of 2020’s “most read” news from the site.
COVID and the Need for Immersion
Jon Peddie Research shares how COVID-19 is making the case for gaming, and why ray tracing and object-based sound are critical components.
SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 38 – Game On
Top row, left to right: Arthur Brussee, Daniel Cornel, Carlos Gonzalez-OchoaBottom row, left to right: Neal Kaviratna, Artem Kovalovs Thinking Beyond the Latest in Game Technology In this episode of SIGGRAPH Spotlight, SIGGRAPH 2020 and SIGGRAPH 2021 Games Chair...
Your Guide to Must-see SIGGRAPH 2020 Content
Use this guide to check out 10 of SIGGRAPH 2020 participants’ most-added sessions from the virtual conference.
Pixel-powered Polygons Boil Frogs
Improvements in processing power, and the cost reductions due to mass consumption, have resulted in a virtuous circle feeding software developments that exploit the improvements in processors and then demanding more.
SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 35 – Real-Time, Ray Tracing, and Realism
On this all-new episode of the SIGGRAPH Spotlight podcast, experts sit down to talk techniques in real-time graphics and ray tracing.
Real-time, Ray Tracing, and Level Ex
Discover how the Level Ex team uses game expertise, the mobile GPU, and ray tracing to create video games for medical professionals.