By Gerry Derksen Transition spaces in the context of the “city” are central to the Studio concept at the upcoming SIGGRAPH 2016 conference. The spaces that form between the virtual and the physical world blur and change as we construct and demolish in a game we are...
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Coming Soon to a Virtual Environment Near You
13 January 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Virtual Reality
Image: Real Virtuality: Immersive Explorer. Courtesy of Sylvain Chagué, Fondation Artanim; Bart Kevelham, Fondation Artanim VR Village Chair Denise Quesnel shares her take of the evolution of virtual reality, from curiosity to commercial viability. The VR Village at...
5 Reasons Students Volunteer for SIGGRAPH
7 January 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Students
The deadline to apply to be a student volunteer at SIGGRAPH 2016 is just a month away (February 9 to be exact) and every year, we look forward to the enthusiasm, energy and service that hundreds of student volunteers bring to the conference. This important group of...
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,...
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...
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...
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...