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VR: Where Everything Is New, Or Old, Or Both!
17 March 2016 • by ACM SIGGRAPHACM SIGGRAPH, Conferences, Emerging Technologies, Interactive Techniques, Virtual Reality
ACM guest blogger and Research Vice President at Gartner and self-proclaimed SIGGRAPH junkie Brian Blau shares his POV on the evolution of Virtual Reality and its intersection with SIGGRAPH conferences over the years. I’ll admit it straight away, I’m a SIGGRAPH junkie...
5 Tips for Creating a Winning Character Design
10 March 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Design, Graphics
This year, the “Spirit of SIGGRAPH” is in your hands. SIGGRAPH 2016 has invited artists and innovators to create a character design that embodies the synergy of the conference and reflects the energetic and inventive spirit present in the fields of computer graphics...
Virtual Reality: All Grown Up and Part of Real-Time Live!
3 March 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Real-Time, Virtual Reality
Image credit: "A Boy and His Kite" courtesy of Epic Games After years of predictions that Virtual Reality (VR) was not commercially viable, the technology has made a surging comeback and is the darling of venture capitalists and experience-hungry consumers alike. VR...
Emerging Technologies at SIGGRAPH 2016: Playing the Field
11 February 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Emerging Technologies
SIGGRAPH 2016 Program Chair Masahiko Inami shares what’s new for this year’s Emerging Technologies Program. If you are interested in contributing content to this program, proposals are being accepted through 16 February 2016. SIGGRAPH continues a long tradition of...
Celebrating a Decade of Animation: Looking Back at LAIKA
2 February 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Production
“Some might call it mad. Some might call it magic. We call it LAIKA.” On December 15, 2015, LAIKA officially celebrated ten years of cutting-edge, stop-motion films. A longtime SIGGRAPH conference supporter, LAIKA has shared its eccentric cinematic journey...
Production Sessions at SIGGRAPH: Why We Love Them
26 January 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Production, Visual Effects
Image credit: "The Book of Life" courtesy of Reel FX Creative Studios SIGGRAPH 2016 Production Sessions Chair Mikki Rose took a stroll down memory lane with former Production Session Chairs Roy Anthony, Jerome Solomon and future Chair Emily Hsu. They discussed some 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,...
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...
Tips for First-time Conference Attendees
19 June 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences
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...
Trailer Spotlight: SIGGRAPH 2015 Technical Papers
28 May 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Research
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...
What to Expect at SIGGRAPH 2015
16 April 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Conferences, Industry Leaders
SIGGRAPH 2015 is fast approaching and we want you to be ready, so we sat down with Conference Chair Marc J. Barr to learn what has inspired the planning process for what promises to be a true "Xroads" for technological thinkers. Tell us about the “aha” moment when you...