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):...
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SIGGRAPH 2017 Avatars: Explained
13 April 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Conferences
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...
Meet the Jury for the 2017 SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival
15 March 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation
Photo: clockwise from top left: Rick Sayre, Polly Ing, Floyd Norman, Georgina Hayns, Till Nowak, Kim Libreri, Rita Street, Cristin Pescosolido. The submission deadline for the 2017 SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival is 21 March and if you're thinking about entering...
Students + SIGGRAPH = #SIGGRAPHchat
9 March 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Conferences
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...
My Take on the Future of VR
31 January 2017 • by Denise QuesnelAugmented Reality, Conferences, Graphics, Industry Leaders, Interactive Techniques, Simulation, Virtual Reality
photo by John Fujii © 2015 ACM SIGGRAPH As I sat down to write this, I reflected on a story I wrote exactly one year ago for the ACM SIGGRAPH blog and how the state of virtual reality (VR) has evolved over the past 12 months. At this time last year, I was mainly...
Meet SIGGRAPH 2017 Games Chair Chris Evans
17 January 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Gaming
Christopher Evans is the Games Chair for SIGGRAPH 2017. We recently sat down with him to discuss what he is looking for to build the games programming for the 2017 conference as well as his tips for anyone submitting games content. The deadline to submit is 14...