In honor of Star Wars Day, SIGGRAPH rounded up articles highlighting contributions to the “Star Wars” film franchise.
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Extended Q&A: The Visual Effects and Virtual Production of ‘The Mandalorian’
2 September 2021 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Production, Visual Effects
Lucasfilm's "The Mandalorian", season two, exclusively on Disney+ © 2020Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved. On Friday, 13 August, the SIGGRAPH 2021 conference hosted a team from ILM for the Production Session “ILM Presents: The Visual Effects & Virtual...
SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 46 – ‘Star Wars’ in VR
23 July 2021 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Industry Leaders, Virtual Reality
In this episode of SIGGRAPH Spotlight, SIGGRAPH 2022 Immersive Pavilion Chair Derek Ham is joined by ILMxLAB’s Mary Huang and Kevin Bolen to discuss bringing “Star Wars” to VR.
‘Star Wars’ Soars in Real Time: Behind ‘Millennium Falcon’
14 August 2020 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Real-Time
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the SIGGRAPH 2020-selected Real-Time Live! demo “Millennium Falcon”: Smugglers Run.
Epic Games and ILMxLAB on ‘Reflections’
10 August 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Conferences, Film, Graphics, Industry Leaders, Interactive Techniques, Production, Real-Time, Visual Effects
"Reflections" © 2018 Epic Games, Inc. All rights reserved. Real-Time Live! is the highly anticipated showcase of real-time graphics — live and on stage at SIGGRAPH 2018! One of the projects that will be presented and deconstructed by its creators in Vancouver is...
Rob Bredow: ‘Everything we do is creative.’
19 June 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Industry Leaders, Production, Visual Effects
SIGGRAPH 2018 Keynote Rob Bredow (SVP, Executive Creative Director, and Head of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is a long-standing industry visionary who will take the stage in August to share how media and technological innovation come together to form both...
Star Wars: A Look Back with ILM Veteran Jeff Light
16 December 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesFilm, Industry Leaders, Production, Visual Effects
Photo credit / source: www.movpins.com It had been a long time since the last Star Wars movie when George Lucas came back to Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). He came back after "Jurassic Park" showed him what could be done in terms of the environment in the...
Are Computer Graphics Always the Answer?
3 December 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Visual Effects
Photo credit: Industrial Light & Magic workers stage the Battle of Hoth for "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back." Courtesy of ILM This post was originally published on the ACM SIGGRAPH News blog in January 2015. With the highly anticipated release of...