Answer the Call: SIGGRAPH 2019 Submissions
15 Nov 2018

Answer the Call: SIGGRAPH 2019 Submissions

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As the SIGGRAPH 2019 Call for Submissions opens, there is palpable excitement to see the innovative, thoughtful, and groundbreaking ideas that our community will share. From new research to emerging technologies to innovative art, the content that is ultimately chosen … Continued

Explore the 2019 Vision: The Magic of Technical Papers
16 Oct 2018

Explore the 2019 Vision: The Magic of Technical Papers

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Image: An Implicit Frictional Contact Solver for Adaptive Cloth Simulation. Courtesy of the authors: Jie Li, Gilles Daviet, Rahul Narain, Florence Bertails-Descoubes, Matthew Overby, George E. Brown, Laurence Boissieux. Ⓒ 2018 The SIGGRAPH Technical Papers program recognizes and probes the most recent technical advances in … Continued

SIGGRAPH 2018 Research Highlight: New Tool for Sketching Faces
3 Jul 2018

SIGGRAPH 2018 Research Highlight: New Tool for Sketching Faces

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Photo credit: Tiziano Protenier Across popular social media platforms, users are posting countless images every day. On Instagram alone, there are more than 40 billion uploaded photos – a figure that’s skyrocketing by 95 million daily. This presents a clear need … Continued

Improving the VR Experience with a Blink of an Eye
25 Jun 2018

Improving the VR Experience with a Blink of an Eye

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In the burgeoning world of virtual reality (VR) technology, it remains a challenge to provide users with a realistic perception of infinite space and natural walking capabilities in the virtual environment. At SIGGRAPH 2018 in Vancouver this summer, a team of … Continued

Highlights from the SIGGRAPH 2018 Technical Papers Program
24 May 2018

Highlights from the SIGGRAPH 2018 Technical Papers Program

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Image: DeepMimic: Example-Guided Deep Reinforcement Learning of Physics-Based Character Skills. Courtesy of the authors: Xue Bin Peng, Pieter Abbeel,Sergey Levine,Michiel van de Panne   The SIGGRAPH 2018 Technical Papers program is the premier international forum for disseminating and discussing new … Continued

#SIGGRAPHchat: The Future of Storytelling
19 Apr 2018

#SIGGRAPHchat: The Future of Storytelling

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Join SIGGRAPH for our first #SIGGRAPHchat of 2018 on Thursday, 26 April, at 2 pm ET (1 pm CT, 11 am PT) on Twitter. We will be using the hashtag #SIGGRAPHchat and our topic will be the future of storytelling. If you’re … Continued

SIGGRAPH 2018 Submissions: What You Should Know
21 Nov 2017

SIGGRAPH 2018 Submissions: What You Should Know

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“At SIGGRAPH 2018, we invite you to be a part of history in the making as we celebrate our 45th conference and the innovation that has always been at the core of SIGGRAPH. It is no accident that our theme … Continued

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 6 – Pixar’s Ed Catmull and Tony DeRose
27 Oct 2017

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 6 – Pixar’s Ed Catmull and Tony DeRose

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This week on SIGGRAPH Spotlight, SIGGRAPH 2018 Technical Papers Chair Mathieu Desbrun is joined by Ed Catmull (co-founder, Pixar Animation Studios; president, Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios) and Tony DeRose (senior scientist, Pixar Animation Studios) to talk about the … Continued