How One SIGGRAPH 2019 Creator Is ‘Sparking’ Emotion Using Twitter, Augmented, and Virtual Reality
Take a virtual trip to New York City and San Francisco and experience city dwellers’ emotions through the power of Twitter.
SIGGRAPH 2019 Exclusive: Experience the Sistine Chapel in VR
Created exclusively for SIGGRAPH 2019, “Il Divino: Michelangelo’s Sistine Ceiling in VR” presents games technology as a form of art while giving viewers the chance to explore the Sistine Chapel up close.
Nonny de la Peña on Immersive Journalism and ‘Out of Exile’
To close Pride Month (June), we sat down with VR pioneer Nonny de la Peña to discuss the creation of SIGGRAPH 2017 experience, “Out of Exile,” which chronicles the story of Daniel Ashley Pierce.
Experiencing Love: Looking from the Outside, In
In celebration of Pride Month (June), creators of SIGGRAPH 2018 VR experience “Queerskins: A Love Story,” Illya Szilak and Cyril Tsiboulski, discuss the journey of developing this important interactive experience.
Facebook Reality Labs and the Quest to Connect People
Discover how a team of researchers out of Pittsburgh is working to create authentic social presence through machine learning in virtual reality.
Using Technology to Relieve Stress
April is National Stress Awareness Month and SIGGRAPH is shining a spotlight on the importance of de-stressing… and how technology can help!
The Man Behind ‘I Am A Man,’ a VR Experience That Chronicles the Fight for Civil Rights
Derek Ham, an assistant professor and affiliate assistant research professor with North Carolina State University, shares the journey and production story for “I Am A Man.”
Sundance, SIGGRAPH, and What’s Next for VR Filmmaking
photo of the VR Theater by Andreas Psaltis © 2018 ACM SIGGRAPH We are still in a high-fashion stage of VR where the experimentation and far-out art being presented at festivals like Sundance have yet to inspire the “ready to … Continued
5 Questions with Amazon Engineer Leo Chan
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Image credit: Amazon Sumerian hosts © 2019 Amazon Web Services At SIGGRAPH 2018, Leo Chan taught two, hands-on workshops in the Studio that walked developers through how to create a virtual host and immersive scene, respectively, with Amazon Sumerian. We sat … Continued
Immersive Art Around the World
photo of the SIGGRAPH 2016 Art Gallery © ACM SIGGRAPH Traveling internationally over the holidays or in the new year? Don’t skip the art! In honor of the approaching SIGGRAPH 2019 Art Gallery submissions deadline (on 29 January 2019), we’ve … Continued