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.
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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 wear" market we are all waiting for. Since...
5 Questions with Amazon Engineer Leo Chan
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 down with...
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 curated an around-the-world...
The Many Roles of the GPU
The original use and development for the GPU was to accelerate 3D games and rendering.
The 4 Arms of Adaptive Technology
photo by Andreas Psaltis © 2018 ACM SIGGRAPH With each SIGGRAPH conference, attendees get to see new technology and sometimes even new programs or focus areas … and SIGGRAPH 2019 is no different! Meet the newest focus area to grace the SIGGRAPH “stage”:...
25 SIGGRAPH 2018 Stories You May Have Missed
photo by Jim Hagarty © 2018 ACM SIGGRAPH Our recent trip to Vancouver yielded a wealth of new ideas, new experiences, and new innovations. ...And plenty of writers were there to capture it! We hope you enjoy this roundup of some of the biggest stories out of SIGGRAPH...
Celebrating Generations at SIGGRAPH 2018
Photo by Jim Hagarty © 2018 ACM SIGGRAPH SIGGRAPH 2018 concluded in Vancouver, BC, with over 16,500 attendees from around the world. Attendees hailed from Canada and 87 other countries worldwide, including the United States, China, France, Germany, Japan,...