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Dr. Carolina Cruz Neira will be part of the Generations panel at the SIGGRAPH 2018 Business Symposium, 11-12 August in Vancouver, British Columbia. A virtual reality (VR) pioneer and leading expert in Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE) technology, Dr. Cruz...
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 computer...
"The Legend of Hanuman" © 2017 Graphic India With just one year under its belt, the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival's VR Theater is still in its infancy. And yet, lucky attendees who experienced L.A.'s iteration, and who will have the chance to join us in...
Image: "Infinite Walking in VR," courtesy of Qi Sun In the ever-evolving landscape of virtual reality (VR) technology, a number of key hurdles remain. But a team of computer scientists have tackled one of the major challenges in VR that will greatly improve user...
Dr. Wayne Carlson walks through VR’s move from concept to reality and SIGGRAPH’s role in its evolution Wayne Carlson, Ph.D., is something of a historian of computer graphics and interactive techniques. Actively engaged in computer graphics since the early days,...
The Immersive Pavillion is new this year at SIGGRAPH 2018 and will be a place to explore the latest technological advances in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality. Attendees can experience, play, and learn in the Pavilion's VRcade, VR Theater (part of the Computer...
SIGGRAPH 2018 is a five-day immersion into the latest innovations in computer graphics, animation, virtual reality, game development, digital art, mixed reality, augmented reality, emerging technologies, and more. Registration is open now! Experience research,...
For SIGGRAPH 2018, we're all about exploring the "GENERATIONS" and history behind our community. What better way to do that then by letting the experts speak for themselves? In this all-new podcast, Emerging Technologies Chair Gerry Derksen and Studio Chair Nik Aberle...
By Jessica Sommerville In part one of our regional snapshot of CG in Europe, we discussed the current production and work climate of the industry in this region. Enjoy the second part of our take on CG in Europe, where we will explore the current industry and...
SIGGRAPH 2017 VR Theater Directors Q&A | photo by John Fujii © 2017 ACM SIGGRAPH You asked, we answered... Check out a complete list of SIGGRAPH 2017 VR Theater selections below to find out where you can watch each virtual reality animated short from last summer's...
In this latest SIGGRAPH Spotlight installment, SIGGRAPH 2017 VR Village Chair Denise Quesnel sits down with one of the creators of the virtual and augmented reality experience Neurable, Ramses Alcaide (President and CEO, Neurable). The experience uses neuroscientific...
image credit: Tourism Vancouver Back in 1974, a group of artistically and technically inclined professionals got together at the first Special Interest Group GRAPHics conference. And the, now 45, annual SIGGRAPH conferences that have followed continue to shape our...