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There’s an Oscar winner in this list
Siggraph announces the winners of the 2012 Computer Animation Festival. It won’t be the first time a Siggraph winner goes ...
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Anthropomorphic robot, 3D HD camera rig highlight Siggraph 2012 Emerging Technologies Preview
The hands-on displays give Siggraph attendees a chance to explore cutting-edge technology research on the show floor. Other projects include ...
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NASA’s Perpetual Ocean looks like Van Gogh in HD
Hard to believe this gorgeous video didn’t make the cut for last year’s Siggraph animation show. From the early days ...
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Computer graphics pioneer Carl Machover dies at 84
Machover was a noted speaker, writer, mentor, and a tireless advocate of the transformative power of computer graphics. Carl Machover, ...
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Exploring the brave new world of virtual moviemaking
Five artistic technologists discuss and debate the future of graphics technology in film at the annual Jon Peddie Research Siggraph ...
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Film industry partners tackle data exchange; introduce Alembic 1.0
Film industry partners Lucasfilm and Sony Imageworks have teamed up to create a compact exchange format called Alembic. The effort ...
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Procedural Partners with ESRI and NVIDIA on 3D Cities in the Cloud
GIS is one of the coolest technologies in the world. It could be argued that its base concept—tying visual data ...