As SIGGRAPH ends, attendees begin looking forward to next year's conference.
- photo by Wendy Ju

SIGGRAPH 2004 Draws to a Close

Conference-goers breathed a sigh of relief as the mania of SIGGRAPH came to a peaceful and cheery end. This year's conference drew a whopping 27,825 people from nearly 90 countries to the Los Angeles Convention Center.

If you missed seeing the whole conference for the milling crowds, you might enjoy some of the observations offered by this year's SIGGRAPH Reporters in these new articles:

• Game-themed tattoos offered at the Job Fair
• Games: A Medium for Art
• Augmented Reality: Does reality need our help?
• Exhibits: Magically Twisted Commercial
  Paraphernalia in the Animation Theatre
• Who are those people in the RED VESTS??
• Sessions: Careers in CG Entertainment
• On the Spot: What Was The Most Memorable Exhibit?
• Exhibits: A talk with Sue Gollifer
• SIGGRAPH 2004 Rolls Forth
• SIGGRAPH Blog: Dine at the Pantry, gawk at the CyberFashion show, enjoy the animation show and lament the convention center's food offerings at the SIGGRAPH Blog!
• Interviews with: Bruce Sterling, Ronen Barzel, Chris Bregler, Rob Cook, Spot Draves, Pat Hanrahan, Jan Hardenbergh, Zoran Popovic, Casey Reas, Anna Ursyn, Andy van Dam.

Past articles:

• SIGGRAPH 2004 Off and Running!
• Anticipation Brewing for SIGGRAPH 2004!
• SIGGRAPH 2004 Ticks Along
• SIGGRAPH Blog: Geek out, hang out with Bruce Sterling and meet 2005 chair Jaime Mohler with the SIGGRAPH Reports Blogger!
• Visualizing SIGGRAPH
• Keynote speech: Keyed to the Future
• Sessions: "Fast Forward" Session Offers Pithy Paper Previews
• SIGGRAPH 2004 in Full Swing
• Exhibits: Why haven't we had posters before?
• SIGGRAPH 2004 Electronic Theater
• Exhibits: Exhibits Offer a Great Fine-Art Experience
• Sessions: Half a cup of Neuromancer
• Exhibits: What does synaesthesia mean?
• Job Quest: Day 4
• On the Spot! What is the next big trend in computer graphics?
• Sessions: Fantasy Graphics League
• Exhibits: The Zen of Innovation
• Sessions: Creating a digital thespian