Courses Fact Sheet
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SIGGRAPH 96 offered more Courses than ever before, with 22 full-day Courses and 16 half-day Courses. The Course lectures, demonstrations, and seminars covered every aspect of computer graphics, from basic principles to advanced multi-dimensional mathematics. Courses discussed an array of topics such as: business startups, animation and visual effects, virtual reality, wavelets, and human-machine interaction. "Courses selected reflect both the diversity and the convergence of the computer graphics. The popularity of the Web and the ability to get graphics acceleration on low-priced machines has increased the demand for graphics and interaction, causing diverse interests to converge," says Scott Senften SIGGRAPH 96 Courses Chair. "Virtual reality, once restrained to high-end systems, is now finding its way to the Web through VRML, forcing a focus on useful and creative solutions for interacting with machines. The desire for animation and interactive games is causing us to revisit lighting, texturing, and advanced representation of models for efficient and realistic rendering." Highlights The Making of "Toy Story"
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Lecturers This course looked inside the production of the world's first feature-length animation, "Toy Story." Presentations by members of the crew took the audience through each state of the production pipeline: art and design, modeling, shading, layout, animation, lighting, and effects. Introduction to VRML
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Michael Heck How Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) is used to author 3D virtual worlds on the World Wide Web. Participants learned the syntax of VRML, typical usage patterns, how to avoid common mistakes, and tricks and techniques for increasing performance and realism. This course included details and techniques not available in the VRML specifications or published texts. How to Survive as a Computer Graphics Entrepreneur
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Nancy Collier Helpful approaches to finding the answer to a basic question: "Can I survive as a computer graphics entrepreneur?" Course presenters provided practical knowledge and experience, business advice, and an audience-participation session. Life-Like, Believable Communication Agents
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Shigeru Morishima
Alex Pentland
Ken Perlin This course was designed to give attendees a clear idea of how humans will be able to interact and communicate with computer agents of the future in a natural and life-like manner. The course first discussed the concept and characteristics of "believable" communication agents. Various state-of-the-art technologies were then presented with an emphasis on how they can be integrated with computer graphics technologies to realize next-generation agents. So Real I Can Almost Touch It: The Use of Touch as an I/O Device for Graphics and Visualization
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Jim Kramer
Thomas Massie
Russell Taylor The sense of touch is under-exploited as an input/output device for computer graphics and scientific visualization. This course explored various tactile technologies and how to adapt them for use in human-machine interaction. Introduction to Virtual Reality
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Stephen Ghee
Hans Webe
Randy Pausch An introduction to virtual reality using immersive displays. This course covered system requirements, hardware, design of applications, and implementation of virtual worlds. The emphasis was on practical issues that must be addressed to begin working in virtual environments.
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