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Using Computer Graphics to Explore Social Issues

“Enhanced Vision – Digital Video,” is an online video art show presented by the ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Committee (DAC). The show focuses on the use of digital methodologies to enhance the moving image — specifically, looking at how effects...

The Visual Effects of Interstellar: Bridging Art and Science

By Deja Collins The 2014 film "Interstellar" follows a team of researchers and a former NASA pilot (played by Matthew McConaughey) on an odyssey into the depths of space, chronicling the group's struggle to find a new home for mankind before Earth...

Longtime Volunteer Steve Cunningham Passes Away

This week, we were greatly saddened to find out that longtime ACM SIGGRAPH volunteer Steve Cunningham passed away. Below is a tribute to Steve from ACM SIGGRAPH Communications Chair Barb Helfer. Steve will be sorely missed. It is an honor to write this tribute to...

CAD/Graphics 2015 Call for Papers

The 14th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics (CAD/Graphics 2015) is currently accepting paper submissions, and will continue to do so until April 12, 2015 at 23:59 UTC/GMT. CAD/Graphics 2015 is co-organized by the Northwestern...

Call for Submissions to Altered Books Digital Art Show

The ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Art Community (DAC) is now accepting submissions for their upcoming online exhibition, "Altered Books: Digital Interventions." The exhibition is a celebration of the book as an object. An object that can carry experience, represent...

Visualizing the Earth and Beyond with Computer Graphics

Interview by Cody Welsh Many of us have watched informational visualizations about interesting scientific concepts without giving a second thought to how they were created — but, in reality, there is quite a lot that goes into the making of these often...

Call for Submissions to Faculty-Submitted Student Show

Submission are now open for the Faculty-Submitted Student Work Exhibit at SIGGRAPH 2015 in Los Angeles. Sponsored by the ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee, the exhibit will feature work from secondary (high school) students and university students. Submissions from all...

Technology Helped Him Speak for the First Time in 15 Years

By Kristy Barkan Don Moir was diagnosed with ALS in 1995. As a farmer, a husband, and a father of three, the idea of losing the ability to move around freely was a tremendous blow. Over the next four years, Don slowly lost the capacity to work his farm, move around...

Yes, This Gorgeous CG Short Was Made by Students

Interview by Cody Welsh These days, student films are not in short supply. An increasingly large number of schools offer programs in computer animation, and sites like Vimeo and YouTube are teeming with student films — some of which rival those of major...

Virtual Reality That Reacts to Your Thoughts

By Kristy Barkan As it turns out, The Force isn't just a figment of George Lucas' imagination. Students in the UC Berkeley chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH have come up with a fascinating virtual reality system that reads users' brain waves and changes the world...