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London ACM SIGGRAPH Hosts a Flurry of CG Events

Since its refounding last summer, the London Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH has hit the ground running, hosting at least one computer graphics event every month. The events have been well attended, and open to anyone and everyone in the London computer graphics community....

Call for Submissions to Spring Conference on CG (SCCG '15)

The Spring Conference on Computer Graphics (SCCG) is one of the oldest annual meetings of the computer graphics community in Central Europe, and covers a wide variety of topics on computer graphics, image processing and imaging applications. This year, SCCG will be...

CES 2015: Through the Eyes of a SIGGRAPH Veteran

By Jacquelyn Ford Morie, ACM SIGGRAPH Director-at-Large My first CES (Consumer Electronics Show) just happened in January 2015 in Las Vegas, NV. How could I have waited so long to actually attend one of these mythical events? I thought it would be much like the heady...

Computer Graphics International Deadline Approaching

The deadline for submissions to Computer Graphics International (CGI) '15 is swiftly approaching. Full paper submissions to the conference — which takes place from June 24 to 26 in Strasbourg, France — are due by February 15, 2015. Short papers and...

Big Hero 6 Character Design & Development Panel in NYC

Source: NYC ACM SIGGRAPH NYC ACM SIGGRAPH and NYIT’s Fine Arts Department are proud to announce . . . On Tuesday, February 3, 2015, at 7:00PM, in NYIT’s Auditorium On Broadway, Walt Disney Animation Studios will present “Big Hero 6: The Art of...

From Paper to VR: 360-degree Animation of 2D Illustrations

By Cody Welsh In the modern day, there are a number of software options for artists who wish to animate their illustrations without a lot of the tedious work that might otherwise be involved in the process. One company that produces this kind of software is Live2D,...

ACM Names Fellows for Achievements in Computing

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has announced the names of 47 members who will be recognized as ACM Fellows for their exceptional contributions to computing. Fellowship is ACM's most prestigious member grade, and is held by only 1% of ACM members....

Visual Effects: Are Computer Graphics Always the Answer?

By Kristy Barkan Up until the mid ‘90s, effects artists were people who made things with their hands. They wore paint-spattered clothing and rifled through tool boxes. They created aliens out of latex, turned foam into granite and constructed nine-foot...

Spotlight on SIGGRAPH: S3 Provides the Tools for Success

By Deja Collins, in collaboration with S3 Chair Corinne Price Editor's note: Spotlight on SIGGRAPH is a recurring feature, established to shed light on the various committees and avenues of volunteering within ACM SIGGRAPH and its annual conferences. Established...

Spotlight on Research: Moving Beyond MoCap

On December 6, 2014, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Tübingen, Germany, presented a study entitled MoSh: Motion and Shape Capture from Sparse Markers. Their research, published in the SIGGRAPH Asia 2014 edition of ACM Transactions...