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Edinburgh to Host Virtual Reality Symposium

The ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) is is a conference on the cutting edge of a blossoming area of research. VRST 2014, the 20th symposium, will take place in the historic city of Edinburgh, UK, from November 11 to 13. As an...

Upcoming Conference on Geographic Information Systems

The ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems 2014 is the twenty-second event in a series of symposia and workshops dedicated to GIS. ACM SIGSPATIAL 2014 will take place from Nov 4 to 7 in Dallas, Texas, with the aim of...

VFX Industry Meets for 6th Visual Effects Society Summit

By Mike Amron, Chair of the Los Angeles Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH The 6th Annual Visual Effects Society Summit was held on October 18 at the W Hotel in Hollywood. An event that hosted VFX professionals from a variety of disciplines, the summit provided a networking...

Call for Submissions to Video Art Show

ACM SIGGRAPH's Digital Art Community is now accepting submissions to its upcoming art show: "Enhanced Vision – Digital Video." The show will be an online international survey of today's most exciting and innovative digitally-enhanced video art...

Registration Now Open for Motion in Games Conference

The 7th International ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion in Games (MIG 2014) will take place in Los Angeles, California, from November 6 to 8. 2014 marks the first year Motion in Games will be held in the United States. The Motion in Games conference aims to bring...

J.J. Abrams to Receive VES Visionary Award

Today, the Visual Effects Society named renowned director J.J. Abrams as the next recipient of the VES Visionary Award. The award, which has been bestowed upon such luminaries as Christopher Nolan, Ang Lee and Alfonso Cuarón, serves to recognize individuals who...

Munich Chapter Launch Event with Paul Debevec

The brand-new Munich ACM SIGGRAPH chapter will be celebrating its launch in style on Sunday, 21 September, with a talk from computer graphics veteran Paul Debevec. Debevec is the Former Vice President of ACM SIGGRAPH, and is widely recognized as a leader in the...

Joe Letteri on the VFX of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Interview by Chris Davison, Chief Correspondent for ACM Computers in Entertainment. This excerpt of an interview with award-winning visual effects artist Joe Letteri is provided courtesy of ACM Computers in Entertainment (CiE), a website that features...

Watch the SIGGRAPH Award Talks

Among the most prestigious of honors in computer graphics, ACM SIGGRAPH awards are presented to people who are leaders in the field, or destined to become so. The award talks session at the annual SIGGRAPH conference gives winners the opportunity to expound on their...

AR Sandbox: Cutting-Edge Earth Science Visualization

By Kristy Barkan There are few kids who don't see the appeal in building and smashing piles of sand. But when such destruction results in real-time changes to a topographic map filled with lakes of virtual water, it becomes something more than just play. It...