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Spotlight on Innovation: Trillion FPS Camera

By Pritham Marupaka Streak cameras are used by chemists to capture light passing through samples and determine chemical properties. At the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, scientists have found a way to modify these streak cameras to capture motion –...

Technology for the Sake of Humanity

By Kristy Barkan Technology, as it turns out, is more than just a tool to advance our understanding and simplify our daily lives. It is a gift, waiting to be given. It can mean the difference between isolation and inclusion. It can move the human heart from desolation...

Win Big Prizes in a Mobile Scavenger Hunt at SIGGRAPH

The SIGGRAPH Mobile App Game (SMAG) is a high-tech scavenger hunt — and possibly the most fun you'll ever have at SIGGRAPH. Here's how it works: 1. Download the SIGGRAPH 2014 Conference App for iOS or Android. 2. Earn points! SMAG has 127 (and...

SIGGRAPH 2014 Party Calendar

In search of a list of after-hours events at SIGGRAPH 2014? Look no further. SIGGRAPH.org has compiled a calendar of public parties and events happening during SIGGRAPH 2014 in Vancouver. To import the party listings to your Google calendar, click the +Google button...

SIGGRAPH 2014 App Available for Download

A feature-rich mobile app for SIGGRAPH 2014 is now available for download. The app, which works with iPhone, iPad and Android devices, can be used to create conference schedules and network with other SIGGRAPH attendees and exhibitors. Conference attendees without...

Volunteers Sought to Review Student Reels

Walk up to any computer graphics professional at SIGGRAPH and ask about the first time they attended the conference. Odds are good that their earliest experience was as a student volunteer. Student volunteers are critical to success of the SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH...

Guest Speaker at Annual Pioneers' Reception Announced

By Frank Foster The SIGGRAPH Pioneers Group is proud to present one of the strongest innovators in today's dynamic film industry. Chris Edwards, CEO of THE THIRD FLOOR, Inc., will demonstrate how more than a decade of computer-aided visualization has enabled...

VES Releases First-Ever VFX Software Reference Platform

The Visual Effects Society has just announced its involvement in a groundbreaking project: the creation of a reference platform for VFX software development. Called, quite simply, the 'VFX Reference Platform,' its purpose is to minimize...

Computer Animation Festival Winners Announced

The 41st annual Computer Animation Festival at SIGGRAPH 2014 will showcase more than 100 of the best examples of computer animation from the past year. Of the 450-plus festival submissions, just over a hundred were accepted — and only nine were selected to...

Manipulate Reality at SIGGRAPH, Win an Oculus Dev Kit

A remarkable window of opportunity for augmented reality and virtual reality developers is rapidly coming to a close. Wednesday, June 25 at 22:00 UTC/GMT is the final cutoff for submissions to the SIGGRAPH 2014 AR/VR contest — the spoils of which include a...