Amazing Siggraph 2013
Written by David Conrad   
Thursday, 30 May 2013

Siggraph doesn't happen till July but it is already showing what amazing things are going to be unveiled. A video condensing some of the work being presented is well worth seeing. 

If you don't know about Siggraph you must be new to the graphics world. This is the place that researchers into graphics most want to present their results. This year there are 115 technical papers, selected from 480 submissions. 

The ACM has put together a video showing some of the more impressive things that are going to be presented. When you watch it keep your mouse near the pause button because, unlike most You Tube videos, this one doesn't linger long on any particular topic. Some of the presentations are so impressive you really need to give them a bit more time to sink in. And be warned, the first one, the high resolution 3D modeler is one of them - look out for the snowball:

 

 

What was the haptic device shown for just a few seconds. It looks like a vortex gun that fires blasts of air to interact with the player. If so, it's very clever and I want one.

siggraph2013vortex

 

As to the simulated plants I guess they would still die if they had to interact with me. 

It also looks as if 3D printing and construction have made more of an impact at this year's Siggraph. A system to allow you to design a free standing masonry model looks cool, but how does it scale up to real blocks?

Finally, I'd like to try the handwriting beautification system on my scrawl - it would probably choke and spit out the message "not human".  

siggraph2013faces

If you would like to see some of the topics that didn't make the video, visit SIGGRAPH 2013 Technical Papers Preview. If you want to see a full list of all of the papers, it is at Technical Papers.

You can be sure that when Siggraph happens there will be more news here covering all the amazing ideas in detail - the problem is going to be which ones to cover!

 

More Information

SIGGRAPH 2013 Technical Papers Preview

Technical Papers

SIGGRAPH 2013

Related Articles

Computer Simulated Knitting       

Want To Animate A Chair? Easy With Kinect       

New face animation algorithm       

Realtime Fluid Flow - Wow!

Interactive Fluid Simulation in WebGL

Tearable Cloth In JavaScript

 

To be informed about new articles on I Programmer, install the I Programmer Toolbar, subscribe to the RSS feed, follow us on, Twitter, FacebookGoogle+ or Linkedin,  or sign up for our weekly newsletter.

 

 

kotlin book

 

Comments




or email your comment to: comments@i-programmer.info

 

Banner


Office Development Kit For VS Code
18/09/2024

Microsoft has released a preview version of a new development tool for developing Office add-ins in Visual Studio Code.



Python 3.13 Is Here
09/10/2024

As time ticks on, the changes to the Python language become fewer and this makes it easier to upgrade. With this release the emphasis is on performance rather than new features.


More News

Last Updated ( Thursday, 30 May 2013 )