SIGGRAPH 2009 Seeks Live Real-Time Video Game Content

Chicago, IL) – As part of the SIGGRAPH 2009 expanded focus on video gaming, this year’s Computer Animation Festival will dedicate a segment of the Festival specifically to real-time rendering projects. The top selections will be played and demonstrated live on their respective platform (X-Box 360, PS3, PC, etc.).

The real-time work will have its own jury of industry professionals and experts. Entries will be judged on creativity, innovation, performance and most importantly, the ability to render in real time in front of a live audience during the Computer Animation Festival.

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Seastead Design Contest

The Seasteading Institute (TSI) is looking for creative and talented designers to construct a seastead using 3-D modeling software. A seastead is a floating platform that allows people to permanently settle the ocean as they do land. Professional naval engineers have already designed a bare platform. What you build on the platform is up to you. It may be a hospital, a casino, a residential community, a cricket stadium, or something entirely different. Be creative!

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