One of this years Emerging Technology on display at SIGGRAPH, is a user interface that expands on the mouse and tablet concept. With this technology, there are different types controls that you use to manipulate the various objects on your screen. These control objects are sensed by the "tablet", they are neither electronic or wired to the tablet. I'm not quite sure how this will fit into the pipeline, but I was fascinated by the technology.

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I put together a video tour of the SIGGRAPH 2008 Expo and some of the electronic art to try a give those of you who have never experienced SIGGRAPH a taste of it. The Expo is like a one giant collage of colors and sounds of technology. A place where art and technology collide. The video opens with a walk through some of the vendor exhibits in the early morning before most of the people arrive. It later then comes alive with the buzz of the exhibitors and attendees followed with some of the art.

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Here are some pictures from SIGGRAPH and the Blender crew Tuesday.

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Los Angeles, California U.S.A

It was a packed audience for all of the Blender B.O.F.s but especially for the Apricot gaming segment. It was so crowded, that people were sitting in the isles and standing at the door into the hallway.

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Well, I thought I'd post a picture from here while the conference is in session. I'll update more later.

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The first SIGGRAPH reports are starting to come in. Claas Kuhnen is maintaining a photo diary.

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Birds of a Feather events are proposed by SIGGRAPH 2008 attendees. They must be free of charge, related to computer graphics or interactive techniques, open to all SIGGRAPH 2008 attendees, and non-commercial in nature (topics specific to one commercial product or company are discouraged).

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For those of you attending SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles this year, Animation Mentor will be hosting a panel discussion and tribute to the life and work of Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston on Wednesday, August 13, 2008.

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As you all know, Blender will be at SIGGRAPH this year and LetterRip from the Blenderartists forums is gathering links to videos that shows some of the impressive features of Blender.

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SIGGRAPH 2008

Wednesday, 13 August, 8:30 - 10:15 am
Petree Hall C

In May 2008, the Blender Foundation released their second open-movie project: "Big Buck Bunny," a funny and furry 3D short about a giant rabbit who gets even with bullying rodents. This session brings together the key people who created the movie and presents all the aspects of an open-source and open-content-based animation studio, and how this affects the creative process.

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The artist's showcase is always a great way to see what other people are doing with Blender. If you like to show work during the Monday afternoon of the Blender Birds of Feather, contact Ton Roosendaal! (ton at blender org).

Note: Blender BoFs are free to attend, also without Siggraph ticket

Ton Roosendaal of the Blender Foundation has just announced that he will be attending along with Andy Goralczyk and Nathan Vegdahl, the SIGGRAPH 2008 conference.

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(Chicago, IL) - ACM SIGGRAPH announced the selection of Irish Artist and Director Catherine Owens, best known for her staging and film work with the Irish rock band U2, as a featured speaker for SIGGRAPH 2008 to be held in Los Angeles this August. Owens will present "Giving Technology Emotion: From the Artist's Mind to 'U2 3D'," which details her co-directing and producing experiences during production of the film "U2 3D", the first digital 3D, multi-camera, real-time production.

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(Chicago, IL) - ACM SIGGRAPH announced today the award nominees for the SIGGRAPH 2008 Computer Animation Festival to be held in Los Angeles this summer. Nominees were chosen from more than 900 submissions from around the globe, presented by both professional studios and students alike. An esteemed panel of jury members reviewed each submission to compile some of the greatest works submitted this year.

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(Chicago, IL) - ACM SIGGRAPH announces Ed Catmull, a pioneer in the entertainment and film industry and co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios, as one of the featured speakers at SIGGRAPH 2008, the 35th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques.Catmull, President of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, has played a major role throughout the past 30 years in the invention of some of today's most fundamental computer graphics practices used widely across the motion picture industry. He is one of the original architects of the RenderMan rendering software system, which has been used to create blockbuster animated hits such as Toy Story and Finding Nemo, as well as 44 of the last 47 Visual Effects nominations to the Academy Awards®.

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(Chicago, IL) - ACM SIGGRAPH officially announced the opening of submissions for FJORG! - the International Animation Contest taking place at the upcoming SIGGRAPH conference, 11 through 15 August 2008 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

FJORG! is an "iron animator" event in which competing teams from around the world have 32 hours to create a 15-second, character-driven animation while adhering to at least one of two themes and facing multiple distractions. The online submission system is now open and submission and uploaded materials are due by 7 May 2008. Submissions are open to the public.

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(Chicago, IL) - ACM SIGGRAPH announced a final reminder for the entry deadline of 30 January for jury content to be considered for the 2008 Computer Animation Festival. This deadline represents the date that online entry forms must be submitted. The deadline for material upload is 27 February.

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To fully represent the growing computer graphics and interactive industries, SIGGRAPH's Computer Animation Festival is expanding into a full-scale film festival that will incorporate curated and competition screenings, discussion panels with filmmakers/artists/producers, and an expansive awards program. In addition, the Computer Animation Festival will be more accessible to the general public than ever before.

Updated: deadline was incorrect; updated from january 31st to january 30th.

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