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DOG-Goggles, It’s Over!

siggraphstudioadmin — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:31:49 +0000

There is still many things to see and do at the Studio but today is the last day. Check out the Sandbox and play some games during down time, or draw on the Wacom tablet during a photoshop workshop. If that wasn’t enough you can scan your face at ShapeShot for a 3D print out or try your hand at electronic sensors and Arduino.

Sandbox gameroom

Wacom Cintiq

Hacker Space to build electronics

ShapeShot will scan your face as a 3D model

Escape into 2D Electrified

siggraphstudioadmin — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:45:34 +0000

Many visitors to SIGGRAPH take a tech break and work with good’ol paper. Cut, fold, tape and make a robot or zombie with you bare hands. Add lights and a heart button to bring him to life. If photography is more your kind of 2D fun, check out GigaPan and their high res retina images or scan your own eyes.

2D paper station to make your own robot

Studio interactive wallworx

Gigapan eye scan images

Scanning, Printing, Dancing … and its only Tuesday!

siggraphstudioadmin — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:32:07 +0000

Come and see the 3D scanner, 3D rapid prototype parts and iCubex motion sensor at the Studio. We produced a number of scans from LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) long range 3D laser scanning. Thanks Scott Cedarleaf. More scans and rapid prototyping parts from MakerBot, Zcorp, Dimensions, and 3D systems you can see and make.

3D long range scanner.

NextEngine 3D scanners

lower jaw 3D fused deposition modeling

iCubex and the motion sensor

Monday Funday at the Studio

siggraphstudioadmin — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:16:04 +0000

There are so many workshops and demonstrations at the Studio we can not list them all here. Check out these photos of people making 3D prints, 2D robots, modeling with Blender, and drawing in space with PhaseSpace.

3D Systems - Rapid Prototyping objects you can model and take home.

2D paper robots, paper folding and fabric electronics you can build and take home.

Blender, Python, CryEngine, PhotoShop, Unity, and more for you to try for the first time or learn new tips and tricks.

PhaseSpace lets you paint in virtual environments.

Opening Day!

siggraphstudioadmin — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:50:16 +0000

The crowds poured in the first day of SIGGRAPH 2011 and the Studio filled quickly. Audiences were treated to a panel discussion with Cory Doctorow as moderator and Hyeong-Seok Ko, Michael Raphael, Peter Weijmarshausen, Dallas Luther, Adam Mayer as panelists. Also, come and see “PeteBot” the robotic version of this years Conference Chair Pete Braccio.

Conference Chair Pete Braccio and "PeteBot"

Studio Panel with Cory Doctorow as moderator

Door Opening Sunday at 12:00

3D Printing

siggraphstudioadmin — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:15:09 +0000

The 3D area represents cutting edge technology from industries that include 3D printing and CAD software.
This years activities include 3D laser scanning of your face or body too parametric modeling using Grasshopper via Rhino3D
and Generative Components by Bently. Attendees will be able to manipulate 3D meshes in ZBrush or Mudbox and print their models on steampunk Studio stand.

Robots + Rayguns

siggraphstudioadmin — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:51:26 +0000

Robots + Rayguns is a low-tech, high-fun hands on activity. Using 2D and 3D design and fabrication techniques we will create 3D robots and rayguns from 2D patterns, integrating small electronic components to create audio and visual effects. The software we are utilizing for the design and pattern creation is Rhino 3D, Pepakura, Repper Pro, and Adobe Illustrator. This hands on DIY project utilities readily available materials and low cost software for a fun break from all the high-cost and high-tech. Come sit down and spend some time in the Studio and walk away with a souvenir!

Activity Leader: Ryan Buyssens and Coutney Starrett

Paper Sculpture

siggraphstudioadmin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:59:28 +0000

Artist, Matthew Shlian, will show attendees how turn their own 3D models into 3D paper sculptures using Pepakura and Metasequia. Print out your 3D model pattern on high quality paper from Red River and learn to pleat, fold, and cut your pattern into a paper sculpture that you can take home.

Activity Leader Matthew Shlian and Claire Weigand

Studio Talks for Sunday, Aug 7

siggraphstudioadmin — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:25:10 +0000

Scan – Model – Print: A Roundtable Chat

Sunday, 7 August 12:00 pm – 1:45 pm | The Studio/West Building, Ballroom A

The Studio kicks off SIGGRAPH 2011 with a roundtable chat: a group of technologists, programmers, and creative entrepreneurs discussing the past, present, and future of digital technologies. Panelists include: Hyeong-Seok Ko, SIGGRAPH Asia 2010 Conference Chair and founder/creator of the Digital Clothing software suite; Michael Raphael, founder and President of Direct Dimensions, creator of rapid solutions to 3D scanning; and Peter Weijmarshausen, CEO of Shapeways, the revolutionary company that has changed the 3D printing game worldwide.

Hyeong-Seok Ko
Seoul National University

Michael Raphael
Direct Dimensions, Inc.

Peter Weijmarshausen
Shape Ways

Dallas Luther
Maker Faire Vancouver

Adam Mayer
MakerBot Industries

SandCanvas: New Possibilities in Sand Animation

Sunday, 7 August 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | The Studio/West Building, Ballroom A

Inspired by the history, popularity, and aesthetics of sand animation(also known as sand art), this new multitouch digital artistic medium simplifies creation of sand animations and enables entirely new expressions.

Rubaiat Kazi
National University of Singapore

Kien-Chuan Chua
National University of Singapore

Shengdong Zhao
National University of Singapore

Richard Davis
Singapore Management University

Low Kok-Lim
National University of Singapore

A Unified Dynamics Pipeline for Hair, Cloth, and Flesh in “Rango”

Sunday, 7 August 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm | The Studio/West Building, Ballroom A

This dynamics pipeline integrates all forms of deformable simulation, consolidates the artist’s toolset, and opens the door to high-quality and convincing dynamics.

Stephen Bowline
Industrial Light & Magic

SolidState Drives in Developer and Artist

Sunday, 7 August 3:45 pm – 4:15 pm | The Studio/West Building, Ballroom A

By optimizing games to exploit the capabilities of the latest platform technology and tools, game developers can create games featuring innovations that give players greater immersion. Spend your engineering time making the content more realistic and immersive instead of working around storage delays. With this idea in mind, Intel partnered with Iron Galaxy and Digital Extremes to deliver a proof of concept showing the content quality that can be achieved by exploiting the performance of Intel SSDs and second-generation Intel Core Family processors.

Ryan Tabrah
Intel Corporation

Standards in 3D Modeling: Case Study and Applications From Stock 3D

Sunday, 7 August 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | The Studio/West Building, Ballroom A

TurboSquid and Falling Pixel use a case study from the stock 3D industry as a lens to discuss the challenges presented by a lack of standards in 3D modeling as a whole.

Michele Bousquet
TurboSquid

Jonathan Lloyd
TurboSquid

“Paul” – Creating a Compelling Character Performance

Sunday, 7 August 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm | The Studio/West Building, Ballroom A

“Paul” offered a unique opportunity to create a compelling character performance. Animators were given access to performance reference and a library of capture. They also had access to portable USB flip cameras and an Xsens MVN suit, and they were expected to shoot and capture their own performance reference.

Aisling O’Brien
Double Negative

Studio Talks for Monday, Aug 8

siggraphstudioadmin — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:36:22 +0000

New and Used Cars

Monday, 8 August 9:00 am – 9:30 am | The Studio/West Building, Ballroom A

This talk presents three shading innovations developed for the film “Cars 2″: a layering method that is efficient and flexible, a procedural metal-flake illumination model that approximates the complex properties of modern car paint, and a new model for rendering reflection-aligned concentric micro-scratches.

Junyi Ling
Pixar Animation Studios

The Spirit of “Rango”: Dissection of Character Animation and Rigging

Monday, 8 August 9:30 am – 10:30 am | The Studio/West Building, Ballroom A

“Rango” presented many challenges: the number of characters and their realism, complexity, and unique stylized look had probably never been achieved before in an animated feature. This talk provides a broad overview of the workflow and tools that were used for rigging and animating the characters.

Julien Cohen Bengio
Industrial Light & Magic

Kevin Martel
Industrial Light & Magic

Brian Paik
Industrial Light & Magic

Digital Clothing: A New Paradighm for Fashion

Monday, 8 August 10:30 am – 11:00 am | The Studio/West Building, Ballroom A

The study of physically based reproduction of clothing has made striking improvements over the past decade. Digitally simulated versions of clothes, generated with a single personal computer, now look more real than most people would expect for computer-generated animations. In the past, clothing simulation remained in the realm of movie and game production. Now, thanks to additional fashion-specific developments, the technology is on the verge of leading a revolutionary change in the fashion industry.

This talk summarizes the current state of the art of digital clothing technology: a collection of modeling, animation, and rendering systems targeted to fashion and animation production. The Studio features hands-on-experience classes associated with this presentation: the short class Creation of Your Own Digital Fashion Show (two sessions) and the long class Advanced Creation of Your Own Digital Fashion Show (one session).

Kathi Martin

Hyeong-Seok Ko
Seoul National University

What’s New in Rhinoceros 5.0?

Monday, 8 August 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | The Studio/West Building, Ballroom A

An overview of the new functionality and improvements in the Rhinoceros 5.0 update.

Mary Fugier
McNeel

Creating Cool Games Without a Programmer

Monday, 8 August 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | The Studio/West Building, Ballroom A

This session shows how artists without any programming knowledge can create fun and entertaining games with Unity. Using simple scripts and a modular approach, the session gives artists and programmers a good overview of the main Unity workflow.

Roald Høyer-Hansen
Unity Technologies

MakerBot

Monday, 8 August 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | The Studio/West Building, Ballroom A

There is no machine more steam-punk than the MakerBot Industries Thing-O-Matic 3D printer. Between five and 10 machines are available for autonomous printing on demand in The Studio.

Bre Pettis
MakerBot Industries

Embroidery Modeling and Rendering in Real Time

Monday, 8 August 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm | The Studio/West Building, Ballroom A

Techniques for automatically producing embroidery layouts from line drawings and rendering those layouts in real time on potentially deformable 3D objects with hardware acceleration.

Xinling Chen
University of Waterloo

Rapid Solutions to 3D Scanning

Monday, 8 August 3:45 pm – 4:15 pm | The Studio/West Building, Ballroom A

Michael Raphael
Direct Dimensions, Inc.

Per-Face Texture Mapping for Real-Time Rendering

Monday, 8 August 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | The Studio/West Building, Ballroom A

This technique renders texture-seam-free meshes without unwrapping the model into UV space at interactive frame rates.

John McDonald
NVIDIA Corporation

Brent Burley
Walt Disney Animation Studios

Blending of Transforms With Non-Uniform Parent Scale

Monday, 8 August 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm | The Studio/West Building, Ballroom A

Imageworks’ parent constraint spXformInterp optimally blends multiple transformations while correctly handling the shear induced when rotation is followed by non-uniform scale, and it can do so in an arbitrary space. This is particularly important with forward/inverse kinematics and motion capture, where several redundant skeletons and multiple constraints would otherwise be needed.

Daniel Weston
Sony Pictures Imageworks