SIGGRAPH 2021 Archives

SIGGRAPH 2021: discover the future of Substance 3D & the latest Adobe Research projects

Shadows20 August 202120 August 2021

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At SIGGRAPH 2021, Adobe decided to give a sneak peek at their upcoming product releases and current research and development projects. Sébastien Deguy (Vice-President, 3D...

Inspiration

SIGGRAPH 2021: How can we move towards anti-racist Graphics Research?

Shadows20 August 202120 August 2021

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This year at SIGGRAPH, Theodore Kim (Former Pixar Senior Scientist, currently Professor at Yale University) discussed racial bias in Computer Graphics research. As he explains,...

Shorts

SIGGRAPH 2021: Gladius, a man haunted by his past (French student short film)

Shadows20 August 202120 August 2021

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Gladius, a French student short film featured in the 2021 SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater, is now available for everyone to watch. The film...

Events Making of

SIGGRAPH 2021: Watch the Houdini HIVE presentations – fractals, USD and creature FX!

Shadows17 August 202117 August 2021

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SideFX published the Houdini HIVE SIGGRAPH 2021 presentation. This year, a wide range of topics were covered including creature FX, USD and fractals. Fractals &...

Technologies

SIGGRAPH 2021: The future is now with Real-Time Live!

Shadows17 August 202117 August 2021

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Every year, Real-Time Live! is a highlight of SIGGRAPH. A live event during which the latest, most original interactive projects of the year are showcased....

Technologies

SIGGRAPH 2021: Take a Tour of Asteroid Bennu!

Shadows16 August 202116 August 2021

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The Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater is heavily focused on animated shorts (including a lot of French shorts), but other kinds of projects are also...

Software

SIGGRAPH 2021: Chaos Launches V-Ray 5 for Unreal

Shadows16 August 202116 August 2021

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Chaos releases V-Ray 5 for Unreal, an update for its rendering plugin. V-Ray 5 for Unreal allows you to “import V-Ray scenes, bake lighting and...

Demoreels

SIGGRAPH 2021: SideFX launches a new Houdini Film & TV Reel

Shadows13 August 202113 August 2021

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SideFX published a new Film & TV Reel showcasing what has been achieved this year by studios using Houdini....

Research Uncategorized

SIGGRAPH 2021: StrokeStrip will cleanup your drawings for you

Shadows13 August 202113 August 2021

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We continue our dive into the SIGGRAPH 2021 technical papers with a fascinating project aimed at sketching and vector drawing: StrokeStrip : joint parameterization and...

Shorts Uncategorized

SIGGRAPH 2021: 30% of French films in the Computer Animation Festival selection, and you won’t want to miss them

Shadows13 August 202113 August 2021

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30%. That’s the percentage of French graduation short films in the 2021 SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater selection. This score is impressive: France is...