In this open-stage event, Blender artists and developers give short presentations to share their work with the audience. More information

This consortium of faculty and students who engage in original undergraduate research reviews successes, near successes, plans for future work, and new, inter-institutional research projects.

A discussion about current and future uses of VR and AR in the various domains of the VFX pipeline.

This session explores how viewpoints and techniques from the computer graphics community can be effectively applied to cartographic and spatial datasets. Presenters demonstrate various solutions for interactive cartographic visualization and international mapping. They also discuss worldwide spatial-data standards and how to apply these standards to computer graphics applications.

Members of the Los Angeles and Shenzhen ACM SIGGRAPH Chapters meet to discuss common interests and goals.

A reception to celebrate the research and alumni of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Los Angeles.

In this session on immersive visualization systems for science and research, scientific visualization information visualization, and art and science, invited speakers and panels discuss collaborative initiatives in visualization and visual-analytics frameworks.

This session is for people who are creating 3D-printed models of math, science, or engineering concepts. Compare tools, techniques, and tips for accurate representations. Bring along a model!

A discussion with fellow animation educators on the merits or drawbacks of adapting current teaching models to use open-source software.

Welcoming the VCU community, friends, family, and new friends for a bite to eat, a chance to reconnect, and a place to talk about computer graphics and art.

Following last year's solutions presentations from studios, participants from major studios and vendors focus on solutions improvements and a potential industry open standard.

Updates on the status of OpenColorIO (OCIO) and a chance for in-person dialog among OCIO developers and users.

Join a continued discussion with key representatives from the graphics community who will compare experiences and explore techniques related to pushing the production pipeline and correlated resources toward the cloud.

A discussion of the latest developments and practices to deploy Web3D applications with reproducibility and interoperability.

A discussion of issues related to online collaboration in production.

A discussion of large-scale rendering: renderfarm infrastructure, software and queue management, remote data centers, reliability, and performance.

The Visual Effects Society co-hosts their 2017 Reception with an art display centered around CG Historical Art and Science Gallery. Including art from the VES Archives, untill 8:45 pm.

Learn the latest techniques for using the OpenVX and OpenCL APIs, and the NNEF Neural Net file format, to accelerate vision-processing applications ranging from augmented reality to deep learning-based scene recognition.

ACES 1.0 is widely used in the VFX industry. Join the effort to enhance and extend this important industry standard to meet your current and future needs.

This session discusses the current state of Openscenegraph, an open-source, high-performance scene-graph rendering system with a vibrant user and developer community.

This session of short presentations by Leonardo staff and outstanding practitioners is an opportunity for people to meet and share their interests in the intersection of art, science, and/or technology.

Presenters: Roger Malina, Executive Editor of Leonardo; Danielle Siembieda, Deputy Director of Leonardo; and artists Andres Burnano, Universidad de los Andes; Angus Forbes, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ruth West, University of North Texas; and Victoria Vesna, University of California, Los Angeles.

A chance for technical trainers, technical writers, and training staff to meet and talk about the rewards and challenges of training in an animation, visual effects, or game studio.

Explore the ISS and learn how to move around in 0-g. Learn about ISS experiments, dock a resupply capsule, and go on an EVA to check out the exterior.

Hear the latest on the VFX Reference Platform and discuss software-versioning challenges and opportunities with your peers with a focus on the move to Python 3 in 2019.

Women undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and researchers are invited to an informal gathering to meet other women in computer graphics research and discuss their experiences.

Following up on last year's MDL Birds of a Feather session, users and developers meet to hear updates from and share ideas with application developers from companies across the industry.

A discussion about the process and reasons for forming a union in the visual effects industry.

Emerging graphics and vision approaches for geocoding, photo tourism, and e-commerce. Let's digitize the spatial world together!

Standards can provide platform portability and drive innovation. Hear about the potential of Khronos OpenXR to grow the ecosystem by standardizing access to common functionality in VR/AR/MR systems.

A session for creators who have built apps for Samsung Gear VR, Microsoft Hololens, Google Cardboard, Apple ARKit, and non-tethered AR, VR, and mixed-reality experiences. The focus is on brands, gamers, and businesses.

Annual reunion of current students, faculty, staff, and alumni of The Ohio State University and the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts & Design.

Come join the people behind some of the industry's leading visual computing APIs as we celebrate our many years of cooperation in the Khronos consortium.

A discussion of the current state of depth cameras for use in motion capture, scanning, facial capture, virtual reality, and other applications.