If you missed SIGGRAPH 2017 watch a selection of recorded Live Streaming Sessions.
The Academy's Scientific and Technical Awards: The Technology, the Awardees, and the Process
If you missed SIGGRAPH 2017 watch a selection of recorded Live Streaming Sessions.
Tuesday, 1 August, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles Convention Center - Room 403AB
CURATED CONTENT
Since 1931, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has honored the inventors and developers of the technology behind the movies. Earlier this year, 18 different technologies were awarded, honoring 34 individuals. These technologies have had a significant impact on how movies are made and have stood the test of time.
This session reviews some of the award-winning technologies, the history of the work leading to the awards, as well as the details of the Scientific and Technical Award process. Because many Sci-Tech awards over the last three decades had their genesis at the SIGGRAPH conference, this session also covers the underlying technology-transfer process.
(Panelists subject to change)
Moderator
Barbara Ford Grant
VP Digital Production Services
Home Box Office, Inc.
Panelists
Doug Roble
Creative Director of Software
Digital Domain, Inc.; Academy’s Science and Technology Council
Meander (Disney):
Brian Whited
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Expression-Based Facial Performance-Capture (Sony):
Parag Havaldar
Blizzard
Rig-Based Facial Performance-Capture Systems (IMD, DD):
Geoff Wedig
Magic Leap
FACETS Facial Performance Capture and Solving System at Weta:
Luca Fascione
Weta Digital
Open Shading Language:
Larry Gritz
Sony Pictures Imageworks
CGI Studio Renderer (BlueSky):
Maurice van Swaaij
BlueSky Studios
Arnold Renderer:
Marcos Fajardo
Solid Angle
ILM Facial Performance-Capture Solving Systems
Paige Warner
Industrial Light & Magic
V-Ray Renderer
Vladimir (Vlado) Koylazov
Chaos Group
