Updated: 2011-03-19 22:48:00
A partial, early list of SIGGRAPH 2011 courses has recently been published. SIGGRAPH has published such preliminary lists in previous years, typically representing around half to a third of the final course list. The list includes six very promising courses: Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games: Part I – this is the next iteration in [...]
Updated: 2011-03-16 05:25:06
The call for submissions for SIGGRAPH Asia 2011 has recently gone live. This fourth iteration of the SIGGRAPH Asia conference will take place in Hong Kong between December 12th and 15th. In previous years, the sketches and course programs have been of similar quality (if reduced quantity) compared to their North American counterparts. The SIGGRAPH [...]
Updated: 2011-03-11 18:26:18
GDC has put a bit of a hiatus in my I3D posts; I better get them done soon so I can move onto the GDC posts. This post describes a talk that David Luebke (Director of Research at NVIDIA) gave during the I3D banquet titled GPU Computing: Past, Present, and Future. Although the slides for [...]
Updated: 2011-03-10 16:58:15
I’m back from a NYC trip (highlight: went to the taping of the Jimmy Fallon show and saw Snooki & Laurie Anderson – now there’s a combo; if only they had collaborated) and a San Francisco trip (highlights: the Autodesk Gallery – open to the public Wednesday afternoons - plus the amusingly-large and glowing heatsink on a [...]
Updated: 2011-03-04 16:17:56
Go get your reservation. Even if you think you have a 10% chance of going to SIGGRAPH 2011 this year, I recommend holding a room now. You can cancel the reservation later at no cost until July 21. Me, I went with the Empire Landmark Hotel, as it was a good balance between price and distance (location [...]
