Category: Blog
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SIGGRAPH 2017 CAF
The Toronto ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter is delighted to host the SIGGRAPH 2017 Computer Animation Festival Travelling Show! So what is the Travelling Show? Every year, a jury of internationally recognized professionals chooses some of the best works from animation to visual effects from around the world to showcase at the SIGGRAPH conference’s Computer Animation Festival. […]
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VRTO — CANADA’S LARGEST VIRTUAL & AUGMENTED REALITY CONVENTION — RETURNS FOR 2ND ANNUAL EDITION IN TORONTO JUNE 24-26
VRTO 2017 sees announcement of a breakthrough in autism research, features more than 65 international expert speakers, 40 exhibitors and 10 interactive rooms TORONTO (Tuesday, June 6, 2017) — VRTO (Virtual & Augmented Reality World Conference & Expo), Canada’s largest virtual reality convention, laser-focused on experiential/immersive technologies returns for the second annual edition of its […]
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Meet our Elections 2017 Candidates
It’s finally time for the Toronto ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter’s annual elections! This year’s elections are for the positions of Vice-Chair, Treasurer and up to 5 Member-at-Large positions. Elections will be held by secret ballot via snail mail. Ballots will be mailed out to Chapter members in good standing as of April 1st, 2016. Ballots must […]
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The Boundary of Chaos: An exploration of parameters, liquid dynamics, and other oddities with one of the creators of Maya
On Thursday October 20th, 2016 Toronto ACM SIGGRAPH was pleased to host Duncan Brinsmead for his talk “The Boundary of Chaos”. Duncan’s contributions to Maya include Bifrost fluids, the Nucleus Physics Solver (along with Jos Stam) and Maya Paint Effects. Duncan’s talk started off by examining how seemingly simple scripts in Maya — when placed […]
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Meet our Election Candidates!
Our roster of candidates for the next Chapter election is now available! Elections will be held by secret ballot via snail mail. Ballots will be mailed out to Chapter members in good standing as of April 1st, 2016. Ballots must be mailed back to the Chapter, postmarked no later than April 20th, 2016. Candidates […]
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Fluid Animation in Tall Order
On February 4th, he Toronto ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter was proud to host Jos Stam of Autodesk Research for its first event of 2016. Jos is a world-class researcher who has won many prestigious awards, including two Technical Achievement Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement […]
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Review, Raffles, Toys… Holiday Fun!
On December 2nd the Toronto ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter hosted it’s 2005 Holiday Party. As has now become tradition, we brought back our Resume and Reel Reviews to the party and collected toys for our Annual Toy Drive. About 30 people gathered at betty’s upstairs to join the celebration. The venue’s layout was conducive to creating many resume […]
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Virtually Yours… Fort York
Next year, the Fort York National Historic Site in Toronto will launch to the public a new Virtual Reality Experience, allowing visitors to experience the site in a totally new way! Our friends at AWE, who have been working hard to bring this experience to life, invited the Toronto ACM SIGGRAPH community to evaluate this experience during a free preview […]
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Pipeline Dreams
On October 21st and 22nd, Toronto ACM SIGGRAPH was proud to host our friend Bill Polson, formerly from Pixar Animation Studios. Bill had a long and prolific career at Pixar, serving in many roles including Supervising TD of Pixar University, Supervising TD of Short Films, Director of Pipeline, and, most recently, Director of Industry Strategy, […]
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Sharing with Sheridan
On October 15th the Toronto ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter visited the Faculty of Animation, Art, and Design at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario–the alma matter of our current treasurer Sukhmani Kaur. Students were invited to share a slice of pizza and a bigger slice of visual excitement as we presented content from the SIGGRAPH 2013 […]