The SIGGRAPH 2005 Computer Animation Festival will feature full-dome video projection, a rapidly growing medium of immersive display, at the 32nd International Conference on Computer Graphics & Interactive Techniques being held July 31 to Aug 4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
The worlds best full-dome animations from DomeFest 2005 are being shown at SIGGRAPH 2005. The animations produced by students, institution, and full-dome professionals are screened daily on a 9-meter-diameter digital dome assembled specially for SIGGRAPH 2005.
Full-Dome video, with more than 125 immersive displays, is deployed worldwide in planetariums and special-venue theaters. Freed from the tyranny of the frame, artists transport viewers into fully immersive, mind-bending environments, and alternate worlds as they explore storytelling techniques for this new medium.
The Full-Dome Animation Theater is open to attendees beginning July 30 at 6:00 pm in Hall G of the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Highlights include:
* VISUALIZATION OF AN F3 TORNADO WITHIN A SUPERCELL SIMULATIONDonna CoxNational Center for Supercomputing ApplicationsChampaign, Illinois, USA
* KALUOKAHINA, THE ENCHANTED REEFRaul ErdossySoftmachineMunich, Germany
* PERCEPTS: PRECEPTSTheo A. ArtzAmalgamation House, Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
* RINGSEnrico TrujilloIndependentAlbuquerque, New Mexico USA
For more details on the Computer Animation Festival or the Full-Dome Animation Theater, visit www.siggraph.org/s2005/main.php?f=conference&p=caf&s=fulldom
SIGGRAPH 2005 is sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH, a leading professional society for computer graphics and interactive techniques. Information on ACM SIGGRAPH membership and other conferences and activities can be found at www.siggraph.org.
Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
