Live from SIGGRAPH
Jared Bendis' live coverage from the annual ACM SIGGRAPH conference
 San Diego 2003 |
SIGGRAPH 2003
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This first day was long one. Lots of good stuff.
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| So in the airport in Cleveland I run into Jurgen Faust from the Cleveland Institute of Art on his way to San Diego. I will get a better picture of him later in the week. |  |
| I love seeing the mountains from the air. I have a lot more than these but I won't be posting them here. |
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| Dinner Saturday night. It looks like I am going to eat healthy but I didn't eat the lettuce. |  |
| On Sunday I registered and went to find my artwork. After hunting down the box they found me a primo space and let me stick around for the hanging. They people were super nice and did a great job. |
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| SIGGRAPH is really held together by the student volunteers like this guy over here - Jason Page. It was his first time and he was very enthusiastic and very helpful. |  |
| This is a view of the convention center from the escalator. Just wait till I bring my 3D camera to shoot. |  |
| The very helpful folks and the membership booth looked up my info so I could get discounts on the gift shop. They wanted to know what was in it for them so I am posting their picture as payment. Now we are even. |  |
| Funny story. This guy was looking to find a computer, I asked 'to check your e-mail' and he said 'no, have to file my unemployment'. If there is anyone from the state looking he really was here looking for work. |  |
| The book sale. Every book you ever wanted is here, to touch, flip through and purchase at a discount. I was already carrying so much I figured I would wait and look tomorrow. |  |
| This works is huge. And the posterized effect is enamel on metal. A great idea and a great implementation. Sorry for the glare. |  |
| NO WIRE HANGERS!!! |  |
| There is this tent covered courtyard attached both halves of the convention center. It is were the food is. It wasn't too expensive (it wasn't cheap though) and I did find my tacos filling. |  |
| My big stop for the day was to view the art and emerging technologies. I am bound to hit emerging technologies again before I leave. |  |
| A fantastic idea here. Using thermal imaging to 'key' a person out of a video background without green or blue. It was a nice demo but the water bottle in my pocket fooled it a little. In general a good idea and they presented very well. |  |
| A PDA interactive thing. For location tracking they are using a person's weight on the floor. It has something to do with color space, I hope to get to try it myself. I like how the put the PDA in something larger. |
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| Some really nice art. I love multidimensional work like this. It was very well done/ |  |
| This globe screen was very nice. And they were able to show multiple applications on it. I am going to go back and get more details. |  |
| Some art and technology project involving music. You moved the things around the the music changed. |  |
| This is a 3D Illusions display. That's what is said. It is a high rez 3D monitor I want to find more details. |  |
| Last year these guys were here doing force feedback touch with a vibrating thing you put on your finger. This year it looks like they are using electrical impulses. I didn't try yet. |  |
| Virtual eating. I have no comment. |  |
| Motion tracking on the screen updates the 3D content on the fly. Nice idea, looked a little prototypy. |  |
| Little motors moved the furniture around the table in various configurations. Fun to watch them dance. |  |
| Interactive art and music using your body to paint and play. I liked the twin polarized projectors for the 3D display. |
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| Smart furniture tells you how to assemble it. What goes where and when you are doing it wrong. |
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| Some really get 3D sculptural work (by 3 different artists). |
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| OK, best in show so far. The virtual projected keyboard is: A good idea, well done, and it works. They said they should ship in the fall and I can't wait to see these thing integrated into PDAs. WOW. |
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| The light was tracking this guy around because someone on the Internet had picked him. |  |
| Another fun idea. Instead of a screen this is fog. You can touch and walk through it. I saw something similar at Disney with a water wall as the screen. |  |
| The sign read Please DO touch. And the ripples are funky. |  |
| Genevieve. |  |
| The SIGGRAPH Chapters Mascot. |  |
| Alyn, the head of this year's conference. Doing a great job (thanks for the five spot). |  |
| They are drawing with legos, I am told it will be huge. Updates over the next few days on this one. |  |
| I imagined this coming out of a tiny box and them just stretching it open like at the toy store. |  |
| They were working though. |  |
| VR something, I go back tomorrow. I think I would get tired hold my arm out. |  |
| Mike Hilliard from the Cleveland Museum of Art - our Chapter Chair. He warned me that he volunteered us for a bunch of stuff. I will kill him when I get back to Cleveland. |  |
| Some old familiar faces. Why is Chris looking like a muppet though? |  |
| Some old faces and a new one. Vicki is her university's Blackboard person. I was going get her a number for the national Blackboard coordinator's emotional support group. :) |  |
| This year I didn't just take her picture but she gave me directions at the Pathfinders booth. |  |
| Vintage technology clothing. He not only owns an O2 hate but the O2 itself. |  |
| I forget why she was doing this. Something about it looking cool under a blacklight. She was good though. |  |
| I will explain this tomorrow. |  |
| Uniting Softball and New Media. A hybrid of skills if ever there was one. She told me that there was a Sandcastle content in Imperial Beach and that the judging was at 5:30. So since it was 5 I ran back to the hotel grabbed my cameras and caught a taxi. |  |
| This is like one of the major US Sandcastle competitions and while an expensive cab ride it would be worth it to augment my real castle collection. |  |
| Regretfully, the competition ended at 2, judging at 4, the tide a little later and there was NOTHING left. No bad feeling I did see the ocean. |  |
| My very nice taxi driver from Nigeria. He is smiling case he just emptied my wallet :) Actually he was very nice and if I had needed to stay longer was going to turn the meter off for me. |  |
| So I went to the Artist reception at the San Diego Art Institute. |  |
| While there I met Richard Miller. He does a bit of everything from law enforcement, to photography to acting. A real nice guy. |  |
| Some nice architecture here. |
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| I love fun signs. |  |
| A portable ATM which I needed after that cab ride. |  |
| Lisa and Lucy were nice enough to give me a lift from the one reception to the other. Save me an 18 block walk. |  |
| But I was too early so I went to the Historic Gaslight district for dinner. |  |
| I love salmon. |  |
| The next reception was overpacked. 200 person capacity and people were standing outside to watch the artist paint the dancer in front of the animation. |  |
| This guy has been harassing me all day. Or was I harassing him. |  |
| I like to explain the lighting of this shot. You see the light in her eye is coming from the glare of his very shiny forehead. Really, look for yourself. |  |
| The Sake barrel opening was after the dancing and was standing room only. |  |
| The very nice Dona J. Geib and Helen Golden both artists and in the art gallery this year. |  |
| The famous/infamous Chris regailing us with stories of his little one. He does bring up a good question. How in the world do babies learn to point and click so early. |  |
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Talk about tired that was a 15
hour day.
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