Siggraph in Asia

If you've missed Siggraph 2008 in L.A., you can still catch Siggraph Asia 2008 from 10th December 2008 to 13th December 2008 at the Suntec Convention Centre in Singapore. The Siggraph Asia 2009 conference will be hosted in Yokohama, Japan.

OpenGL 3.0 Released

Siggraph 2008 was the stage for the release of the OpenGL 3.0 specification, featuring the GLSL 1.30 sharing language. A list of new features is available on the Kronos site here.

Also released are some extensions to OpenGL 2.1, which brings to older graphic processors some of the features of OpenGL 3.0.

Leonard3Do

You've probably never thought they'd ever be able to make 3D drawing as simple as putting pencil to paper, right? Well, actually, Leonar3Do does just that. Leonar3Do comes with a pair of 3D goggles, a 'stylus' and a pair of sensors to attach onto the monitor.

You can catch a glimpse of it at Siggraph '08, but until then you can read more about it at:
http://www.3dforall.hu

SoftImage XSI

One of the really cool exhibits during Siggraph '08 would be the SoftImage XSI 7. It's a neat 3D modeling and animation product featuring the ICE visual programming interface. Rather than write loads of code, you can just draw nodes indicating what you want it to do. Follow the links on this post to access the video demos.

You can get a trial copy of XSI 7 here:
http://softimage.com/products/xsi/try/

Siggraph 2008 Begins

If you're in L.A., you've probably heard about Siggraph, which is the biggest conference on computer graphics technologies. You would find new hardware, graphics & animation software, research presentations, courses and a job fair at the event. The best thing you can bring back from Siggraph is the DVD set of the event, which contains videos of paper presentations and demos of some of the software presented at Siggraph.

The conference is from 11th August to 15th August, while the exhibition is from 12th August to 14th August. Both events are at the Los Angeles Convention Center.