The exhibition is finally open, giving us a peek at all the new technology for 3D modeling, animation, motion capture, and rendering. The AMD booth is showing off their lightning-fast graphics cards with this larger-than-life rendering of a female head from TurboSquid artist Komba3d. The rendering, besides being big enough to be seen from space, is absolutely stunning in its …
TurboSquid at Siggraph – Day 2
Mondays at SIGGRAPH are nice and relaxed. After getting my badge, I checked out the Birds of a Feather meetings. Terry Posthumus from Humber College gave a great talk on how experts are made, not born, and how to apply the 10,000 hours rule popularized by the Malcolm Gladwell book Outliers to become an expert in 3D modeling and animation. Then …
TurboSquid at Siggraph – Day 1
This week is the annual SIGGRAPH conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Tens of thousands attendees will convene over the next few days for classes on CG techniques, hands-on demonstrations of new technology, meetings, discussions, and gatherings of all kinds. SIGGRAPH also includes a nonstop animation festival and a feast-for-the-eyes exhibition of new CG technology. For CG aficionados in North …
CheckMate Talk at SIGGRAPH
In a blog post about the SIGGRAPH conference last week, I showed a few pictures from our presentation on CheckMate, the industry’s first standard for 3D models. Here is an excerpt from the talk.
Matt and Beau at SIGGRAPH
TurboSquid’s CEO Matt Wisdom and VP Biz Dev Beau Perschall give a quick recap of SIGGRAPH 2011 in this new video. Enjoy.
Greetings from the SIGGRAPH 2011 Exhibition
While at SIGGRAPH it’s always a delight to visit the exhibition portion of the conference. Today, Jonathan Lloyd and I traversed the show floor looking to find out about new and exciting developments in the 3D industry. The chance to reconnect with colleagues is an added bonus, not to mention the visual feast that awaits all attendees. We visited several …