{"id":979,"date":"2010-02-07T22:11:50","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T04:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/?p=979"},"modified":"2010-02-07T22:11:50","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T04:11:50","slug":"game-developers-submit-a-siggraph-talk-before-february-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/game-developers-submit-a-siggraph-talk-before-february-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Game developers – submit a SIGGRAPH Talk before February 18!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The deadline for submitting a Talk<\/a> to SIGGRAPH is February 18 – less than two weeks away as I’m writing this.\u00a0 Although the time is short, all game developers working in graphics should seriously consider submitting one; it’s not a lot of work, and the potential benefits are huge.\u00a0 As a member of the 2010 conference committee, I thought I’d take a little time to elucidate.<\/p>\n

SIGGRAPH 2010<\/a> is in Los Angeles this summer.\u00a0 Although most people think of SIGGRAPH in connection with academic papers<\/a>, it is also where film production people share practical tips and tricks<\/a>, show off cool things they did on their last film<\/a>, learn from their colleagues<\/a>, and make professional connections<\/a>.\u00a0 Over the last few years, there has been a steadily growing game developer presence as well, which is exciting because SIGGRAPH is a unique opportunity for these two graphics communities to meet and learn from each other. The convergence between the technology, production methods, and artistic vision of film and games is a critical trend in both industries, and SIGGRAPH is where the rubber meets the road.<\/p>\n

In 2010, SIGGRAPH is making a big push to increase the amount of game content<\/a>.\u00a0 Stop and think for a minute; isn’t there something<\/em> you’ve done over the past year or two that’s just wicked awesome?\u00a0 Wouldn’t it be cool to show it off not just to your fellow game developers, but to people from companies like ILM<\/a>, Pixar<\/a> and Sony Pictures Imageworks<\/a>?\u00a0 Imagine the conversations you could have, about adapting your technique for film use or improving it with ideas taken from film production!<\/p>\n

Most film production content is presented as 20-minute Talks<\/a> (formerly called Sketches); this makes the most sense for game developers as well.\u00a0 Submitting a Talk<\/a> requires only a one-page abstract and takes little time.\u00a0 If you happen to have some video or additional documentation ready you can attach those as supplementary material.\u00a0 This can help the reviewers assess your technique, but is not required.\u00a0 If your talk is accepted, you have until the day of your presentation in late July to prepare slides (just 20 minutes worth).<\/p>\n

To help see the level of detail expected in the one-page abstract, here are<\/a> three<\/a> examples<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A little time invested in submitting a Talk for SIGGRAPH 2010 can pay back considerable dividends in career development and advancement, so go for it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The deadline for submitting a Talk to SIGGRAPH is February 18 – less than two weeks away as I’m writing this.\u00a0 Although the time is short, all game developers working in graphics should seriously consider submitting one; it’s not a lot of work, and the potential benefits are huge.\u00a0 As a member of the 2010 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,358],"class_list":["post-979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc","tag-siggraph","tag-siggraph-2010"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=979"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":995,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions\/995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}