SIGGRAPH2014 Pixar Presentations and Events
  • Sunday, August 10

    Level of Detail in an Age of GI: Rethinking Crowd Rendering

    2:00-3:30: East Building, Exhibit Hall A
    Paul Kanyuk of Pixar will be giving the talk.
    Talks: Got Crowds?



  • Monday, August 11

    Capture in Depth

    9:00-10:30: West Building, Rooms 109-110
    Bill Polson (Session Chair)
    Talks: Capture in Depth

    Multithreading for Visual Effects

    5:30-7:00: Pan Pacific Vancouver, Gazebo 1&2
    This session is for attendees to discuss multithreading approaches in studios and ISVs. It is an opportunity to share successes and failures, and directions for future development
    Birds of a Feather



  • Tuesday, August 12

    Computing Smooth Surface Contours with Accurate Topology

    9:00-10:30: East Building, Exhibit Hall A
    Michael Kass of Pixar is one of the presenters.
    Technical Papers: Non-Photorealistic Rendering

    Recent Advances in Light-Transport Simulations: Some Theory & a Lot of Practice

    2:00-5:15: West Building, Rooms 109-110
    Mark Meyer and Jean-Daniel Nahmias of Pixar are instructors for this course.
    Courses: Recent Adcances in Light-Transport Simulations

    OpenSubdiv BOF

    5:00-7:00: Fairmont Waterfront, ARC Bar
    Relax and discuss a year of advancements, future directions, challenges, and opportunities around Pixar’s OpenSubdiv. First round on DigitalFish.
    Birds of a Feather



  • Wednesday, August 13

    State of Animation Tools in the Industry

    9:00-10:30: West Building, Rooms 211-214
    Rob Jensen of Pixar is on the panel.
    Panels: State of Animation Tools in the Industry

    Subspace Clothing Simulation Using Adaptive Bases

    10:45-12:15: East Building, Ballroom B-C
    Forrester Cole, Mark Meyer, and Tony DeRose of Pixar are co-authors on the paper being presented.
    Technical Papers: Subspace & Spacetime

    Physically Based Shading in Theory & Practice

    2:00-5:15: West Building, Rooms 211-214
    Ian Megibben and Farhez Rayani of Pixar are instructors for this course.
    Courses: Physically Based Shading in Theory & Practice

    Katana's Geolib: Behind the Scenes

    3:45-5:15: West Building, Rooms 118-120
    Steve LaVietes of Pixar is presenting in this talk.
    Talks: Katana's Geolib: Behind the Scences



  • Thursday, August 14

    Making “The Dam Keeper”: How Two First-Time Directors Brought Paint to Life in Their Animated Short Film

    9:00-10:30: West Building, Ballroom C/D
    Presenters: Robert Kondo, Dice Tsutsumi, Megan Bartel, Erick Oh
    Production Sessions: Making "The Dam Keeper"

    Art-Directable Canopies in Pixar's Vegetation Pipeline

    10:45-12:15: West Building, Rooms 211-214
    Matt Kuruc, Nancy Tsang, and Tom Nettleship of Pixar will be presenting.
    Talks: Crowded, Furry and in a Hurry

    Sending 300 Monsters to College

    10:45-12:15: West Building, Rooms 211-214
    Byron Bashforth, Shalin Shodhan, Jonas Jarvers of Pixar will be presenting.
    Talks: Crowded, Furry and in a Hurry