Papers by David Yu


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Art and Technology at Pixar, from Toy Story to Today

Ryusuke Villemin, Christophe Hery, Sonoko Konishi, Takahito Tejima, David Yu
November 2015

Technology has always played an important part in Pixar's movie making process, starting with Toy Story over 20 years ago. This course will take you on a journey through that technical evolution, focusing on how story drove our technical designs and how we utilized new technical advancements to tell more appealing stories. Finally ... more

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SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 Course Notes.


Art and Technology at Pixar (SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Course)

Ryusuke Villemin, Chia-Chi Hu, Sonoko Konishi, Hiroaki Narita, Magnus Wrenninge, David Yu
December 2018

As described by this now famous quote "The art challenges technology, and the technology inspires art", technology has always played an important part in Pixar's movie making process. This course will show how we develop and utilize new technical advancements to tell more appealing stories, using real-world examples from our latest movie Incredibles ... more

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SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Course