Disney Research at 2012 SIGGRAPH Conference
Across the Disney Research family, which includes Disney Research Pittsburgh, Disney Research Zurich, Pixar Animation Studios Research Group, and Walt Disney Animation Studios Research Group, we had an excellent showing at the 2012 ACM SIGGRAPH conference. This year’s conference was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, August 5-9, 2012.
The Disney Research team members presented a combined total of twenty-nine papers, presentations, talks, and courses.
The video to the right is the Technical Papers Preview, which includes some of the contributions from Disney Research.
PAPERS
Papers presented at SIGGRAPH 2012
| Monday, August 6 9:00-10:30am |
Video-Based 3D Motion Capture Through Biped Control Disney Research, Pittsburgh Location: 515 AB |
| 2:00-3:00pm | Practical Temporal Consistency for Image-Based Graphics Applications Disney Research, Zurich Location: 515 AB |
| 3:45-5:35pm | Bilinear Spatiotemporal Basis Models Disney Research, Pittsburgh Location: 502 AB |
| 3:45-5:35pm | Three-Dimensional Proxies for Hand-Drawn Characters Disney Research, Pittsburgh Location: 408 A |
| Tuesday, August 7 10:45am-12:15pm |
A Theory of Monte Carlo Visibility Sampling Pixar Research Group, Disney Research Zurich Location: 502 AB |
| 10:45am-12:15pm | Theory, Analysis and Applications of 2D Global Illumination Disney Research Zurich Location: 502 AB |
| 2:00-3:30pm | Virtual Ray Lights for Rendering Scenes with Participating Media Disney Research Zurich Location: 502 AB |
| 3:45-5:35pm | Deformable Objects Alive! Disney Research Zurich Location: 502 AB |
| 3:45-5:35pm | Rig-Space Physics Disney Research Zurich Location: 502 AB |
| 3:45-5:35pm | Fast Automatic Skinning Transformations Disney Research Zurich Location: 502 AB |
| Wednesday, August 8 2:00-3:30pm |
REVEL: Tactile Feedback Technology for Augmented Reality Disney Research Pittsburgh Location: 403 AB |
| 3:45-5:35pm | Physically-Based Simulation of Rainbows Disney Research Zurich Location: 502 AB |
| Thursday, August 9 10:45am-12:15pm |
Reflections on Simultaneous Impact Walt Disney Animation Studios Research Group Location: 502 AB |
| 2:00-3:30pm | Feature-Adaptive GPU Rendering of Catmull-Clark Subdivision Surfaces Pixar Research Group Location: 408 A |
| 3:45-5:15pm | Coupled 3D Reconstruction of Sparse Facial Hair and Skin Disney Research Zurich Location: 515 AB |
| 3:45-5:15pm | Physical Face Cloning Disney Research Zurich, Walt Disney Imagineering Location: 515 AB |
TALKS
| Thursday, August 9 2:00-3:30pm |
Curls Gone Wild: Hair Simulation in “Brave” Pixar Animation Studios / Pixar Research Group Location: 403 AB |
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES DEMOS
| Sunday – Thursday Hours Vary |
REVEL: A Tactile Feedback Technology for Augmented Reality Disney Research Pittsburgh Location: Concourse Foyer |
| Hours Vary | Botanicus Interacticus: Interactive Plants and Technology Disney Research Pittsburgh Location: Concourse Foyer |
| Hours Vary | Interactive Light-Field Painting Disney Research Pittsburgh/Boston Office Location: Concourse Foyer |
SIGGRAPH MOBILE
| Tuesday, August 7 9:00am-12:15pm |
Data-Driven Simulation Methods in Copmputer Graphics: Cloth, Tissue and Faces Disney Research Zurich Location: |
| Thursday, August 9 2:00-5:15pm |
State-ot-the-Art in Photon-Density Estimation Disney Research Zurich, Pixar Research Group, Walt Disney Animation Studios Research Group Location:408B |
COURSES
| Tuesday, August 7 9:00am-12:15pm |
Data-Driven Simulation Methods in Copmputer Graphics: Cloth, Tissue and Faces Disney Research Zurich Location: |
| Thursday, August 9 2:00-5:15pm |
State-ot-the-Art in Photon-Density Estimation Disney Research Zurich, Pixar Research Group, Walt Disney Animation Studios Research Group Location:408B |