Benjamin A. Watson
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- University of Alberta
Other / Past Affiliation(s):
- Northwestern University
- North Carolina State University
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Graphics Visualization and Usability Center
Location:
- United States of America
Course Organizer:
- SIGGRAPH 2006, "Procedural Modeling of Urban Environments"
- SIGGRAPH 2007, "Urban Design and Procedural Modeling"
Learning Category: Jury Member:
Experience Category Collaboration(s):
![Overcoming Phobias Using Virtual Reality](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1996-ETech-COOPER_Overcoming-Phobias-Using-Virtual-Reality-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [E-Tech]
Overcoming Phobias Using Virtual Reality
Organizer(s): [Cooper]
Entry No.: [18]
[SIGGRAPH 1996]
Learning Category: Presentation(s):
![Frontiers Workshop: Less is More: Rendering for Esports](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2023-Image-Not-Available-150x150.png)
Type: [Frontiers]
Frontiers Workshop: Less is More: Rendering for Esports Presenter(s): [Watson] [Kim] [Spjut] [Shirley] [Lee]
[SIGGRAPH 2023]
![Frontiers Workshop: The Esports Frontier: Rendering, Interaction and Display](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2022-Frontiers_Workshop-The-Esports-Frontier-Rendering-Interaction-and-Display-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Frontiers]
Frontiers Workshop: The Esports Frontier: Rendering, Interaction and Display Presenter(s): [Watson] [Spjut] [Lee] [Ward]
[SIGGRAPH 2022]
![Vectorization of gridded urban land use data](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2007-Poster-Sexton_Vectorization-of-Gridded-Urban-Land-Use-Data-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Posters]
Vectorization of gridded urban land use data Presenter(s): [Sexton] [Watson]
[SIGGRAPH 2007]
![Dimensional compositing for visualizing high-dimensional dataset](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2006-Poster-0222-Ren_Dimensional-Compositing-for-Visualizing-High-Dimensional-Dataset-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Posters]
Dimensional compositing for visualizing high-dimensional dataset Presenter(s): [Ren] [Gooch] [Watson]
[SIGGRAPH 2006]
![Procedural modeling of urban land use](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2006-Poster-0219-Lechner_Procedural-Modeling-of-Urban-Land-Use-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Posters]
Procedural modeling of urban land use Presenter(s): [Lechner] [Ren] [Watson] [Brozefski] [Wilensky]
[SIGGRAPH 2006]
![Supra-threshold control of peripheral LOD](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2004-Technical-Papers-Watson_Supra-Threshold-Control-of-Peripheral-LOD-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
Supra-threshold control of peripheral LOD Presenter(s): [Watson] [Walker] [Hodges]
[SIGGRAPH 2004]
![Frontiers in Perceptually Based Image Synthesis: Modeling, Rendering, Display, Validation](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2003-Course-Cover-03-Frontiers-in-Perceptually-Based-Image-Synthesis-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Frontiers in Perceptually Based Image Synthesis: Modeling, Rendering, Display, Validation Organizer(s): [Ferwerda]
Presenter(s): [Ferwerda] [Rushmeier] [Watson]
Entry No.: [03]
![Advanced Issues in Level of Detail](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2002-14-Course-Cover-Advanced-Issues-in-Level-of-Detail-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Advanced Issues in Level of Detail Organizer(s): [Luebke]
Presenter(s): [Luebke] [Cohen] [Heubner] [Reddy] [Varshney] [Watson]
Entry No.: [14]
[SIGGRAPH 2002]
![Improving frameless rendering by focusing on change](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2002-Talks-Dayal_Improving-frameless-rendering-by-focusing-on-change-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Improving frameless rendering by focusing on change Presenter(s): [Dayal] [Watson] [Luebke]
[SIGGRAPH 2002]
![Interruptible rendering](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2002-Talks-Woolley_Interruptible-Rendering-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Interruptible rendering Presenter(s): [Woolley] [Luebke] [Watson]
[SIGGRAPH 2002]
![Psychometrics 101: How to Design, Conduct, and Analyze Perceptual Experiments in Computer Graphics](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2002-58-Course-Cover-Psychometrics-101-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Psychometrics 101: How to Design, Conduct, and Analyze Perceptual Experiments in Computer Graphics Organizer(s): [Ferwerda]
Presenter(s): [Ferwerda] [Rushmeier] [Watson]
Entry No.: [58]
[SIGGRAPH 2002]
![Advanced Issues in Level of Detail](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2001-45-Course-Cover-Advanced-Issues-in-Level-of-Detail-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Advanced Issues in Level of Detail Organizer(s): [Luebke]
Presenter(s): [Luebke] [Cohen] [Reddy] [Varshney] [Watson]
Entry No.: [45]
[SIGGRAPH 2001]
![Immersed in Anxiety or a Process to Healing? VR Meets Mental Health](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2001-Panels-15-Immersed-in-Anxiety-or-a-Process-to-Healing-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Panels]
Immersed in Anxiety or a Process to Healing? VR Meets Mental Health Presenter(s): [Hodges] [Hoffman] [Rizzo] [Schultheis] [Strickland] [Watson] [Wiederhold] [Wiederhold]
Entry No.: [15]
[SIGGRAPH 2001]
![Measuring and predicting visual fidelity](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2001-Technical-Papers-Watson_Measuring-and-Predicting-Visual-Fidelity-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
Measuring and predicting visual fidelity Presenter(s): [Watson] [Friedman] [McGaffey]
[SIGGRAPH 2001]
![Advanced Issues in Level of Detail](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2000-41-Course-Cover-Advanced-Issues-in-Level-of-Detail-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Advanced Issues in Level of Detail Organizer(s): [Luebke]
Presenter(s): [Varshney] [Luebke] [Cohen] [Reddy] [Watson]
Entry No.: [41]
[SIGGRAPH 2000]
![The Healing Powers of Virtual Reality](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2000-Panels-06-The-Healing-Powers-of-Virtual-Reality-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Panels]
The Healing Powers of Virtual Reality Presenter(s): [Hodges] [Hoffman] [Rizzo] [Strickland] [Watson]
Entry No.: [06]
[SIGGRAPH 2000]
![A model for managing level of detail with head-tracked peripheral degradation](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1997-Talks-Watson_A-Model-for-Managing-Level-of-Detail-with-Head-Tracked-Peripheral-Degradation-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
A model for managing level of detail with head-tracked peripheral degradation Presenter(s): [Watson] [Hodges] [Walker]
[SIGGRAPH 1997]
Learning Category: Moderator:
Role(s):
- Course Organizer
- Course Presenter
- Emerging Technologies Collaborator
- Frontiers Presenter
- Panel Presenter
- Talk (Sketch) Presenter
- Technical Papers Jury Member
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