SIGGRAPH 1991: 18th Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
Chair(s):
- Michael (Mike) J. Bailey
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- San Diego Supercomputer Center
- Carol Byram
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- Sony Microsystems Company
Location:
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Dates:
July 28 - August 2, 1991
Experience Overview(s):
Learning Overview(s):
Number of Attendees:
23,100
Number of Exhibitors:
282
Conference Committee Members:
Accounting: Smith, Bucklin & Associates, Inc
ACM SIGGRAPH Program Director: Lois A. Blankstein, Association for Computing Machinery
Audio Visual Support: Audio Visual Headquarters Corporation
Conference Coordinator: Molly Morgan-Kuhns
Conference Management: Smith, Bucklin & Associates, Inc.
Exhibits: Norm Abelson
Exhibition Management: Robert T. Kenworthy, Inc.
Graphic Design: Quorum Incorporated
Local Arrangements: B.J. Anderson, The Anderson Report
Marketing: Bob Pearson, Regis McKenna, Inc.
Materials: Mark Resch, Computer Curriculum Corporation
Proceedings Editor: Richard J. Beach, Xerox PARC
Public Relations: Larry Lytle, Netwise, Inc.
Public Relations: Smith, Bucklin & Associates, Inc
Registration: Jeff Yates, Wavefront Technologies
Service Contractor: Andrews-Bartlett, Exposition Services
Slide Sets: Eric Bosch, McMaster University
Speaker Materials: Dave Nadeau, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Travel Agent: ATI Travel Management, Inc.
Treasurer: Brian Herzog, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Vice Chair for Conference Planning: Andrew C. Goodrich, Raster0ps
Conference Committee Chairs:
Committee Chairs
Art and Design Show: Isaac Victor Kerlow, Pratt Institute
Courses: Rich Ehlers, Evans and Sutherland
Electronic Theatre: Sally Rosenthal, Digital Equipment Corporation
Educators’ Program: Steve Cunningham, California State University Stanislaus
Hypermedia: Garry Beirne, Alias Research Inc.
International Liaison: Richard M, Mueller, Dynamic Graphics, Inc,
Papers: Thomas W. Sederberg, Brigham Young University
Panels: Robert L. Judd, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Special Interest Groups: John E. French, Jr. GeoQuest Systems, Inc.
Student Volunteer Program: Vicki Putz, Vicki Putz Design
Virtual Reality: Steve E. Tice, SimGraphics Engineering Corporation
Workshops: Ed Brabant, Megatek Corporation
Acknowledgments and Awards Announced During the Conference:
Awards
SIGGRAPH Videos Reviews Containing Conference Content:
SVRs
Animations Shown at the Conference:
Animations
"Terminator 2" Computer Graphics Effects
Director(s): [Cameron]
Studio(s): [Industrial Light & Magic]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Color Bars
Director(s): [Chekan] [Acocella]
Studio(s): [Kubota Pacific Computer, Inc]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Echoes of the Sun(excerpt, stereoscopic)
Director(s): [Kroitor] [Max]
Studio(s): [Imax Systems Corporation] [Fujitsu Limited]
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Luxo Jr. in "Light & Heavy" and "Surprise"
Director(s): [Lasseter] [Stanton]
Studio(s): [Pixar]
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Audience Participation
Director(s): [Carpenter]
Studio(s): [Pixar]
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[SVR Issue #71, Track #01]
Mutations
Director(s): [Latham]
Studio(s): [IBM T. J. Watson Research Center]
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[SVR Issue #73, Track #01]
On The Run
Director(s): [Raibert]
Studio(s): [MIT Leg Laboratory]
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[SVR Issue #72, Track #01]
Digitaline
Director(s): [Bériou]
Studio(s): [Edem Production/AGAVE S.A.]
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[SVR Issue #71, Track #02]
The Key is Light
Director(s): [Naqvi]
Studio(s): [Hewlett-Packard]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #72, Track #02]
Not Knot (excerpt)
Director(s): [Gunn]
Studio(s): [The Geometry Supercomputer Project]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #72, Track #03]
Water Caustics
Director(s): [Watt]
Studio(s): [Digital Pictures]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #03]
Into the 4th Dimension (stereoscopic)
Director(s): [Harper]
Studio(s): [Harper Films, Inc.] [Landmark Entertainment Group]
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[SVR Issue #72, Track #04]
Memory of Moholy-Nagy (excerpt)
Director(s): [Waliczky]
Studio(s): [Educational Film Centre]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #04]
Nintendo Dragon
Director(s): [Jacoby]
Studio(s): [Studio Productions]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #05]
Reaction-Diffusion Textures
Director(s): [Witkin] [Kass]
Studio(s): [Carnegie Mellon University]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #72, Track #05]
A Volume of Two-Dimensional Julia Sets (stereoscopic)
Director(s): [Sandin]
Studio(s): [University of Illinois at Chicago]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #62, Track #06]
Magellan at Venus
Director(s): [DeJong]
Studio(s): [NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #06]
The Works of a Landscape Painter
Director(s): [Nakamae]
Studio(s): [Hiroshima City University] [Electric Machinery Laboratory]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #72, Track #06]
Fire Beast
Director(s): [Debuchi]
Studio(s): [High Tech Laboratory Japan Inc.]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #72, Track #07]
Voyager
Director(s): [Van Ogtrop]
Studio(s): [Valkieser Group]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #08]
Wanting for Bridge
Director(s): [Staveley]
Studio(s): [ACCAD/OSU]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #72, Track #08]
Les Xons "Crac-Crac"
Director(s): [Nihilo]
Studio(s): [Mac Guff Ligne]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #72, Track #09]
Lifesavers: The Good Times Roll
Director(s): [Harris]
Studio(s): [Topix Computer Graphics and Animation Inc.]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #09]
unNatural Phenomena
Director(s): [Hart]
Studio(s): [Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL)] [French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD)]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #10]
Enter the Elgin
Director(s): [Hunter]
Studio(s): [Alias | Wavefront] [Design Vision, Inc.]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #11]
The Listener
Director(s): [Landreth]
Studio(s): [North Carolina Supercomputing Center (NCSC)]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #72, Track #11]
Maxwell's Demon
Director(s): [Duesing]
Studio(s): [University of Cincinnati]
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[SVR Issue #72, Track #12]
Poems of Ernst Jandl (Gedichte V.E.)
Director(s): [Wand]
Studio(s): [Pixel Park GmbH]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #12]
In Search of Performing Axis
Studio(s): [Polygon Pictures Inc.]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #51, Track #13]
Invisible Site
Director(s): [Coates]
Studio(s): [George Coates Performance Works]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #72, Track #13]
Visualization of Battlefield Obscurants
Director(s): [Gardner]
Studio(s): [Grumman]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #13]
The Ancient World Revisited (excerpt)
Director(s): []
Studio(s): [Taisei Corporation]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #15]
The House That Radiosity Built: An Introduction to the Radiosity Method
Director(s): [Baum] [P.]
Studio(s): [Silicon Graphics]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #74, Track #15]
Evolution of Gravity and Effective Topography on Phobos
Director(s): [Lytle]
Studio(s): [Cornell National Supercomputer Facility]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #16]
Clear Mind
Director(s): [Brisker]
Studio(s): [Metrolight Studios]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #17]
Kooshball
Director(s): [Rosenblum]
Studio(s): [Metrolight Studios]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #17]
Broadcast Designers Association Open
Director(s): [Tolson]
Studio(s): [Plotkin] [Xaos Inc.]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #18]
Cosmological N-Body Simulations
Director(s): [Richards]
Studio(s): [Massachusetts Institute of Technology]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #19]
Don Ouichotte
Director(s): [Guiot]
Studio(s): [Videosystem]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #20]
NASA Ames Virtual Windtunnel
Director(s): [Bryson] [Levit]
Studio(s): [NASA AMES Research Center]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #21]
20 Begonias
Director(s): [Dinouard]
Studio(s): [French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD)]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #22]
Wet Science
Director(s): [Plotkin]
Studio(s): [Xaos Inc.]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #23]
PDI Morph Reel
Director(s): [Giarratana]
Studio(s): [Pacific Data Images (PDI)]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #24]
Art Show Entries:
Learning Entries:
Art Papers & Presentations
Overview
Type: [Art Papers & Presentations]
Superanimism: The practice of formalised imagery Presenter(s): [Wright]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Courses
Overview
Type: [Courses]
Advanced Techniques in Human Modeling, Animation Organizer(s): [Thalmann]
Presenter(s): [Thalmann] [Badler] [Terzopoulos] [Magnenat-Thalmann]
Entry No.: [20]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
Blossoming, The New Polar-Form Approach to Spline Curves and Surfaces Organizer(s): [Seidel]
Presenter(s): [Seidel] [Barry] [Goldman] [Ramshaw]
Entry No.: [26]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
Education of a Computer Animator Organizer(s): [Anderson] [Luskin]
Presenter(s): [Anderson] [Luskin] [Lasseter] [St. John] [van Dam]
Entry No.: [04]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
Fractal Modeling in 3D Computer Graphics and Imaging Organizer(s): [Hart] [Musgrave]
Presenter(s): [Wuorinen] [Hart] [Musgrave] [Gunn] [Mandelbrot] [Norton] [Peitgen] [Saupe] [Prusinkiewicz]
Entry No.: [14]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
Frontiers in Rendering Organizer(s): [Glassner]
Presenter(s): [Glassner] [Gunn] [Haines] [Hanrahan] [Kochevar] [Mitchell]
Entry No.: [12]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
Frontiers in Rendering Organizer(s): [Glassner]
Presenter(s): [Glassner] [Gunn] [Haines] [Hanrahan] [Kochevar] [Mitchell]
Entry No.: [12]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
Fundamentals and Overview of Computer Graphics Organizer(s): [Lathrop]
Presenter(s): [Lathrop] [Badler] [Fichera] [Machover]
Entry No.: [01]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
Generation of Three-Dimensional Data for Computer Image Synthesis Organizer(s): [Carlson] [Parent]
Presenter(s): [Carlson] [Parent] [Weiler] [Whitted]
Entry No.: [24]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
Graphic Design and Graphical Interface in the New Media Environment Organizer(s): [Kaprow]
Presenter(s): [Kaprow] [Maxwell] [Myers] [Verplank]
Entry No.: [06]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
Graphic Design and the Graphical Interface in the New Media Environment Organizer(s): [Kaprow]
Presenter(s): [Kaprow] [Maxwell] [Myers] [Verplank]
Entry No.: [06]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
High Definition Television (HDTV) Technology Organizer(s): [Poynton]
Presenter(s): [Caillouet] [Poynton] [Reitmeier] [Thorpe]
Entry No.: [18]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
Introduction to Fractals Organizer(s): [Saupe]
Presenter(s): [Saupe] [Peitgen] [Prusinkiewicz] [Voss]
Entry No.: [13]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
Introduction to Volume Visualization Organizer(s): [Levoy]
Presenter(s): [Levoy] [Hanrahan] [Kreuger] [Lorensen] [Westover]
Entry No.: [07]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
Math for SIGGRAPH Organizer(s): [Shoemake]
Presenter(s): [Shoemake] [DeRose] [Kass] [Sederberg] [Yao]
Entry No.: [02]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
New Media Applications in Art and Design Organizer(s): [Kaprow]
Presenter(s): [Kaprow] [Backer] [Maxwell] [Rosendahl] [Wilson]
Entry No.: [05]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
Object and Constraint Paradigms for Graphics Organizer(s): [Blake]
Presenter(s): [Freeman-Benson] [Laffra] [Blake] [Wisskirchen]
Entry No.: [22]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
PHIGS Plus, Proposed Extension to PHIGS Graphics Standard Organizer(s): [Henderson]
Presenter(s): [Henderson] [Gouraud] [Hamlin] [McGinnis] [Stapleton] [Thomas]
Entry No.: [15]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
Photorealistic Volume Modeling and Rendering Techniques Organizer(s): [Inakage]
Presenter(s): [Inakage] [Greene] [Kajiya] [Levoy] [Perlin] [Rushmeier]
Entry No.: [27]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
State-of-the-Art in Volume Visualization Organizer(s): [Hanrahan]
Presenter(s): [Hanrahan] [Kajiya] [Kreuger] [Schröder] [Wilhelms]
Entry No.: [08]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
Technical Evaluation of 3D Graphics Workstations Organizer(s): [Nelson]
Presenter(s): [Nelson] [Deering] [Naegle] [Rost]
Entry No.: [19]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
The RenderMan Interface and Shading Language Organizer(s): [Apodaca]
Presenter(s): [Apodaca] [Beffrey] [Hanrahan] [Peachey] [Upstill]
Entry No.: [21]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
Topics in the Construction, Manipulation and Assessment of Spline Surfaces Organizer(s): [Bartels]
Presenter(s): [Bartels] [DeRose] [Forsey] [Warn]
Entry No.: [25]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
Understanding Visual Perception and its Impact in Computer Graphics Organizer(s): [Guenter]
Presenter(s): [Guenter] [Davis] [Ferwerda] [Meyer] [Thibos]
Entry No.: [09]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Courses]
Video Technology for Computer Graphics Organizer(s): [Winkler]
Presenter(s): [Winkler]
Entry No.: [17]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Educator’s Forum
Overview
Exhibitor Sessions
Overview
Keynotes & Featured Speakers
Overview
Panels
Overview
Type: [Panels]
Applications of Virtual Reality: Reports From The Field Presenter(s): [Hale] [Krueger] [Normura] [Guiot] [Rosen] [Singer] [Fleming]
Entry No.: [11]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Panels]
Computer Graphics: More Unsolved Problems Presenter(s): [Barr] [Brooks] [Card] [Clark] [Forrest] [Hanrahan] [van Dam]
Entry No.: [02]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Panels]
Designing for New Media: Technologists and Visual Designers Working as a Team Presenter(s): [Kaprow] [Lawrence] [Marks] [Phillips]
Entry No.: [08]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Panels]
Desperately Seeking Standards Presenter(s): [King] [Bono] [Bass] [McGinnis]
Entry No.: [13]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Panels]
Education Technology: Doing With Images Makes Symbols Presenter(s): [Fenton] [Master] [Robinett] [Yaeger]
Entry No.: [10]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Panels]
Future Directions of Visualization Software Environments Presenter(s): [Brown] [Dyer] [Kamins] [Rasure]
Entry No.: [07]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Panels]
Graphic Design in the Nineties: New Roles, Options, and Definitions Presenter(s): [Cronan] [Katz] [Mok] [Waters]
Entry No.: [03]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Panels]
HDTV: Technologies and Directions Presenter(s): [Demos] [Gaggioni] [Poynton]
Entry No.: [09]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Panels]
Intellectual Property Rights Presenter(s): [Barlow] [Kerlow] [Samuelson] [Stallman]
Entry No.: [01]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Panels]
Making Virtual, Artificial, or Real Computer Art Presenter(s): [Elson] [Goodman] [Jones] [Veeder]
Entry No.: [04]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Panels]
Managing Time in Multimedia Presenter(s): [Little] [Dannenberg] [Newcomb] [Buxton] [Weber]
Entry No.: [14]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Panels]
Networked Digital Video Presenter(s): [Lippman] [Heist] [Hoffert]
Entry No.: [16]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Panels]
Object-Oriented Graphics Presenter(s): [Baker] [Fong] [Howard] [Kubitz] [Wisskirchen]
Entry No.: [15]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Type: [Panels]
Scientific Visualization on Advanced Architectures Presenter(s): [DeFanti] [Fuchs] [Fowler] [Tucker]
Entry No.: [05]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Posters
Overview
Production Sessions
Overview
SIGKids
Overview
Talks (Sketches)
Overview
Technical Papers
Overview
Conference Publications:
Animation Publication
Art Show Publication
Computer Graphics Quarterly
Conference Abstract / Application
Conference Program / Information
Conference-Related Electronic Media
Electronic Art / Animation
Experience Publication
Learning Publication
Proceeding
SIGGRAPHITTI Newsletter
Slide Set
Visual Proceeding
Conference Collectibles:
Collectibles
