Days 4, 5 & 6 - SIGGRAPH 2006

Day 6

Day 6 at SIGGRAPH 2006 ended up being pretty low key, taking in a few last minute sessions, getting ready to fly home, recovering from the reception at the World Trade Centre the night before.

Took in the "Talk to My Agent Sketches" in the morning, which included a presentation on the Robo Topobo robotic toys being developed by a team from MIT, Hayes Raffle,Laura Yip and Hiroshi Ishii (see image above). Afterwards, hit the exhibition floor and attended Adobe's exhibitor talk on Premier and AfterEffects. Great tools, but I believe I would still go with FinalCut as my application of choice for videoediting.

Day 5

Took in a 90min trolley tour of Boston in the morning. What a beautiful city! I’ll be back for sure! Arrived at the convention center just in time to see the Electronic Theatre (computer animation festival). Afterwards, took in the art displays.

Day 4

Day 4 started out with an interactive documentary workshop presented by Steve Anderson, Research Assistant Professor of Interactive Media, USC School of Cinema-Television. In the workshop we learned to create interactive documentaries using the Korsakow System. Then hit the exhibition floor for a couple of hours before taking in another podcasting workshop, “How to Change the World in Five Minutes” presented by Colette Gaiter, Colette Gaiter, a multimedia artist and Associate Professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Then returned to the exhibition floor. I’ve taken some video of the displays, but the quality isn’t what I’d hoped for, so I don’t think I’ll post it. Anyway, spent some time visiting Google, IBM, Adobe, and more AVID booths than I can count to gather info for work, and Imageworks, George Lucas Studios, Rhythm & Hues etc, just for fun!

Click to view the videos below. The first video is of the Multi-Touch Interaction Wall developed by a team at New York University and the second video is of the fashion show at the Roxy.