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SRK effects in other Hindi movies too
Redchillies.vfx, the visual-effects arm of Shah Rukh Khan?s Red Chillies Entertainment, is injecting cutting-edge computer graphics imaging (CGI) into Bollywood films.
Source : economictimes.indiatimes.com | 12-sept.-2008 23:50
Miyazaki presents East-West 'Little Mermaid'
Oscar-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki foregoes computer graphics and returns to the pencil and crayon for his latest film, an East-meets-West nod to Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid."
Source : www.ctv.ca | 01-sept.-2008 19:07
Miyazaki presents East-West 'Little Mermaid' at Venice Film Festival
VENICE, Italy - Oscar-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki foregoes computer graphics and returns to the pencil and crayon for his latest film, an East-meets-West nod to Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little ...
Source : www.topix.net | 31-août-2008 20:14
Japan's Miyazaki keeps computers out of cartoons
(Reuters)
Reuters - Revered Japanese animation director
Hayao Miyazaki has no intention of swapping his pencil for
computer graphics and will keep hand drawing his films for as
long as he can, he said on Sunday.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 31-août-2008 16:33
Impeachment is Not Enough
A preponderance of evidence shows that the highest officials of the Bush Administration, in collusion with many other officials from the Pentagon, CIA, FBI, FEMA, NSA, NORAD, New York City officials, air-traffic contollers, airline executives, controlled demolitions experts, computer graphics technicians, media executives, and others together planned and committed the horrible attacks of 9/11/2001 against the Pentagon and the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. The 9/11 attacks were immediately blamed on some bogus 'Arab highjackers', a half dozen of whom were later confirmed to be still alive, and therefore innocent, after the 9/11 attacks
Source : english.pravda.ru | 22-août-2008 00:49
SC II: Raynor's Voice, Graphics Requirements, New Screens
August 20, 2008 6:00 AM
Based on information gleaned from a technical paper released at this year's SIGGRPAH (an annual conference on computer graphics), StarCraftWire.net has been able to reveal information about the graphics requirements of Blizzard's upcoming StarCraft II, as well as some never before seens screenshots featuring Jim Raynor.
Blizzard Quote:
For Starcraft II, we wanted to maximize compatibility with less capable systems to ensure hassle-free game play for as broad a player base as possible. Yet we also wanted to utilize the full potential of any available hardware to ensure the game’s looks were competitive. This meant supporting a wide range of hardware, from ATI Radeon 9800/NVIDIA GeForce FX’s to the ATI Radeon HD 4800s and NVIDIA GeForce G200s
Blizzplanet is also offering new information about Jim Raynor with confirmation that Robert Clotworthy, original voice of the character, will not be lending his voice to the game this time around.
Robert Clotworthy informed Blizzplanet the following:
"I just found out today that I will not be returning as the voice of Jim Raynor. The casting director of Starcraft 2 contacted Blizzard and was told that they appreciated my work, but were going in another direction. I am obviously disappointed by their decision. I was looking forward to returning as Raynor and was hoping that Blizzard would at the very least have given me the opportunity of auditioning.
It has been my privilege to have been the voice of Jim Raynor. I am disappointed by Blizzard's decision, but I must respect it. I wish Blizzard only the best with StarCraft 2, and I am certain the game will live up to everyone's expectations. Thank you to all the fans who have given me their support and enthusiasm, it means a lot to me.
Head over to the sites linked below to read more.
StarCraftWire.net: SC2 Graphics Requirements Confirmed
StarCraftWire.net: New SC2 Screens
BlizzPlanet: Voice Of Jim Raynor To Change
Blizzard Entertainment
StarCraft II
Source : insidemacgames.com | 20-août-2008 19:11
SIGGRAPH Announces Winners of 2008 Computer Animation Festival
 | SIGGRAPH announced the Computer Animation Festival\'s Best of Show, Jury Award, Student Prize, Audience Prize, and a special Well Told Fable Prize for SIGGRAPH 2008, the 35th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. |
Source : www.dexigner.com | 17-août-2008 17:04
Uganda: Olympics Opening Ceremony Was a Fake
We were duped. Parts of last Friday's Beijing Olympics opening ceremony that aired on DStv's array of Supersport channels were faked. Apparently organisers feared it would be difficult to capture each fireworks footprint live so they inserted computer graphics for viewers at home - according to web reports.
Source : allafrica.com | 17-août-2008 10:07
Live From Beijing: Computer-Enhanced Fireworks
Millions of people thought they were watching live fireworks as part of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. It turns out, some of those vivid fireworks were computer graphics created by a team of hundreds of Chinese visual-effects specialists who worked nearly a year to pull it off.
Source : www.npr.org | 12-août-2008 14:39
Intel's New 'Nehalem' Chip Gets a Name: Core i7
Intel said Monday that its first desktop processor based on its new Nehalem microarchitecture will be called Intel Core i7. The company also previewed some details about its upcoming Larrabee architecture.
The i7 is the first of a variety of Nehalem-based products designed to provide high performance and energy efficiency, according to Intel.
Sean Maloney, Intel's general manager of sales and marketing, said the "core name is and will be our flagship PC processor brand going forward." He added that Intel will focus its substantial marketing resources around that name and related products.
The Core i7 processor brand logo will be used for high-performance desktop PCs, with blue for the standard edition and a separate black logo for the Extreme Edition, the highest-end model. Processor model numbers will differentiate chips, and Nehalem-based chips are expected to be in production in the fourth quarter of this year.
The new processors will feature simultaneous multithreading, which Intel calls Hyper-Threading technology, allowing it to handle eight software threads on the four processor cores. An integrated memory controller hub is used to pump up performance, and the chips will be manufactured using the company's 45-nanometer process.
Even as Nehalem-based chips are moving toward the launch pad, Intel will be presenting details Tuesday about its "many-core" architecture, code-named Larrabee, at the SIGGRAPH 2008 conference in Los Angeles.
The company has released some details about the SIGGRAPH paper that will be presented. It will describe Larrabee as "a new approach to the software rendering 3-D pipeline," and as a many-core programming model.
The first Larrabee-based products will be intended for the personal computer graphics market, and are expected to be released next year or in 2010. The company noted that Larrabee will be the first many-core x86 architecture in the industry, which means that it will be...
Source : www.cio-today.com | 11-août-2008 20:59
New Intel Graphics Chips Could Have Wider Uses
Intel on Monday was releasing the first technical details of a new family of chips intended to soup up computer graphics and, eventually, a broad range of computing tasks.
The new microprocessor family, code-named Larrabee, will be available in late 2009 or early 2010. Intel is releasing the details of its plans before the Siggraph industry conference starts in Los Angeles next Monday.
The company said it would initially aim Larrabee at the personal-computer graphics market, where its "many-core" design, with more than a dozen and eventually hundreds of processing units on a single silicon chip, would be especially useful.
But Anwar Ghuloum, an Intel parallel computing engineer, said that over the next half-decade Intel planned to make the chip design available to an increasingly broad spectrum of the computing world, from Windows and Macintosh desktop personal computers to handhelds and even supercomputers.
The market for add-on graphics accelerators, prized by PC game players, is now dominated by Nvidia and the ATI division of AMD. Intel's approach will be distinguished by its reliance on the industry standard x86 instruction set, which will allow the chips to take advantage of a huge library of existing software.
In 2004, after finding that it could not make its chips faster because they were overheating, Intel adopted a strategy it referred to as a "right-hand turn."
Intel switched to improving performance by increasing the number of processing elements, or cores, on each chip. That led first to dual-core and now quad-core chips.
Analysts said the first generation of Larrabee may have 16 to 48 cores, depending on the performance goal.
Intel has tried several approaches to chip design, but none of them have had the impact of its x86 family, which was originally introduced three decades ago. Architectures that have been less successful include the Itanium and the 432, neither of...
Source : www.cio-today.com | 06-août-2008 14:18
Intel Details Larrabee's Many-Core Graphics Architecture
Intel revealed details Monday about its upcoming family of graphics processors with multiple cores, code-named Larrabee. The new processors are expected to compete with market leaders NVIDIA and AMD's ATI division.
Details unveiled in an Intel-authored paper include a new approach to rendering 3-D, a programming model and performance analysis for several applications, and multiple processor engines. Intel plans to present its plan at the SIGGRAPH conference in Los Angeles on Aug. 12.
The first Larrabee-based product will target the personal-computer graphics market and is expected in 2009 or 2010. Larrabee will be the industry's first many-core x86 Intel architecture, which means it will be based on an array of many processors. The individual processors are similar to the Intel processors that power the Internet, laptops, PCs and servers, the company said.
"Intel is not the first vendor to go down this road. IBM's Power-based Cell processor, and actually the multicore chips that IBM built for Microsoft's XBox and Nintendo, were the first," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT Research. "IBM's work in the multicore space effectively knocked Intel out of the computer game-console market."
First or not, Intel expects Larrabee to kick-start an industrywide effort to create and optimize software for the dozens, hundreds and thousands of cores expected to power future computers. Intel said it has a number of internal teams, projects and software-related efforts under way to speed the transition, but its Tera-Scale Computing research program has been its largest. Intel said it has partnered with more than 400 universities, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and companies such as Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard.
"Over time, the consistency of Intel architecture and thus developer freedom afforded by the Larrabee architecture will bring about massive innovation in many areas and market segments," Intel said Monday.
As an example, Intel pointed to how...
Source : www.cio-today.com | 04-août-2008 21:02
Intel's new line of graphics chips could have broader uses
Intel's new family of chips is intended to speed up computer graphics and, eventually, a broad range of computing tasks.
Source : www.iht.com | 04-août-2008 11:51
Intel's line of graphics chips could have broader uses
Intel said it would initially aim its new microprocessor family, code-named Larrabee, at the personal computer graphics market.
Source : www.iht.com | 04-août-2008 06:11
Rambus sues Nvidia over patent infringement claims
Rambus, a designer of high-speed memory chips, said it sued computer-graphics chip maker Nvidia for patent infringement after the two failed to reach a licensing agreement.
Source : www.topix.net | 12-juil.-2008 13:44
SIGGRAPH taps Cornell professor
International News: Don Greenberg to speak at Asia conference -- Cornell U. professor Don Greenberg has been tapped as the first speaker at SIGGRAPH Asia. The new Asian outgrowth of the computer graphics show will be held in Singapore Dec. 10-13.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 11-juil.-2008 23:51
4th International Symposium on Visual Computing
The 4th International Symposium on Visual Computing will be held on December 1-3, 2008 at Las Vegas. Paper submissions are due before July 21. From the symposium website: "The purpose of the International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC) is to provide a common forum for researchers, scientists, engineers and practitioners throughout the world to present their latest research findings, ideas, developments and applications in the broader area of visual computing.
ISCV seeks papers describing contributions to the state of the art and state of the practice in the broad field of visual computing. In particular, ISVC is structured around four central areas of visual computing: (1) computer vision, (2) computer graphics, (3) virtual reality, and (4) visualization. In particular, we are interested in papers that combine technologies from two or more of these areas.
Source : vroot.org | 04-juil.-2008 13:18
Lovestory 2050- London to see it first
After a long time in making, the walking out of the leading lady mid way through the shooting, searching for another heroine, taking all the troubles to finalise and bring on board the best of the special effects and computer graphics technicians, the hype and the different promotional events in the last few days, its just hours before the film is going to be beamed onto the big screen.
Source : www.indiaglitz.com | 01-juil.-2008 19:12
About SIGGRAPH 2008
Now in its 35th year, the SIGGRAPH conference is the premier international event on computer graphics and interactive techniques. SIGGRAPH 2008 is expected to draw an estimated 30,000 professionals from six continents to Los Angeles, California.
Source : vresources.org | 28-juin-2008 17:11
Siggraph reveals easy-access schedule
Animation: Conference offers animation fest, 3-D tech -- As it prepares to return to Los Angeles for 2008, the Siggraph computer graphics conference and tradeshow unveiled its most Hollywood-friendly program and schedule ever, including greater access to its animation fest, 3-D technology and a tribute to the late Stan Winston.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 25-juin-2008 07:22
Open-source OGD1 graphics card up for pre-order
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Source : www.engadget.com | 22-mai-2008 05:36
Graphics market soft in first quarter
Sales of computer graphics chips had a slightly lower than usual seasonal downturn, leading one analyst to issue a cautious market projection for the next few quarters for the sector that can be a bellwether for computer sales and a key indicator of electronics sales overall.
Source : www.eetimes.com | 01-mai-2008 22:04
New Computer Graphics Program is Unveiled
U.S. computer scientists Thursday announced creation of a fog and smoke program for computer graphics. via RedOrbit
Source : www.topix.net | 17-avr.-2008 21:03
Sanra planning toon Stripes to protect tigers
It?s boom time for the animation industry in India with leading studios from Hollywood outsourcing their computer graphics and special effects work for animation projects.
Source : economictimes.indiatimes.com | 10-avr.-2008 21:50
Apple files patent for holographic 3-D display
Apple says recent developments in computers and computer graphics have made spatial 3-D images more practical and accessible.
Source : www.eetimes.com | 20-mars-2008 15:00
Apple Files Patent For Holographic 3-D Display
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Apple says recent developments in computers and computer graphics have made spatial 3-D images more practical and accessible.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 20-mars-2008 15:00
News: Gross Anatomy Via Your Computer [Slideshow]
Offering more depth (literally) than any anatomy textbook can deliver, the Visible Body is a Web-based 3-D interactive model of the human body available for free to students, educators and health and medical professionals. The software, developed by Newton, Mass.-based Argosy Publishing, visualizes the human body using sophisticated computer graphics to show how more than 1,700 anatomical structures--including major organs and systems--work together.
Source : www.sciam.com | 14-mars-2008 00:52
WB govt seeks dismissal of CBI report
Claiming that CBI had illegally registered a murder case in the unnatural death of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rehman, the West Bengal government sought the Calcutta High Court's rejection of the report.
Source : economictimes.indiatimes.com | 13-mars-2008 18:58
New Devices Bring New, Immersive Interfaces
It has been more than two decades since Scotty tried to use a computer mouse as a microphone to control a Macintosh in "Star Trek IV."
Since then, personal computer users have continued to live under the tyranny of the mice, windows, icons and pull-down menus originally invented at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in the 1970s and popularized by Apple and Microsoft in the next decade.
Last year, however, the arrival of the Wii and the iPhone began to break down the logjam in technological innovation for the way humans interact with computers.
Both devices extend the idea of directly controlling objects on the screen and blending that ability with visually compelling physics software that brings computer screens to life in new, immersive ways.
With a Wii, a wave of the hand can slam a tennis ball in cyberspace; with the iPhone, a flick of a finger can slide a photograph across the screen like paper on a table.
The idea of directly manipulating information on a computer screen is almost as old as computer graphics terminals, going back at least to 1963, to Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad drawing system, which he created at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his doctoral thesis.
Since then, a thriving scientific and engineering discipline has sprung up around systems that bridge what was originally called the man-machine interface.
There has been a broad exploration of pointing devices, alternatives to keyboards for entering information, voice-recognition technologies and even sensors that capture and interact with human brain waves.
What is new is a convergence of more powerful and less expensive computer hardware and an inspired set of mostly younger software designers who came of age well past the advent of the original graphical user interface paradigm of the 1970s and '80s.
This new generation is "mostly under 25," said Joy Mountford, who until...
Source : www.cio-today.com | 11-mars-2008 13:01
Disney partners with Japanese animation experts
. Disney officials said they are planning three TV productions with Toei that will use the latter's advanced computer graphics technology and local animation and graphics talent. The first project w...
Source : story.venezuelastar.com | 06-mars-2008 20:36
Computer Graphics Get a Feel for Real
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University unveiled a new haptic technology that will enable people to manipulate three-dimensional objects on their computer while experiencing real touch sensations. The technology, which is currently best suited for gaming and virtual world training simulations, was developed by research professor Ralph Hollis and his team.
Source : www.technewsworld.com | 05-mars-2008 23:30
Rizwanur committed suicide: CBI
KOLKATA: The death of Rizwanur Rahman, a 30-year-old computer graphics teacher, whose body was found by the side of the railway tracks near here on September 21, 2007, was a case of suicide, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has ...
Source : www.thehindu.com | 29-févr.-2008 00:02
The History of the Teapot
"As anyone who is into 3D computer graphics knows, there is something mysterious and special about The Teapot. It's not just any teapot - it's 'the' teapot. The teapot was made by Melitta in 1974 and originally belonged to Martin Newell and his wife, Sandra - who purchased it from ZCMI, (a department store in Salt Lake City). The teapot was eventually donated to the Boston Computer Museum but now resides in the Ephemera collection of the Computer History Museum. It's cataloged as 'Teapot used for Computer Graphics rendering' and bears the catalog number X00398.1984."
Source : osnews.com | 27-févr.-2008 22:27
VIDEO: Ford spins F-150 at six Gs... for real
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You were watching the Super Bowl yesterday, right? If for no other reason than to see the commercials, of course. Ford ran an ad that demonstrated the "Built Ford Tough" ethos by hooking up an F-150 pickup to a centrifuge by its front tow hooks and spinning it around in a circle like your favorite uncle used to do when you were a kid. When we saw the ad last night, we instantly wondered if Ford really did it or the power of computer graphics was at play. As it turns out, the automaker employed no camera tricks, no computer enhancements, and just used a giant centrifuge that spun the truck at six Gs. At those forces, the hooks, which Ford points out are looped instead of hooked, were subjected to the equivalent of six times the vehicle's weight as it swung around at over 60 mph.
If you missed it, or just want to see the hoonage again, we've got the video for you after the jump, and if you follow this link, Ford's got a "Behind the Scenes" video of how the commercial was made. Just don't try this at home... with your giant centrifuge.
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Source : www.autoblog.com | 04-févr.-2008 18:28
CBI submits Rizwanur probe report to Calcutta HC
The CBI on Tuesday submitted its report on the investigation into the death of computer graphics designer Rizwanur Rehman to the Calcutta High Court.
Source : economictimes.indiatimes.com | 08-janv.-2008 23:22
Rizwan death probe: CBI submits report
Completing its four-month long probe into the death of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rehman, The CBI on Tuesday submitted its report to the Calcutta High Court.
Source : economictimes.indiatimes.com | 08-janv.-2008 11:24
CBI submits report on Rizwanur death to HC
The CBI submitted a report on its investigation into the mysterious death of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rehman to the Calcutta High Court.
Source : www.dnaindia.com | 08-janv.-2008 07:00
Speculation over CBI report in Rizwanur case
KOLKATA: The Central Bureau of Investigation [CBI] is to submit to the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday its report on the events leading to the death of Rizwanur Rahman, the computer graphics teacher, whose body was found lying by the side of ...
Source : www.thehindu.com | 07-janv.-2008 23:21
CBI report in Rizwanur case today
KOLKATA: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is to submit to the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday its report on the events leading to the death of Rizwanur Rahman, the computer graphics teacher, whose body was found lying by the side of ...
Source : www.thehindu.com | 07-janv.-2008 22:21
Rahman case: CBI to seek time
KOLKATA: The Central Bureau of Investigation will seek more time from the Calcutta High Court to submit is report on the death of Rizwanur Rahman, the computer graphics teacher, whose body was found by the side of the railway tracks near here ...
Source : www.thehindu.com | 14-déc.-2007 20:42
Rahman?s suicide note retrieved from computer
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation has retrieved possibly the last suicide note from a computer recovered from the kin of Rizwanur Rahman. Rahman, a computer graphics teacher, who married Priyanka Todi, daughter of ...
Source : www.thehindu.com | 09-déc.-2007 20:42
Kolkata: Priyanka Todi, wife of computer graphics designer Rizwanur Rahman ? who died under mysterious circumstances on September 21 ? has regretted the alleged intervention of her brother-in-law Rukhwanur and his friend Pappu in ...
Source : www.thehindu.com | 08-déc.-2007 18:04
Rwanda: Hi-Tech System to Boost Industrial Design
Rwanda Information and Technology Authority (RITA) has adopted the use of modern computer graphics system to help develop comprehensive graphic designs for industrial products.
Source : allafrica.com | 07-déc.-2007 09:48
'Harassment drove Rizwanur to suicide'
Seniors in the agency indicate that the 27-year-old computer graphics expert was hiding from chasing goons with friends for two days before his death.
Source : www.dnaindia.com | 28-nov.-2007 23:10
Former Kolkata police commissioner questioned by CBI
Former Kolkata police commissioner Prasun Mukherjee was questioned for the first time by the CBI in connection with the mysterious death of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rahman.
Source : www.dnaindia.com | 06-nov.-2007 11:40
Police personnel questioned
KOLKATA: Officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation probing the death of computer graphics teacher, Rizwanur Rahman, questioned a senior State police official here on Monday in connexion with the case. Earlier four police ...
Source : www.thehindu.com | 05-nov.-2007 22:16
CBI questions Kolkata police in Rahman case
KOLKATA: Officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the death of the computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rahman began questioning officials of the Kolkata police here on Monday, a senior police official ...
Source : www.thehindu.com | 29-oct.-2007 21:57
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