Hi everyone…
Just a quick reminder -- events from IGDA, the NM Filmmakers Intensive at College of Santa Fe, a Cinnafilm Open House with Lance Maurer, and Friends of Film and Video Arts Holiday Gathering...
Game Developers Unite! at the 2nd Rio Grande IGDA Chapter meeting in Albuquerque. More info at: http://www.igda.org/albuquerque (but it's at Sauce/Raw in Albuquerque, from 6-8PM)
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Saturday, November 17 10:00 AM - Garson Communications Center - Studio One.
NM Filmmakers Intensive - Free Open House
Join the New Mexico Filmmakers Intensive (NMFI) for an open house on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 10 a.m. in the Garson Communications Center, Studio One.
Learn more about our post-graduate professional filmmaking program. Take your filmmaking ambitions from zero to sixty in eight months.
• Small classes, hands-on workshops
• Full-time curriculum taught by industry professionals
• Up to $10K budgets provided for approved NMFI films
• Screenwriters complete a feature-length screenplay
• State-of-the-art equipment & facilities
• Visiting Hollywood Filmmakers
New Mexico residents are eligible for tuition assistance. Limited enrollment -- apply now! RSVP to info@filmmakersintensive.com or 505/473-6400.
For more information, visit www.filmmakersintensive.com
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Cinnafilm is hosting a holiday mixer/networking social for film, art, and media folks this Saturday at my studio from 5-8pm. The studio is located at 600 Central SE, suite 229 upstairs from the Grove Cafe just 2 block west of the highway (please park in the west lot). We will be serving some food and beverages (please don't drink and drive), and will probably be screening some random short films as well. I apologize if some of you are receiving this notice for the second time - if you have already RSVP'd there is no need to do so again. If you are interested in attending, please email an RSVP headcount by this Wednesday to Info@cinnafilm.com.
Have a safe and blessed holiday season.
Regards,
Lance Maurer
CEO, Cinnafilm, Inc.
(505) 463-8891
Lance@cinnafilm.com
www.cinnafilm.com
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Join Friends of Film, Video and Arts
PREMIERING
"The Art of Storytelling in Documentaries" and celebrating our 2nd anniversary
This Sunday December 16 at Harwood Art Center
1114 Seventh St NW, ABQ (near Old Town at Mountain and Seventh)
3pm Social
3:30-6pm Screening "The Art of Storytelling in Documentaries", Q and A with filmmakers who were both behind and in front of the camera, and Holiday Anniversary party.
Members Free
non-Members & Guests $5-10 donations welcome, at the door
Documentary Description:
A good movie, whether documentary or narrative, has a compelling story, well told. "The Art of Storytelling in Documentaries" reveals the secrets! Six New Mexico professional filmmakers and screenwriters share why they tell stories, how they know when they've got a good story, how they find the storyteller within the movie, and the structure of storytelling in movies.
Friends of Film, Video and Arts, Executive Producer
Rebecca Jo Dakota, Producer
Brad Stoddard, Co-Producer and Editor
For more info: 505-897-2101 or email stirling@filmvideoarts.org
www.filmvideoarts.org
Friends of Film, Video and Arts
is a non-profit, member driven organization of independent filmmakers
working together as peers to make quality films while enhancing our individual education, work experience,
trade relationship, and overall satisfaction with the film industry in New Mexico.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
MacArthur Series on Digital Media and Learning -- this Wednesday On-Line & Second Life
From the Serious Games Community -- and Global Kids -- comes another event this Wednesday on-line or in Second Life. More info below. There are a whole slew of events going on, from the NanoTech Forum today and tomorrow (at Embassy Suites), the the Winter Tech Holiday Event tomorrow night (Tuesday @ Hotel Albuquerque), and the Game Developers Holiday Meet-up Thursday @ Sauce|Raw...
Join the web or Second Life simulcast on December 12, 2007, 5:30-7:30
EST p.m., for an event hosted by the John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation to celebrate the publication of the MacArthur
Series on Digital Media and Learning.
It will feature:
- Henry Jenkins, Professor, MIT, and author of Convergence Culture,
will talk about his latest work on media literacy and skills young
people need for the 21st Century.
- Katie Salen, Professor, Parsons the New School for Design, and game
designer, will discuss the new public school based on design and
games she is opening in New York City.
- Howard Gardner, Professor, Harvard University, and author of Five
Minds for the Future, will talk about the ethical implications of
growing up online.
The panel will be introduced by Jonathan Fanton, MacArthur President,
and moderated by Connie Yowell, MacArthur's Director of Education.
To view the event remotely:
- view the live stream on the web at: www.tinyurl.com/25mxf9
- watch with others in Second Life at the University of Southern
California Annenberg Island - www.tinyurl.com/3596ty
- watch with teens in Second Life at the Global Kids estate -
www.tinyurl.com/2m4dnp
To learn more about attending in person, visit:
http://digitallearning.macfound.org/site/c.enJLKQNlFiG/b.3612939/
The simulcast of this event is being created by Global Kids
(globalkids,org) as part of the MacArthur Foundation's year long
investigation into the role of philanthropy in virtual worlds.
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Barry Joseph
Director
Online Leadership Program
Global Kids
http://www.globalkids.org
http://olp.globalkids.org
http://www.NewzCrew.org
Play our game! http://theCostofLife.org
Sign-up for the Global Kids' Newsletter: Send an email to:
GlobalKidsUpdate-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Friday, December 07, 2007
ABQ Game Developers Meet-up December 13th
GAME DEVELOPERS UNITE --- & GIVE BACK!
ALBUQUERQUE IGDA HOLIDAY MEET-UP 12/13
For Immediate Release
Contact: Eric Renz-Whitmore, ewhitmore@gmail.com
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Albuquerque's Rio Grande Chapter of the
International Game Developers Association (IGDA) will have its second
chapter meeting Thursday, December 13th at Sauce|Raw Nightclub
downtown, featuring speed presentations on projects and activities
from the local game community, and a chance to give back through the
"Child's Play Charity" which benefits UNM Children's Hospital.
Jonathan Whetzel, one of the Chapter Organizers, is adding another feature this time
out, suggesting "a cause that ties in nicely to the theme of the IGDA
and gamers everywhere. The Child's Play Charity, started by the guys
who created the Penny Arcade comics, collects new video games and toys
for children's hospitals around the world."
From their website (http://www.childsplaycharity.org):
"Since 2003, over 100,000 gamers worldwide have banded together
through Child's Play, a community based charity grown and nurtured
from the game culture and industry. Over two million dollars in
donations of toys, games, books and cash for sick kids in children¹s
hospitals across North America and the world have been collected since
our inception.
... When gamers give back, it makes a difference!"
Since UNM Children's Hospital is one of the partnering hospitals that
can use your help, Albuquerque IGDA will collect donations at the
event.
Scheduled Presenters Include:
Glyn Anderson (GPS/Abalone Studios)
Teri Farley (Art Center Design College)
Tom Greenbaum (Intel)
Bill Klein (Extreme AI)
Aaron Kraft (Escher 5D)
Khepran Mathes (Abalone Studios)
Jason Montoya (National Video Game Association)
Eric Renz-Whitmore (UNM ARTS Lab)
Jonathan Whetzel (Sandia National Labs)
WHO: Game Developers and People Interested in Work in the Game
Industry (17 and older)
WHAT: IGDA Chapter Meeting
WHERE: Sauce|Raw Nightclub, Downtown Albuquerque (NW Corner of 4th
and Central)
WHEN: Thursday, December 13 (6:00PM Open, 6:30PM Presentations Start)
HOW: More info at http://www.igda.org/albuquerque
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ALBUQUERQUE IGDA HOLIDAY MEET-UP 12/13
For Immediate Release
Contact: Eric Renz-Whitmore, ewhitmore@gmail.com
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Albuquerque's Rio Grande Chapter of the
International Game Developers Association (IGDA) will have its second
chapter meeting Thursday, December 13th at Sauce|Raw Nightclub
downtown, featuring speed presentations on projects and activities
from the local game community, and a chance to give back through the
"Child's Play Charity" which benefits UNM Children's Hospital.
Jonathan Whetzel, one of the Chapter Organizers, is adding another feature this time
out, suggesting "a cause that ties in nicely to the theme of the IGDA
and gamers everywhere. The Child's Play Charity, started by the guys
who created the Penny Arcade comics, collects new video games and toys
for children's hospitals around the world."
From their website (http://www.childsplaycharity.org):
"Since 2003, over 100,000 gamers worldwide have banded together
through Child's Play, a community based charity grown and nurtured
from the game culture and industry. Over two million dollars in
donations of toys, games, books and cash for sick kids in children¹s
hospitals across North America and the world have been collected since
our inception.
... When gamers give back, it makes a difference!"
Since UNM Children's Hospital is one of the partnering hospitals that
can use your help, Albuquerque IGDA will collect donations at the
event.
Scheduled Presenters Include:
Glyn Anderson (GPS/Abalone Studios)
Teri Farley (Art Center Design College)
Tom Greenbaum (Intel)
Bill Klein (Extreme AI)
Aaron Kraft (Escher 5D)
Khepran Mathes (Abalone Studios)
Jason Montoya (National Video Game Association)
Eric Renz-Whitmore (UNM ARTS Lab)
Jonathan Whetzel (Sandia National Labs)
WHO: Game Developers and People Interested in Work in the Game
Industry (17 and older)
WHAT: IGDA Chapter Meeting
WHERE: Sauce|Raw Nightclub, Downtown Albuquerque (NW Corner of 4th
and Central)
WHEN: Thursday, December 13 (6:00PM Open, 6:30PM Presentations Start)
HOW: More info at http://www.igda.org/albuquerque
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[Gfx-cafe] No GFX Cafe this week
The GFX Cafe series has ended for the semester, so there will not
be a seminar today. We kick off another exciting semester of
GFX Cafe after the winter break on Jan 18. See you then!
be a seminar today. We kick off another exciting semester of
GFX Cafe after the winter break on Jan 18. See you then!
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Pradeep Sen
Assistant Professor
Advanced Graphics Lab
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of New Mexico
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Mother Road, Hamlet (the Vampire Slayer) & Haiku City Slam Championship
Lots of stuff going on this weekend in Albuquerque. Here are just a few highlights from theatre, local film and poetry...
Mother Road Theatre Company Prebut: ONE WEEKEND LEFT!
Thanks for making our first weekend such a smash success! If you haven't seen the show yet, you have one more weekend to c'mon down to the Mother Road and vote! This Saturday night, Dec. 8, we will have live music after the show! Art Edwards group "Inside Out" will be performing with Patty Stevens!
WHEN: LAST WEEKEND! December 7, 8, 9
8:00pm curtain Friday and Saturday, 2:00pm on Sunday
WHERE: The Filling Station (see below), 1024 Fourth Street SW, Albuquerque, 87102. It's at the corner of 4th and Pacific in Barelas and there's plenty of parking!
RESERVATIONS: Call 505-873-4831. These are benefit performances for the Theatre Company and admission is FREE with a $15 suggested donation.
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Local Sketch Comedy Group Hits the Big Screen!
EAT, DRINK AND BE LARRY PRESENTS "Hamlet: The Vampire Slayer"
WHAT: "Hamlet: The Vampire Slayer" Feature Film Premiere Screening
WHEN: Friday and Saturday, December 7 - 8 @ 10:30pm
WHERE: The Guild Cinema (3405 Central Ave. NE Albuquerque, NM 87106; 505-255-1848; www.guildcinema.com)
HOW MUCH: $7
WHY: Huh?
Check out the world premiere screening of Hamlet: The Vampire Slayer!!! For two nights only, the Guild Cinema presents Eat, Drink and Be Larry's feature film debut. HVS was originally performed as a play at the late Gorilla Tango Comedy Theatre in April 2006, and was subsequently determined one of New Mexico's TOP TEN ARTISTIC & CULTURAL EVENTS OF 2006 by the Weekly Alibi.
ABOUT THE MOVIE:
Written by Jason Witter and Aaron Frale, and directed by Jason Witter, HVS is a combination of Shakespeare's Hamlet, and the hit TV series, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. Hamlet (Kevin R. Elder) is haunted by the possibility that his Latin Lover Uncle Claudio (Doug Montoya) is a vampire who murdered Hamlet's father (Elias Lee Francis IV) in order to become king and seduce Hamlet's mother, Gertrude (Summer Olsson). As the obvious truth slaps Hamlet in the face, he must suppress his desires to become a male cheerleader, and face the fact that he is the chosen one who must face the demons of darkness. Along the way, he is aided by his faithful friend Horatio (George Bach), The Playa King (Rusty Rutherford), and two of Europe's finest vampire slayers, Othello (Andy Brooks) and MacBeth (Nick Lopez). Hamlet's path is obstacled by his frat-buddies-turned-bloodsuckers, Rosenchad (Daniel T. Cornish) and Guildenbrad (Scott Bryan), and his insane, obsessed girlfriend, Ophelia (Leslie Nesbit), and her bad ass cheerleading brother, Laertes (Chet Stillwood). In the end, it all comes down to a battle of vampires and wits, as Hamlet and Laertes dual it out in a no-holds-barred, male cheerleading dance off that can only end in one thing - DEATH!!!
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And finally...
Wordspace: Haiku City Championship Poetry Slam
Saturday, December 8, 2007 - 7:30pm
Outpost Perfomance Space
Presented in partnership with ABQslams & New Mexico Literary Arts
$10/$5 Members. Available in advance, by phone or in person, at the Outpost Performance Space (268-0044)
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For more information about NM Media-related Events, visit: http://nm-media.blogspot.com/
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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
MSC04 2570
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Student Film Showing TONIGHT @ ARTS Lab
UNM's Word and Image students (Cinematic Arts 429) are premiering four new pieces tonight at the ARTS Lab Garage (details below). The instructor, Michael Kamins (KNME) always gets good, high quality work from his student production teams, and this year we'll see a closer working relationship with Kristen Loree's Acting for the Camera class in Theatre and Dance. In addition to her fine work in the department and running Sol Arts, Kristin is spending more and more time working with actors on visiting productions.
The Life, Death, and Aptitude of Todd Winters
– Producer: Charles D. Care II, Director: Matt Garcia, Writer: Gary Montry
Asterisk
– Producer: Jessica Downey, Director/Writer: Jessica Stone
Nightmares Outside of Dreams
– Producer: Justin Pichardo, Director and Writer: Justin Golightly.
Lying Around
– Produced and Directed by: Bree Anderson, David Pino and Chris Gillooly, Written by Airelle Windham
WHEN: Thursday December 6, 2007 at 6:30PM
WHERE: ARTS Lab Garage, 131 Pine St, NE (One block west of University, half a block north of Central)
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We are also showing MA429 films earlier in the day at
Kristen Loree's acting class. We will be in the X Theater
at 2:45PM.
Producers, please make sure I have dvds available for
Kristen's class.
The MA 429 class is invited to Kristen's class. Please
invite anyone you like
to the evening event.
See you soon,
Michael
KNME-TV5 KNME-DT35 KNMD-9 KNME.org
Kristen Loree's acting class. We will be in the X Theater
at 2:45PM.
Producers, please make sure I have dvds available for
Kristen's class.
The MA 429 class is invited to Kristen's class. Please
invite anyone you like
to the evening event.
See you soon,
Michael
KNME-TV5 KNME-DT35 KNMD-9 KNME.org
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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
MSC04 2570
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
'tis the Season -- Media Related Events this Month
'tis the Season…
There are a whole slew of holiday and end of year events this month -- great opportunities to meet and connect with people in related fields.
NM ADFED HOLIDAY PARTY (12/6)
The NM AdFed Annual Holiday Party will be held:
Thursday, December 6 from 6:00 - 9:00pm
at Yanni's in Nob Hill.
As our gift to you, Members and Guests are FREE!!
At 4:00pm before the party starts, we will be hosting an ADDY workshop
at Yanni's. This workshop will be incredibly useful for everyone who has questions about the entry process, entry categories, or entry software.
December 6th is also Nob Hill's Shop and Stroll. So come early for
the workshop, stay for the party, and join in the shopping extravaganza if you so desire.
Please let us know if you are coming and we look forward to seeing you there!
http://www.nmadfed.org
TECH INDUSTRIES HOLIDAY MIXER (12/11)
Join the largest technology industry associations for the annual holiday networking event, to connect with old friends and get caught up on what's happening in New Mexico. Hosted by NMBio, NMITSA, NMOIA, and others, this is the largest event of its kind. Please join us at the Hotel Albuquerque in Old Town at 5:30pm on December 11th.
---They've also been kind to make a special invitation to us in New Mexico's Media Industries.
* WHO: Professional in New Mexico's Tech Industries
* WHERE: Hotel Albuquerque, in Old Town on Rio Grande
* WHEN: Tuesday, December 11, 5:30 - 8:00 PM
* HOW: Sign up with the hosting organizations (NMITSA, NMOIA, NMBio) -- or at: http://www.nmitsa.org/events/details/technology_associations_holiday_networking_event/
AMERICAN MARKETING ASSOCIATION - NM CHAPTER (12/13)
The New Mexico Chapter of the American Marketing Association invites you to our Holiday Social.
$5 per person
$1 off for every non-perishable food item donated, up to 5 items per person. Items will be donated to Roadrunner Food Bank.
Enjoy an informal wine tasting and hors d'oeuvres at this festive event.
Thursday, December 13, 2007 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Where
St. Clair Winery & Bistro
901 Rio Grand Blvd NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104
New Mexico AMA: http://www.nmama.org
GAME DEVELOPERS UNITE! ALBUQUERQUE IGDA MEETING (12/13)
Our second Albuquerque IGDA Chapter meeting will discuss ongoing and upcoming projects -- speed presentation style. 10 slides, 20 seconds each (that's a total of 3:20) on the topic of your choice.
* WHO: Professional and Aspiring Game Developers; People working in related fields (17 and older)
* WHERE: Sauce|Raw, NW Corner of 4th & Central Ave., Downtown Albuquerque
* WHEN: Thursday, December 13, 6:00 - 8:00 PM
* HOW: If you're interested in presenting, find details at http://artslab.unm.edu/igda/
More info on our chapter: http://www.igda.org/albuquerque
Or sign up for updates at: http://groups.google.com/group/riogrande-igda
FRIENDS OF FILM, VIDEO AND ARTS (12/16)
Celebrates its Second Anniversary, Sunday December 16
Premiering The Art of Storytelling, as told to us by 5 NM doc filmmakers a new episode from our "Director's Cut NM" series
WHAT: Screening THE ART OF STORYTELLING , (a FoFVA collaborative production) Q and A with those involved including principal filmmakers Rebecca Dakota and Brad Stoddard. We'll have some party fun, meet new people, share production stories, and who knows? Merry back-slapping could ensue.
WHEN: Sunday, December 16,
3pm networking
3:30-6pm screening The Art of Storytelling, Q and A with filmmakers, and Festive fun !!
WHERE: The Harwood Art Center, 1114 Seventh Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM near Old Town. at Mountain and Seventh........... come in Main
Entrance, turn right
HOW: Members Free; Non-members donations of $5 to say, $10,000,000,000,000,000 always welcome.
Happy Holidays.
(or join now through May 2008 for just $45 tax-deductible. )
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For more information about NM Media-related Events, visit: http://nm-media.blogspot.com/
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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
MSC04 2570
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu
There are a whole slew of holiday and end of year events this month -- great opportunities to meet and connect with people in related fields.
NM ADFED HOLIDAY PARTY (12/6)
The NM AdFed Annual Holiday Party will be held:
Thursday, December 6 from 6:00 - 9:00pm
at Yanni's in Nob Hill.
As our gift to you, Members and Guests are FREE!!
At 4:00pm before the party starts, we will be hosting an ADDY workshop
at Yanni's. This workshop will be incredibly useful for everyone who has questions about the entry process, entry categories, or entry software.
December 6th is also Nob Hill's Shop and Stroll. So come early for
the workshop, stay for the party, and join in the shopping extravaganza if you so desire.
Please let us know if you are coming and we look forward to seeing you there!
http://www.nmadfed.org
TECH INDUSTRIES HOLIDAY MIXER (12/11)
Join the largest technology industry associations for the annual holiday networking event, to connect with old friends and get caught up on what's happening in New Mexico. Hosted by NMBio, NMITSA, NMOIA, and others, this is the largest event of its kind. Please join us at the Hotel Albuquerque in Old Town at 5:30pm on December 11th.
---They've also been kind to make a special invitation to us in New Mexico's Media Industries.
* WHO: Professional in New Mexico's Tech Industries
* WHERE: Hotel Albuquerque, in Old Town on Rio Grande
* WHEN: Tuesday, December 11, 5:30 - 8:00 PM
* HOW: Sign up with the hosting organizations (NMITSA, NMOIA, NMBio) -- or at: http://www.nmitsa.org/events/details/technology_associations_holiday_networking_event/
AMERICAN MARKETING ASSOCIATION - NM CHAPTER (12/13)
The New Mexico Chapter of the American Marketing Association invites you to our Holiday Social.
$5 per person
$1 off for every non-perishable food item donated, up to 5 items per person. Items will be donated to Roadrunner Food Bank.
Enjoy an informal wine tasting and hors d'oeuvres at this festive event.
Thursday, December 13, 2007 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Where
St. Clair Winery & Bistro
901 Rio Grand Blvd NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104
New Mexico AMA: http://www.nmama.org
GAME DEVELOPERS UNITE! ALBUQUERQUE IGDA MEETING (12/13)
Our second Albuquerque IGDA Chapter meeting will discuss ongoing and upcoming projects -- speed presentation style. 10 slides, 20 seconds each (that's a total of 3:20) on the topic of your choice.
* WHO: Professional and Aspiring Game Developers; People working in related fields (17 and older)
* WHERE: Sauce|Raw, NW Corner of 4th & Central Ave., Downtown Albuquerque
* WHEN: Thursday, December 13, 6:00 - 8:00 PM
* HOW: If you're interested in presenting, find details at http://artslab.unm.edu/igda/
More info on our chapter: http://www.igda.org/albuquerque
Or sign up for updates at: http://groups.google.com/group/riogrande-igda
FRIENDS OF FILM, VIDEO AND ARTS (12/16)
Celebrates its Second Anniversary, Sunday December 16
Premiering The Art of Storytelling, as told to us by 5 NM doc filmmakers a new episode from our "Director's Cut NM" series
WHAT: Screening THE ART OF STORYTELLING , (a FoFVA collaborative production) Q and A with those involved including principal filmmakers Rebecca Dakota and Brad Stoddard. We'll have some party fun, meet new people, share production stories, and who knows? Merry back-slapping could ensue.
WHEN: Sunday, December 16,
3pm networking
3:30-6pm screening The Art of Storytelling, Q and A with filmmakers, and Festive fun !!
WHERE: The Harwood Art Center, 1114 Seventh Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM near Old Town. at Mountain and Seventh........... come in Main
Entrance, turn right
HOW: Members Free; Non-members donations of $5 to say, $10,000,000,000,000,000 always welcome.
Happy Holidays.
(or join now through May 2008 for just $45 tax-deductible. )
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For more information about NM Media-related Events, visit: http://nm-media.blogspot.com/
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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
MSC04 2570
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu
Monday, December 03, 2007
This Week @ UNM / ARTS Lab
Three events in the ARTS Lab world this week at UNM.
GAME ON
First, all day Thursday, students will have their new games on display for the CS/ECE 433 Video Game Competition. The public can try its hand at the games in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Building atrium from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, with judges reviewing the games from 5:30 - 7:00 PM. Several Awards will be given for best games, people's choice and most creative games.
WHEN: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Public Play); 5:30 - 7:00 PM Judges Review, Thursday 12/6
WHERE: ECE Atrium @ UNM (Main Campus)
WORD & IMAGE MOVIE SCREENING
Each year, UNM Cinematic Arts' "Word & Image" video production class produces several stand-out short movies, many of which have gone on to acclaim at festival showings and beyond. This year, five production teams will show their short movies at UNM's ARTS Lab Garage (more info to come).
WHEN: 6:30 - 8:00 PM, Thursday, 12/6
WHERE: ARTS Lab Garage, 131 Pine St, NE (One block west of University, half a block north of Central)
THE DRM GAME
Digital Rights Management (DRM), the control, tracking, and pay structure for distribution of digital media from music to movies, TV shows and games, is a hot-button issue for students, business people, and the creators of content alike (among other things, it's closely related to the ongoing WGA writers strike). How do media companies enforce restrictions on download and distribution of music and movies? Why have Apple's iTunes and the group Radiohead achieved such success? Join us at the ARTS Lab Garage this Friday when ECE Professor Greg Heileman leads the audience through a game that simulates the DRM decision-making process to show which activities work for media companies, and which behaviors will likely lead to prosecution.
WHEN: 2:00 - 4:00 PM, Friday 12/7
WHERE: ARTS Lab Garage, 131 Pine St, NE (One block west of University, half a block north of Central)
For more information on these and other ARTS Lab Events, visit us at: http://artslab.unm.edu/newsevents
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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
MSC04 2570
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu
Sunday, December 02, 2007
[Gfx-cafe] CS/ECE 433 Video Game Development Competition
The students of CS/ECE433 Introduction to Computer Graphics have
been working on their final video game projects, which run on
the PC and the XBOX360. On Thursday, December 6 the public will
have the opportunity to come by and play their games at the first
annual video game development competition. If you are interested
in game development and want to see what our students were able
to achieve in only one month, come by and check it out!
been working on their final video game projects, which run on
the PC and the XBOX360. On Thursday, December 6 the public will
have the opportunity to come by and play their games at the first
annual video game development competition. If you are interested
in game development and want to see what our students were able
to achieve in only one month, come by and check it out!
The schedule is as follows:
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Atrium of ECE Building
9am - 5pm Public Play Session: Your chance to play the games yourself
7pm - 9pm Public Presentations: Learn how the teams developed their
games. Food will be served.
See you there!
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Pradeep Sen
Assistant Professor
Advanced Graphics Lab
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of New Mexico
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Thursday, November 29, 2007
GFX Cafe Seminar Friday Nov 30, 2007
More goodies from the folks at GFX Cafe. GFX Cafe Seminars are held in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Building on UNM's main campus, North North-East of the School of Engineering main building (and the intersection of Central and University Blvd). Room 118 is... well, it might take a minute or two to find.
The seminar series has been very popular, so come early to get a good seat.
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GFX Café Seminar Friday November 30, 2007
12noon, ECE118
Food will be served
TITLE:
Porter and Duff Compositing and Volume Rendering
by Kenneth Moreland, Sandia National Labs
ABSTRACT:
Everyone knows how to composite transparent images as outlined by
Porter and Duff in 1984, right? This image algebra holds a
fundamental part in just about every piece of computer software
including powerful image manipulation programs like Photoshop and
Gimp, 3D rendering systems like OpenGL, and the legible rendering
of fonts by modern windows systems. Despite its importance, many
of us have only a passing knowledge of image compositing: one that
leads to mistakes. I will review the fundamental concepts of Porter
and Duff compositing, highlight common misconceptions, and discuss
how to correct for them. I will also discuss the topic of volume
rendering within the context of compositing. I will show where
the two theories intersect and where they diverge. I will
demonstrate how to correctly use compositing within the volume
rendering task while identifying pitfalls and discussing how to
avoid them.
Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation,
a Lockheed Martin Company, for the United States Department of
Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract
DE-AC04-94AL85000.
BIO:
Kenneth Moreland is a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Sandia
National Laboratories. He received a B.S. degree in Computer Science
and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the New Mexico
Institute of Mining and Technology in 1997, an M.S. in Computer
Science from the University of New Mexico in 2000, and later a
Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of New Mexico in 2004.
His research interests include large scale, parallel rendering and
scientific visualization, volume rendering, information visualization,
and comparative visualization and post-processing. Dr. Moreland is
currently Sandia's technical lead for ParaView development.
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Pradeep Sen
Assistant Professor
Advanced Graphics Lab
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of New Mexico
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The seminar series has been very popular, so come early to get a good seat.
___
GFX Café Seminar Friday November 30, 2007
12noon, ECE118
Food will be served
TITLE:
Porter and Duff Compositing and Volume Rendering
by Kenneth Moreland, Sandia National Labs
ABSTRACT:
Everyone knows how to composite transparent images as outlined by
Porter and Duff in 1984, right? This image algebra holds a
fundamental part in just about every piece of computer software
including powerful image manipulation programs like Photoshop and
Gimp, 3D rendering systems like OpenGL, and the legible rendering
of fonts by modern windows systems. Despite its importance, many
of us have only a passing knowledge of image compositing: one that
leads to mistakes. I will review the fundamental concepts of Porter
and Duff compositing, highlight common misconceptions, and discuss
how to correct for them. I will also discuss the topic of volume
rendering within the context of compositing. I will show where
the two theories intersect and where they diverge. I will
demonstrate how to correctly use compositing within the volume
rendering task while identifying pitfalls and discussing how to
avoid them.
Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation,
a Lockheed Martin Company, for the United States Department of
Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract
DE-AC04-94AL85000.
BIO:
Kenneth Moreland is a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Sandia
National Laboratories. He received a B.S. degree in Computer Science
and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the New Mexico
Institute of Mining and Technology in 1997, an M.S. in Computer
Science from the University of New Mexico in 2000, and later a
Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of New Mexico in 2004.
His research interests include large scale, parallel rendering and
scientific visualization, volume rendering, information visualization,
and comparative visualization and post-processing. Dr. Moreland is
currently Sandia's technical lead for ParaView development.
--
Pradeep Sen
Assistant Professor
Advanced Graphics Lab
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of New Mexico
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ARTS Lab
MSC04 2570
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu
[Gfx-cafe] GFX Cafe Seminar Friday Nov 30, 2007
GFX Café Seminar Friday November 30, 2007
12noon, ECE118
12noon, ECE118
Food will be served
TITLE:
Porter and Duff Compositing and Volume Rendering
by Kenneth Moreland, Sandia National Labs
ABSTRACT:
Everyone knows how to composite transparent images as outlined by
Porter and Duff in 1984, right? This image algebra holds a
fundamental part in just about every piece of computer software
including powerful image manipulation programs like Photoshop and
Gimp, 3D rendering systems like OpenGL, and the legible rendering
of fonts by modern windows systems. Despite its importance, many
of us have only a passing knowledge of image compositing: one that
leads to mistakes. I will review the fundamental concepts of Porter
and Duff compositing, highlight common misconceptions, and discuss
how to correct for them. I will also discuss the topic of volume
rendering within the context of compositing. I will show where
the two theories intersect and where they diverge. I will
demonstrate how to correctly use compositing within the volume
rendering task while identifying pitfalls and discussing how to
avoid them.
Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation,
a Lockheed Martin Company, for the United States Department of
Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract
DE-AC04-94AL85000.
BIO:
Kenneth Moreland is a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Sandia
National Laboratories. He received a B.S. degree in Computer Science
and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the New Mexico
Institute of Mining and Technology in 1997, an M.S. in Computer
Science from the University of New Mexico in 2000, and later a
Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of New Mexico in 2004.
His research interests include large scale, parallel rendering and
scientific visualization, volume rendering, information visualization,
and comparative visualization and post-processing. Dr. Moreland is
currently Sandia's technical lead for ParaView development.
--
Pradeep Sen
Assistant Professor
Advanced Graphics Lab
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of New Mexico
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Monday, November 26, 2007
Two events this week
From the UNM News Minute.
First, a reminder about this Friday's ARTS Lab Friday and the second, not really an 'event' a but a good chance to get rid of your old electronic items in an environmentally friendly way...
13. FROM EXPERIMENTAL ART to "Beowulf" in 3-D, fulldome productions go
beyond the planetarium. Two of the world's leading experts will present
the history, current state and possible future of the fulldome medium on
Friday, Nov. 30, 2-4:30 p.m. at the University of New Mexico ARTS Lab
Garage, 123 Pine St. NE, near the intersection of Central Avenue and
University Boulevard.
http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002440.html#more
16. STUDENTS, FACULTY and staff have the opportunity to recycle old
personal computers, cell phones, clock radios, cords, TV sets, DVD
Players, VCRs and other electronic items in an environmentally safe way on
Saturday, Dec. 1. The event, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
will be held at the far west end of the T Lot on the corner of Lomas and
University N.E. Additionally, volunteers are needed to help staff the
event. For more information contact Linda McCormick at (505) 269-6131 or
via e-mail at, lindamcc@unm.edu.
http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002390.html#more
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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
MSC04 2570
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Next Friday @ ARTS Lab: Fulldome - - State of the Medium
Next Friday (November 30th) at ARTS Lab, two of the world's leading experts in fulldome production will be taking attendees through the history, current state and possible future of the fulldome medium. I'm talking, you might guess, about ARTS Lab's David Beining and Hue Walker -- and there's more on that below.
I'm not sure if 'fulldome' is the next big thing. Though the proliferation of screens today is pretty serious, I imagine a young entrepreneur at Lascaux thinking he had something with his drawings and flickering lights 17,000 years ago or so. We believe he was right, but these things take time...
However, watching Beowulf in 3D this weekend, seeing the trailers for upcoming 3D shows (and the relative box office take for 3D screens), and watching trends for virtual worlds and other work in immersive space, it feels like developing an understanding for these media, their production essentials and how audiences experience them is at least a good idea.
Hope some of you can join us -- and very best wishes to everyone for the Thanksgiving holiday!
Fulldome: The State of the Medium
Friday, November 30, 2007
Location: ARTS Lab Garage, 123 Pine St NE (Just off Central Ave Near the University Blvd intersection)
Time: 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm @ ARTS Lab (gDome)
Fulldome — large-format, immersive, crazy-resolution, digital dome theater — is a young, powerful and rapidy diffusing medium. And New Mexico above all other places is a major focal point for fulldome production, education and research. In this show-and-tell, ARTS Lab Immersive Media Director David Beining describes and demonstrates the state of fulldome technology, market, productions and programming. To demonstrate state of fulldome production, clips from DomeFest and other programs will be screened in the gDome. Please note this workshop is not a 'how-to' on dome production, rather an overview on the fulldome industry, technology and what's being produced for distribution. Look for how-to workshops in the spring semester.
ARTS Lab Immersive Media Director David Beining explains what that means and explores content creation and qualities for this new media environment.
For more information and registration (space is limited, so you must sign up), visit: http://artslab.unm.edu/rsvp/fridays.htm
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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
MSC04 2570
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu
Monday, November 19, 2007
Sundance Fellow to screen film @ UNM 11/20/07
From Mary K. Bowannie of the Native American Studies Program:
The University of New Mexico
Department of English and the Joseph M. Russo Endowment
presents
Four Sheets to the Wind
A film by Sterlin Harjo
Director Sterlin Harjo, Seminole/Creek will be at the
screening
to introduce his film and answer questions
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
SUB Theatre
6:00 p.m.
no admission fee, everyone welcome
And please join the UNM Native community for
an Indigenous Day/Sterlin Harjo potluck
4:00 PM
(before the show)
Native American Studies
3080 Mesa Vista Hall
For more information contact: Native American Studies @
277-3917
http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002426.html#more
http://festival.sundance.org/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=4695
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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu
Friday, November 16, 2007
Amazon Web Service Workshop TODAY
A special event just announced by NMITSA and the Technology Integration Group (TIG), Amazon's Web Services Evangelist Jeff Barr will be giving a workshop today from 11:30 to 1:00 PM at TIG.
Amazon has a truly revolutionary set of "cloud computing" tools giving developers access to near infinite scale for their computing needs... it's really pretty amazing.
Space is limited for the workshop, so RSVP and get details from phil@nmitsa.org to reserve a spot.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
[Gfx-cafe] GFX Cafe Seminar Friday Nov 16, 2007
GFX Café Seminar Friday November 16, 2007
12noon, ECE118
12noon, ECE118
Food will be served
TITLE:
Design of a high-resolution plenoptic camera
by Viktor Chekh, Graduate researcher, Advanced Graphics Lab
ABSTRACT:
Known models of compact light field photo cameras have
great additional possibilities comparing to traditional
ones, such as infinite focus depth, refocusing, etc. From
the other hand, their main disadvantage - much lower
spatial resolution - makes them not so attractive for
professional and amateur photographers.
We propose the simple idea to combine the advantages of
both plenoptic and conventional cameras: separate the
light with the prism and use two sensors for the same
shot: one is usual, another one with an array of
microlenses ahead, i.e. plenoptic. We propose to extract
the depth map from the plenoptic image and use it for the
restoration of the high resolution one.
We will illustrate the idea with the results of computer
modeling and also with possible hardware design sketches.
BIO:
Viktor Chekh is a graduate student in the Advanced Graphics Lab with
interests in new plenoptic camera technologies and segmentation and
registration algorithms. He has a Masters Degree from the National
Technical University of Ukraine.
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Pradeep Sen
Assistant Professor
Advanced Graphics Lab
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of New Mexico
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Tricklock's Belladonna Opens Friday
TRICKLOCK COMPANY PRESENTS:
BELLADONNA
A Rock N Roll Fairy Tale Nightmare
Created & Performed by
Tricklock Company
Original Story & Script by Aaron Hendren and Juli Hendren
Directed by Summer Olsson
Assistant Director Kevin R. Elder
November 16 – December 2, 2007
Fridays & Saturdays @ 8pm ; Sundays @ 6pm
Tickets: $15 General; $12 Seniors; $10 Students
SPECIAL STUDENT RUSH EVERY NIGHT!
$5 Tickets –FIVE minutes before curtain (must have valid student ID)
THEATRE X - UNM's Center for the Arts< BR>Tic kets available at UNM Ticket Offices
505.925.5858 or online at www.unmtickets.com
Tricklock Company returns to the Albuquerque stage after a highly-successful international tour with its latest creation, Belladonna. Belladonna is a beautiful but naive young woman whose scientist father has just invented a potion that brings ultimate power to the drinker. After witnessing her father's kidnapping by a cruel and merciless dictator who wants the power for his own, Belladonna finds herself crippled by the Curse of the Four Witches Tongues, making her only able to speak in the lyrics of four female rockstars of the1980's. Accompanied by her loyal but suffocating sidekick, Belladonna embarks on a journey to rescue her father. Along the way, in a gritty, volatile rock n' roll bar, she accidentally crashes into her One True Love and tries to convince him to help her. In the end, will she choose to make a horrible sacrifice in order to save the world? If only she could speak in her own words…
Using masks, choreography, original songs, a healthy dose of bloody Grand Guignol, and calling on the spirits and music of Stevie Nicks, Joan Jett, and other mavens of rock, Tricklock brings to life an entire world of magic and mayhem. Belladonna is a twisted fable, a rock n' roll, glitzy fairytale turned nightmare where happy endings are negotiable. This new original work by Tricklock Company asks, what is the relationship between sacrifice and gain, and how are either justified?
Created and performed by the award-winning and internationally-acclaimed Tricklock Company, Belladonna will show for three weeks at UNM's State-of-the-art Theatre X. Special Student Rush tickets will be available every night FIVE MINUTES prior to curtain. All UNM students with valid ID will receive a Rush Ticket of $5. For More Information on this show and on Tricklock Company, visit www.tricklock.com < http://www.tricklock.com>
Tricklock Company is an international theatre organization founded in 1993. Its mission is to create, tour, and produce theatrical productions as a permanent resident company at the University of New Mexico, committed to artistic risk, physicality, absurdism, and poetic work. The company's website is www.tricklock.com
revolutionize. see theatre.
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Musical Theatre Advisor
Department Publicity Director
Department of Theatre and Dance
The University of New Mexico
Office: CFA 2437
phone: (505) 277-9125
mobile: (505) 238-6029
FAX: (505) 277-8921
email:kathleenclawson@comcast.net
http://www.unm/~theatre
Musical Theatre Advisor
Department Publicity Director
Department of Theatre and Dance
The University of New Mexico
Office: CFA 2437
phone: (505) 277-9125
mobile: (505) 238-6029
FAX: (505) 277-8921
email:kathleenclawson@comcast.net
http://www.unm/~theatre
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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Women & Creativity Film Festival - Call for Submissions - Deadline: Dec. 3
The Annual Women and Creativity Festival put together by NHCC and the Harwood Arts Center is a great multi-day event (with some special guests you're really going to like). This year to make things even more exciting, they've added a film festival -- it's a really good opportunity. More info below -- and coming soon.
Call for Submissions
Women and Creativity Film Festival
Deadline: December 3, 2007
The National Hispanic Cultural Center and the Harwood Art Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico seek film/video submissions for the Women and Creativity Film Festival to take place in March 2008. We are interested in works that utilize the art form for original storytelling of the diverse experiences of girls and women. The film must be directed or co-directed by a girl or woman.
For further details, see the attached PDF or refer to the website: http://www.nhccnm.org (select: Programs/Media Arts).
Feel free to forward this information to anyone who may be interested. We look forward to hearing from you!
Women and Creativity Film Festival Committee
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ARTS Lab
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu
Working with ARTS Lab @ the Garage this Friday 2-4:30 PM
Hi all... And welcome to the next ARTS Lab Friday announcement!
(info on following Fridays below)
Please distribute to faculty, staff, students and potential collaborators!
The Art, Research, Technology and Science Lab -- ARTS Lab -- is an interdisciplinary center for research and development of digital media at UNM. Its facility, the ARTS Lab "Garage" includes the gDome, a fulldome theater for student, staff and faculty production, and a blackbox theater with advanced theatrical lighting, an 8 camera Motion Capture system, and an 18' x 30' Greenscreen studio.
Can students, staff and faculty get access to these facilities?
Are they available to outside organizations and commercial productions?
Are ARTS Lab staff available for work on UNM and other projects?
The answer to these questions is yes, but for specifics on proposing a project to ARTS Lab, using the space and more, we invite you to attend our next ARTS Lab Friday session, November 16th from 2-4:30 PM when ARTS Lab Program Coordinator Eric Renz-Whitmore will go over the project proposal form, cost structure and more.
The ARTS Lab Garage is located at 131 Pine St., NE, one block west of University Blvd., and half a block north of Central Avenue.
Friday, November 30: FULLDOME 101 w/ David Beining (Limited Seating)
Friday, December 6: The Digital Rights Management Game w/ Greg Heileman
Friday, December 13: TBA
Friday, January 11: 4th Annual Media Industries Conference
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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu
Friday, November 09, 2007
HALO 3 @ ARTS Lab -- whew!
what a night...
Over 60 attendees, 47 players
And it came down to a tie.
--and a three minute sudden death elimination.
Apparently our winner is nationally ranked -- #48?
Many thanks to Microsoft and the uPublic
and the students of the UNM Advanced Graphics Lab!
Over 60 attendees, 47 players
And it came down to a tie.
--and a three minute sudden death elimination.
Apparently our winner is nationally ranked -- #48?
Many thanks to Microsoft and the uPublic
and the students of the UNM Advanced Graphics Lab!
Thursday, November 08, 2007
[Gfx-cafe] Halo3 Party sponsored by AGL and ARTS Lab
AGL/ARTS Lab Halo3 Party Friday November 9, 2007
7pm-11pm, Black Box Theatre, ARTS Lab
7pm-11pm, Black Box Theatre, ARTS Lab
Food will be served
Join us for an evening of prizes and fun as we hold the
first annual Halo3 competition co-sponsored by the Advanced
Graphics Lab and the ARTS Lab. The stations will be set
up for play starting at 7pm and the tournament-style
competition will start at 9pm. Prizes will be awarded
at the conclusion of the competition.
The ARTS Lab's Digital Media Garage is located at
131 Pine St., NE, just north of Central and one block
west of University.
See you there!
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Pradeep Sen
Assistant Professor
Advanced Graphics Lab
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of New Mexico
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[Gfx-cafe] GFX Cafe Seminar Friday Nov 9, 2007
GFX Café Seminar Friday November 9, 2007
12noon, ECE118
12noon, ECE118
Food will be served
TITLE:
Toward Greater Artistic Control for Interactive Evolution
of Images and Animation
by David Hart, Disney Interactive Studios
ABSTRACT:
We present several practical improvements to the interactive
evolution of 2D images, some of which are also applicable to more
general genetic programming problems. Two new expressive mutation
types are given, and genotype transforms are introduced as a way to
make genotypes more receptive to mutation. For evolving animation, we
introduce tree alignments in order to eliminate previous limitations
using the genetic cross dissolve. We create an algorithm for
constructing the dissolve expression using an alignment, and present
several alignment methods, each with different advantages. The goal
of these improvements is to strengthen the interactive evolution
toolset and give the artist greater control and expressive power.
BIO:
David A. Hart earned his B.S. in computer science with honors from the
University of Utah in 1997, and M.S. in computer graphics with honors
from Cornell University in 1999. After completing the M.S., he
returned to the University of Utah to work with the Scientific
Computing and Imaging group for a year researching remote
visualization techniques. In 2000, he joined the effects department
at PDI/DreamWorks where he developed and animated effects for a half
dozen feature films including the "Shrek" series, and led new shader
development for "Madagascar". David again returned to Utah in 2005,
and currently develops console video games for Disney Interactive
Studios.
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Pradeep Sen
Assistant Professor
Advanced Graphics Lab
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of New Mexico
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Friday, November 02, 2007
Game Events @ UNM / Land of Entrapment @ the Guild (11/4)
A few game events next week at UNM -- please take a look:
The week start's off with the Novint Falcon "Swoop" tour.
http://home.novint.com/swooptour/
Monday 11/5 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
UNM SUB Mall
You've probably heard of Novint's Falcon, their haptic 'force feedback' device for gameplay, but if you haven't had a chance to play with it yet (or would like to get a little more comfortable with the terms 'haptic' and 'force feedback') here's your chance.
Novint is a local company with ties to UNM and Sandia Labs (they're also among the NMITSA IT Excellence Awards nominees), and the device and the games they've developed are really cool. They've recently partnered with Merscom games and put together a nationwide tour to demo their product so... they're one of the small companies helping spread the idea of cool and innovative work here in New Mexico.
For more information visit their website or call 277-5602
On Wednesday, the XBOX GAMES U TOUR visits UNM.
November 7th, SUB Atrium, 10am-2pm, FREE!
Apparently college students enjoy electronic entertainment -- who knew?!
UNM's Student Events group has known this for quite some time, and we're getting more and more visits from these game demo tours. If you don't have an XBox of your own, and are a little hesitant to visit your nearest Ninja Monkey Gaming Center, this is a good chance to play a few cool games (I'm pretty sure they'll have Guitar Hero III out too). It's also a good opportunity to get a feel for the people who play games.
Stop by the SUB Atrium to play the newest XBOX games on over 40 flat screen tvs! For more information call 277-5602. View their website by clicking here.
HALO 3 Tournament at ARTS Lab
November 9th, ARTS Lab Garage, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM FREE!
We're also working with UNM's Advanced Graphics Lab to have a little HALO 3 Tournament of our own. We won't have 40 kiosk systems, but if you want to meet some of the people who will be programming and designing the next generation of games -- or get the inside scoop on how to master HALO 3, this is your chance.
Visit http://artslab.unm.edu/igda to sign up.
But sooner than all that, this Sunday... another local film opens at Albuquerque's Guild Cinema.
From the folks at 505 Films (another local group that's really producing)
WE HAVE A PREMIERE!!!The cast is good, their short "Duke City Nights" has been picked up by the Santa Fe Film Festival... Check it out if you can. More info at their blog:
That's right, at long, long last, Land of Entrapment is nearly finished and we've scheduled a showing! The premiere will be at the Guild Cinema on Sunday, November 4, at 1:00 p.m.. Tickets are $7 general, $5 for students. Most of the cast and crew will be there, so bring a few friends, check out the flick, and meet the people who made it!
Here's the blurb I'm sending out to summarize the plot. I simultaneously hate and am terrible at summarizing anything, but I'm pretty happy with this:Clint is about to graduate from UNM and is looking forward to a dream job teaching English in Japan. But his plans hit a snag when he finds out that Jessica, his longtime girlfriend, won't be going with him. As he struggles to decide whether to follow his dreams or stay with his girlfriend, Clint navigates the perils of life in the student ghetto, from flaky roommates and dead-end jobs to empty one-night stands.
http://www.505films.com/Blog.html
Finally... Tromadance is coming, November 16-18th
And then there's a little thing called the Santa Fe Film Festival...
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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
[Gfx-cafe] GFX Cafe Seminar Friday Nov 2, 2007
GFX Café Seminar Friday November 2, 2007
12noon, ECE118
12noon, ECE118
Food will be served
TITLE:
Application of signal processing techniques to reflection mapping
by Pradeep Sen, Advanced Graphics Lab
ABSTRACT:
Since Ramamoorthi et al.'s seminal paper in 2001 which proposed a signal
processing framework for analyzing the reflection from complex surfaces,
researchers have been building on these ideas to solve problems in a
wide range of areas, from inverse rendering to real-time rendering. In
this talk, I will present an overview of recent approaches that try to
model reflection in an efficient manner by leveraging this framework. We
will examine the use of spherical harmonics and wavelet methods for
representing the object's bidirectional reflectance distribution function
(BRDF), and see how they can be applied for both the efficient encoding of
the irradiance map and for precomputed radiance transfer. The talk will
cover the work done at Microsoft Research by Peter-Pike Sloan and at
Stanford University by Ravi Ramamoorthi and Ren Ng.
BIO:
Pradeep Sen is a new faculty member in the Dept. of Electrical & Computer
Engineering with a joint appointment in Computer Science. He is a
researcher in the Advanced Graphics Lab, which investigates the science
and technology of computer graphics, visualization, computer vision, and
imaging.
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Pradeep Sen
Assistant Professor
Advanced Graphics Lab
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of New Mexico
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Friday, October 26, 2007
Maratini: Ecotone Marathon Performance today | tonight
WHAT: Maratini: A Twelve Hour Improvisation Marathon
with Ecotone Physical Theatre
WHEN: Friday, October 26, 2007, noon to midnight
with Ecotone Physical Theatre
WHEN: Friday, October 26, 2007, noon to midnight
WHERE: 516 Central Avenue SW, between 5th & 6th Streets, Downtown Albuquerque
IMAGES: Please contact Suzanne Sbarge, 505-242-1445
PUBLIC INFO: 516 ARTS: tel. 505-242-1445, www.516arts.org
HOW MUCH: Free
516 ARTS is pleased to host a twleve hour Improvisation Marathon with
Ecotone Physical Theatre. The pubilc is invited to view the
performance for any amount of time through the front windows of 516
ARTS on Central Avenue in Downtown Albuquerque. The group will perform
continuous improvised materials for twelve hours straight. Ecotone
merges dance, music, technology, video and drama into a style of
theatre all its own.
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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
505-277-2253
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
[Gfx-cafe] GFX Cafe Seminar Friday Oct 26, 2007
GFX Café Seminar Friday October 26, 2007
12noon, ECE 118
12noon, ECE 118
Food will be served
TITLE:
Scale Invariant Raster Image Representation Through Topological Encoding
by Warren Hunt, graduate researcher, Advanced Graphics Lab
ABSTRACT:
Raster images have proved themselves to be a pervasive and necessary
medium, however their fixed resolution and band-limited "digital" nature
impose significant limitations. Vector graphics formats achieve resolution
independence and can represent discontinuous image features, but at the
cost of real-time performance. A desire for interactive and real-time
performance, coupled with a need for scale invariant rendering, drives the
search for improved 2D and 3D dataset imaging techniques.
This work leverages a topological encoding of a dataset to attain scale
invariance from a rasterized representation. This technique, called IStar,
is a novel application of topology that captures the semantic
characteristics in a graph-like structure. This structure, along with a
reparametrized and sampled representation of the segmented dataset, is
packaged as a standard raster image which can then be substantially
downsampled and compressed. To view or render an IStar image, the encoded
image is upsampled and the topological structure is used to reconstruct
the original dataset. Unlike traditional raster approaches, this
representation can preserve sharp discontinuities at any level of
magnification, much like scalable vector graphics. Because this technique
is raster-based, it is well suited to the real-time rendering pipeline.
This technique is demonstrated, along with several extensions of the
rendering function made possible by the topological encoding.
This work was done in collaboration with Joe Kniss and Pradeep Sen.
BIO:
Warren Hunt is a New Mexico native with a diverse professional background.
Originally trained in communications, Warren has worked as a television
broadcast technician, disk jockey, and video editor. While working in the
Los Angeles Post Production industry, Warren's clients included Walt Disney
Studios and several television shows. His background also includes
designing and building contemporary hardwood furniture, and serving
champagne as old as he is, in some of New York's finest restaurants. While
completing his Masters degree in Computer Science, Warren develops and
supports visualization software at Sandia National Laboratories. His
research interests are in Scientific Visualization and High Performance
Computing. Warren is the father of two children and enjoys living close
to the Rio Grande river.
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Assistant Professor
Advanced Graphics Lab
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of New Mexico
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
NALIP Documentary Workshops @ NHCC, Nov 16-18
This looks like another solid opportunity for NM Filmmakers, especially those planning or working on documentary projects...
NALIP (the National Association of Latino Independent Producers), the National Hispanic Cultural Center, LPB, IAIA, the New Mexico Film Office, KNME, New Mexico Office of African-American Affairs, the NMFI and Albuquerque Hispano Chamber, in association with ITVS, NBPC, PIC, CAAM and NAT Present
Doing Your Doc: DIVERSE VISIONS, REGIONAL VOICES
A Weekend Seminar to Kick-Start Your Documentary
DOING YOUR DOC: DIVERSE VISIONS, REGIONAL VOICES
Don't miss this unique chance to work with story consultant Fernanda Rossi, the Documentary Doctor, author of the book "Trailer Mechanics", plus receive project mentoring on your proposal, trailer or documentary idea. This intensive 3-day workshop is right for you, whether you are just beginning, have already shot footage, or are seeking finishing funds.
"Doing your Doc" is designed especially for media makers in the diverse communities of New Mexico, preparing you to receive production funding and apply to national professional programs while developing your unique stories and views.
Do you have a personal documentary idea, or social change community project that needs development?
Are you considering public television funding sources or need R&D $$??
Join us in Albuquerque – November 16 - 18 – Friday night through Sunday at 5 pm
REGISTER at www.nalip.org
Questions? Call 310.395.8880
Doing Your Doc: 3-day Workshop Fee
Early Registration by November 15 - $100; Student w/ Valid ID -- $50
Includes lunches, workshop materials, books & private project mentoring
At the door Registration -- $125; Students -- $75
Venue Address: 1701 4th St. S.W., Albuquerque, New Mexico
SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR NEW MEXICO RESIDENT FILMMAKERS
See Registration Page Online for Details!
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ARTS Lab
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu
ARTS Lab Related Events This Week (10/22-26)
There's a whole bunch!
First, ARTS Lab is a long-time organizational sponsor of High Desert Venture Camp which produces workshops for students and 'emerging' entrepreneurs and helps start tech-oriented business here in New Mexico.
Our latest event with HDVC is the Advance Invention to Venture Workshop from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance -- it runs November 28th through December 1st at UNM. Interested? Want more information?
Visit our website at: http://www.highdesertventurecamp.com
or come by during our information session this Wednesday (10/24) from 5:00 - 6:30 PM at the UNM Student Union (Mirage / Thunder Room)
On Thursday (10/25), we're part of the Albuquerque IGDA Chapter's Membership Kick-Off event from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at Sauce/Raw downtown with special guest, Radical Entertainment CEO Kelly Zmak. For more info, visit the chapter site at: http://www.igda.org/albuquerque or sign up at: http://artslab.unm.edu/igda
Interested in working with green screens? Our ARTS Lab Fridays kick off this Friday (10/26) with a session for indie filmmakers and others interested in doing green screen work for film, events and... can you come up with other interesting possibilities?
For more info, visit our events page at: http://artslab.unm.edu/newsevents (and please sign up if you're coming!
Interested in other ARTS Lab and local events? Visit our news and events page, this blog, or sign up for our events listserv by emailing us at artslab@unm.edu (or do all three, several times a day).
First, ARTS Lab is a long-time organizational sponsor of High Desert Venture Camp which produces workshops for students and 'emerging' entrepreneurs and helps start tech-oriented business here in New Mexico.
Our latest event with HDVC is the Advance Invention to Venture Workshop from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance -- it runs November 28th through December 1st at UNM. Interested? Want more information?
Visit our website at: http://www.highdesertventurecamp.com
or come by during our information session this Wednesday (10/24) from 5:00 - 6:30 PM at the UNM Student Union (Mirage / Thunder Room)
On Thursday (10/25), we're part of the Albuquerque IGDA Chapter's Membership Kick-Off event from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at Sauce/Raw downtown with special guest, Radical Entertainment CEO Kelly Zmak. For more info, visit the chapter site at: http://www.igda.org/albuquerque or sign up at: http://artslab.unm.edu/igda
Interested in working with green screens? Our ARTS Lab Fridays kick off this Friday (10/26) with a session for indie filmmakers and others interested in doing green screen work for film, events and... can you come up with other interesting possibilities?
For more info, visit our events page at: http://artslab.unm.edu/newsevents (and please sign up if you're coming!
Interested in other ARTS Lab and local events? Visit our news and events page, this blog, or sign up for our events listserv by emailing us at artslab@unm.edu (or do all three, several times a day).
Thursday, October 18, 2007
[Gfx-cafe] GFX Cafe Seminar Friday Oct 5, 2007
GFX Café Seminar Friday October 19, 2007
12noon, MECH 208
12noon, MECH 208
* NOTE THE CHANGE OF ROOM *
Food will be served
TITLE:
Immersive Experiential Content: Hologram to Holodeck
by Pete Rogina, WorldScape
ABSTRACT:
The Star Trek Holodeck is often heralded as the holy grail of
immersive media. Join Peter Rogina, President of WorldScape, for an
interactive discussion on the driving vision and technical challenges
of enabling real world-based immersive imaging. This talk will cover
topics ranging from fundamental enabling technical concepts to
practical considerations for the proliferation of experiences to the
in-home masses.
BIO:
Peter Rogina received a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Stevens
Institute of Technology in 1984. He is an accomplished holographer,
stereo photographer, and has spoken at and/or chaired numerous
industry events related to Virtual Reality as a catalyst for human
comprehension. During the early days of his transition from being a
holographic artist to developing a medium based upon real-world
experiences, Mr. Rogina realized the importance of both burgeoning
compression technologies and advanced computing technologies and
architectures. In January 2000, he began full-time efforts with
WorldScape, a company he formed in 1994 to pursue real world-based
immersive imaging.
Prior to WorldScape, Mr. Rogina was with Hewlett Packard where he
was, among other things, responsible for starting and managing a
telecommunications systems business in the U.S. that grew to over
$100M. Upon leaving HP in the late 90's, he ran a publicly trading
wavelet compression company and then was President of Cambridge
Parallel Processing, a SIMD computing company.
WorldScape has gone on to secure numerous government contracts
totaling over $6 Million for the development and demonstration of
advanced image, signal, and sensor processing hardware and
software. Complemented by private investment and other commercial
business, WorldScape has been developing a real-world capture system
based on large arrays of high-resolution imagers and a real-time
scene reconstruction engine based on scaled-SIMD technology. The
goal is to capture and deliver photorealistic immersive
experiences. With an initial focus on the enabling technologies for
practical hardware implementations, the Company established it's
logo, "If a picture's worth a thousand words, what's reality worth?"
WorldScape is expanding into New Mexico and expects to continue its
leadership in the areas of capture and processing hardware systems
for government and commercial applications. One of Mr. Rogina's
goals is to travel around the world and produce meaningful
experiences that leverage the power of the new medium to educate,
entertain, and catalyze social change.
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Pradeep Sen
Assistant Professor
Advanced Graphics Lab
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of New Mexico
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007
[Gfx-cafe] No GFX Cafe seminar this week
Hi everyone,
We will not be holding our weekly GFX Cafe seminar this week because
of Fall Break. Have a good break and see you next week.
-Pradeep
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Assistant Professor
Advanced Graphics Lab
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of New Mexico
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Best in the SW @ the Embassy Suites
Sometimes it's good to get out of the office -- and great to see the group that's attending the Best in the SW animation and motion graphics conference/event.
Su Hudson has over a dozen students out from the Public Academy of the Performing Arts, Half-Life Digital is on hand helping out, as is Brad Stoddard, and it's always good to see the folks from the Art Center Design College.
Yesterday at the session I attended, Chris Georgenes showed quite a lot of Flash techniques that were over my head, but enough tips and tricks to get me excited about getting into Flash again. Even more exciting was this morning's talk about some of the capabilities likely in the next version of Flash -- looks like some of the tools in After Effects like Inverse Kinematics will now be available inside Flash, and really enhance its already formidable abilities for animation.
Su Hudson has over a dozen students out from the Public Academy of the Performing Arts, Half-Life Digital is on hand helping out, as is Brad Stoddard, and it's always good to see the folks from the Art Center Design College.
Yesterday at the session I attended, Chris Georgenes showed quite a lot of Flash techniques that were over my head, but enough tips and tricks to get me excited about getting into Flash again. Even more exciting was this morning's talk about some of the capabilities likely in the next version of Flash -- looks like some of the tools in After Effects like Inverse Kinematics will now be available inside Flash, and really enhance its already formidable abilities for animation.
Best in the SW, Wednesday Night @ ARTS Lab
Hi.
ARTS Lab is helping with Best in the SW this week -- and as part of all that we're having a reception at the ARTS Lab Garage this Wednesday night from 8PM - 10PM (the ARTS Lab Garage is at 131 Pine St., NE) with some food, some dome content, light show, music from Soma and CK Barlow, and more...
Tickets are required, but we'll put a list out if you're interested -- and I'll see you as soon as the Shins show is over!
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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu
ARTS Lab is helping with Best in the SW this week -- and as part of all that we're having a reception at the ARTS Lab Garage this Wednesday night from 8PM - 10PM (the ARTS Lab Garage is at 131 Pine St., NE) with some food, some dome content, light show, music from Soma and CK Barlow, and more...
Tickets are required, but we'll put a list out if you're interested -- and I'll see you as soon as the Shins show is over!
e
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For more information about NM Media-related Events, visit: http://nm-media.blogspot.com/
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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu
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Monday, October 08, 2007
IGDA Chapter Membership Meeting 10/25
Hello everyone... We're please to announce the membership kick-off meeting for New Mexico's first Independent Game Developers Association (IGDA) on October 25th. With the success of film and digital media in New Mexico, we're seeing more and more interest in building a local game development cluster, and we believe this new IGDA chapter can help make that happen. We hope you'll join us on the 25th.
More info to follow, but big thanks meanwhile to Abalone Studios' Glyn Anderson for lining up our speaker
and to Global Haptics' Mike Wallace for securing the venue...
Please pass this along as widely as possible!
RADICAL ENTERTAINMENT CEO TO SPEAK AT IGDA KICK-OFF
Radical Entertainment CEO Kelly Zmak will speak at the Albuquerque Independent Game Developers Association (IGDA) chapter kick-off event on Thursday, October 25th. Founded in 1991, and headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Radical Entertainment has grown to become one of North America's largest developers of interactive entertainment. Radical is dedicated to bringing creativity and innovation to every aspect of its business from technology to philanthropy, gaining press recently for the highly anticipated game, "Prototype".
Reflecting New Mexico's small but growing game development community, IGDA organizers include more traditional game companies, but also educators and people working in training, modeling and simulation development at the national labs. The kick-off event will help connect local game developers; it's scheduled to run from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at Sauce in downtown Albuquerque.
To learn more about IGDA and the local chapter, attend the membership kickoff event or visit http://www.igda.org/albuquerque/
People interested in being part of the organizing team can visit us at http://groups.google.com/group/riogrande-igda?hl=en
For more information about Radical Entertainment, visit http://www.radical.ca/index.cfm
WHAT: IGDA Membership Meeting & Kick-Off Event
WHERE: SAUCE/RAW Nightclub, 405 Central Ave., NW
WHEN: Thursday, October 25th, 6:00 - 8:00 PM
WHO: Professional and Aspiring Game Developers from age 18 and up
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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu
Friday, October 05, 2007
GFX Cafe Seminar Friday Oct 5, 2007
GFX Café Seminar Friday October 5, 2007
12noon, ECE 118
Food will be served
TITLE:
Visualizing Uncertainty
by Joe Kniss, Advanced Graphics Lab
ABSTRACT:
Visualization users are increasingly in need of techniques for assessing quantitative uncertainty and error in the images produced. Statistical segmentation algorithms compute these quantitative results, yet volume
rendering tools typically produce only qualitative imagery via transfer function-based classification. This paper presents a visualization technique that allows users to interactively explore the uncertainty, risk, and
probabilistic decision of surface boundaries.
Our approach makes it possible to directly visualize the combined "fuzzy" classification results from multiple segmentations by combining these data into a unified probabilistic data space. We represent this unified space, the combination of scalar volumes from numerous segmentations, using a novel graph-based dimensionality reduction scheme. The scheme both dramatically reduces the dataset size and is suitable for efficient, high quality, quantitative visualization. Lastly, we show that the statistical risk arising from overlapping segmentations is a robust measure for visualizing features and assigning optical properties.
BIO:
Joe is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science an member of the Advanced Graphics Lab at UNM. His research focuses on interactive visualization of large datasets, light transport, and computer graphics. His current research investigates methods for capturing and displaying uncertainty introduced by the data processing pipeline, and frameworks for representing non-linear features in band-limited raster image data.
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Assistant Professor
Advanced Graphics Lab
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of New Mexico
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ARTS Lab
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Vicon Update
http://blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/briefingroom/2007/09/27/pixel-liberation-front-taps-vicon-motion-capture-for-high-quality-previz-animation/
PIXEL LIBERATION FRONT TAPS VICON MOTION CAPTURE FOR HIGH QUALITY PREVIZ ANIMATION
Filed under:
News
Company Announcements
Cameras
Visual Effects
— kraz on September 27, 2007
New VICON FK Extreme System Enables PLF to Produce Mo-Cap Cost Effectively for Pre-Viz, Commercials and Game Cinematics
VICON, developer of Academy Award®-winning motion capture systems, announced that its new low-cost motion capture system, the FK Extreme, has been installed at Venice, Calif.-based animation and pre-visualization studio Pixel Liberation Front (PLF). The company is currently using its eight-camera FK Extreme system on game cinematics, film pre-visualization projects and television commercial projects.
“Purchasing a VICON system was a strategic business decision for us. Our goal was to incorporate mo-cap into our pipeline so we could get a high level of capture detail without investing huge amounts of time, labor and money, which is better spent focusing on perfecting sequences and shot design,” said Sean Cushing, Executive Producer, Pixel Liberation Front. “We chose VICON after evaluating several options—the FK Extreme system is priced very competitively, is incredibly robust, and is virtually plug-and-play. It hasn’t required a ton of R&D to get it operational, and was up and running within a week of purchase.”
PLF specializes in previz, VFX and compositing services for feature films, commercials, games and music videos. The company originally planned to purchase a mo-cap set-up exclusively for its feature film previz projects—noteworthy credits include Spider-Man 3, Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard, Superman Returns and the Matrix sequels—but has seen a recent upswing in demand for videogame cinematic work, which requires a level of detailed character animation ideally achieved through motion capture.
The company also recently worked with NY-based visual effects house Mass Market to provide stadium crowd motions for a digital crowd sequence created using the Massive AI-driven animation system. Mass Market recently completed the “Yawn Call” spot for Pepsi Max directed by Traktor via BBDO. PLF put its new FK Extreme system to the test, capturing 1,000 seconds of mo-cap footage, shooting a single performer for a day and a half while he performed over a 100 different actions. PLF currently houses their system in a 12 foot x 12 foot room at their studio, but because of FK Extreme’s extensibility, PLF will be capturing two performers simultaneously in a larger capture volume for an upcoming project.
PIXEL LIBERATION FRONT TAPS VICON MOTION CAPTURE FOR HIGH QUALITY PREVIZ ANIMATION
Filed under:
News
Company Announcements
Cameras
Visual Effects
— kraz on September 27, 2007
New VICON FK Extreme System Enables PLF to Produce Mo-Cap Cost Effectively for Pre-Viz, Commercials and Game Cinematics
VICON, developer of Academy Award®-winning motion capture systems, announced that its new low-cost motion capture system, the FK Extreme, has been installed at Venice, Calif.-based animation and pre-visualization studio Pixel Liberation Front (PLF). The company is currently using its eight-camera FK Extreme system on game cinematics, film pre-visualization projects and television commercial projects.
“Purchasing a VICON system was a strategic business decision for us. Our goal was to incorporate mo-cap into our pipeline so we could get a high level of capture detail without investing huge amounts of time, labor and money, which is better spent focusing on perfecting sequences and shot design,” said Sean Cushing, Executive Producer, Pixel Liberation Front. “We chose VICON after evaluating several options—the FK Extreme system is priced very competitively, is incredibly robust, and is virtually plug-and-play. It hasn’t required a ton of R&D to get it operational, and was up and running within a week of purchase.”
PLF specializes in previz, VFX and compositing services for feature films, commercials, games and music videos. The company originally planned to purchase a mo-cap set-up exclusively for its feature film previz projects—noteworthy credits include Spider-Man 3, Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard, Superman Returns and the Matrix sequels—but has seen a recent upswing in demand for videogame cinematic work, which requires a level of detailed character animation ideally achieved through motion capture.
The company also recently worked with NY-based visual effects house Mass Market to provide stadium crowd motions for a digital crowd sequence created using the Massive AI-driven animation system. Mass Market recently completed the “Yawn Call” spot for Pepsi Max directed by Traktor via BBDO. PLF put its new FK Extreme system to the test, capturing 1,000 seconds of mo-cap footage, shooting a single performer for a day and a half while he performed over a 100 different actions. PLF currently houses their system in a 12 foot x 12 foot room at their studio, but because of FK Extreme’s extensibility, PLF will be capturing two performers simultaneously in a larger capture volume for an upcoming project.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
2007 Year in Review
It's been a pretty full year here at ARTS Lab:
NM Lambda Rail Kick-off (1/18)
NM Governor Richardson, UNM Vice Provost for Research and Economic Development Terry Yates and other dignitaries and VIP's visited the ARTS Lab Garage @ UNM to officially announce New Mexico's participation in the National Lambda Rail. This next generation network offers nearly unlimited bandwidth (compared to existing technologies) to connect New Mexico's research community with leading institutions around the country and world.
Media Industries Conference (2/2)
UNM's ARTS Lab organized New Mexico's third annual conference for the state's Media Industries Strategy Project (MISP), bringing together over 300 attendees from film, education, games, technology, design and other areas.
CineMas (2/16)
The ARTS Lab was a key sponsor for the inaugural year of CineMas, New Mexico's International Latino Film Festival, with film showings, discussions and events throughout Albuquerque (including one at the Garage). Our own Enrico Trujillo was among the organizers, joining Festival Director Dorothy Baca (also Director of the Arts of the Americas Insititute) and others to help build CineMas into one of New Mexico's most promising events.
"Limbo" by Ecotone Physical Theatre Company (2/16 & 2/17)
The ARTS Lab's Hue Walker and Enrico Trujillo brought their artistic minds and multimedia skills to the latest improvisational performance by Ecotone Physical Theatre Company, led by Donna Jewell and Kevin Paul.
Haptic Launching Architecture Event (2/20)
Architecture Studio 302, led by Christopher Kaltenbach, has embarked on an exciting course: to imagine the environments we will want and need as we move to the next phase of our exploration of other planets and space. Lectures from Thomas Daniell, an architect and critic practicing in Kyoto, Japan, and Dr. Mark Nelson, who lived in and helped design Biosphere 2, helped the Haptic Launching team and a full house of attendees understand some of the many considerations imposed by closed systems and limited space.
"Finding a Pose" by Min Kim Park (2/23-24; 3/2-3)
The current show in the ARTS Lab Garage, "Finding a Pose" is a video installation by local artist and graduate student Min Kim Park, that considers how both models and audience members respond to the female form.
A Celebration of NM Entrepreneurship (2/28)
One way the ARTS Lab supports NM Economic Development is through its support and participation in High Desert Venture Camp (HDVC). As part of Entrepreneurship Week USA, HDVC (and many others) are presenting this event on February 28th at the MTTC, UNM Research Park South.
It's unlikely that we'll keep up this pace of public events (there are classes, training, demos and other projects to do), but I like to think that the variety of these events (and their audiences) provides a good picture of the ARTS Lab approach: bringing many different disciplines together through projects, education and other events to explore the interplay of arts and technology, and provide a foundation for New Mexico's creative growth.
For more information, visit our website: http://artslab.unm.edu
To stay posted on upcoming events and activities, drop us a line at: artslab@unm.edu
NM Lambda Rail Kick-off (1/18)
NM Governor Richardson, UNM Vice Provost for Research and Economic Development Terry Yates and other dignitaries and VIP's visited the ARTS Lab Garage @ UNM to officially announce New Mexico's participation in the National Lambda Rail. This next generation network offers nearly unlimited bandwidth (compared to existing technologies) to connect New Mexico's research community with leading institutions around the country and world.
Media Industries Conference (2/2)
UNM's ARTS Lab organized New Mexico's third annual conference for the state's Media Industries Strategy Project (MISP), bringing together over 300 attendees from film, education, games, technology, design and other areas.
CineMas (2/16)
The ARTS Lab was a key sponsor for the inaugural year of CineMas, New Mexico's International Latino Film Festival, with film showings, discussions and events throughout Albuquerque (including one at the Garage). Our own Enrico Trujillo was among the organizers, joining Festival Director Dorothy Baca (also Director of the Arts of the Americas Insititute) and others to help build CineMas into one of New Mexico's most promising events.
"Limbo" by Ecotone Physical Theatre Company (2/16 & 2/17)
The ARTS Lab's Hue Walker and Enrico Trujillo brought their artistic minds and multimedia skills to the latest improvisational performance by Ecotone Physical Theatre Company, led by Donna Jewell and Kevin Paul.
Haptic Launching Architecture Event (2/20)
Architecture Studio 302, led by Christopher Kaltenbach, has embarked on an exciting course: to imagine the environments we will want and need as we move to the next phase of our exploration of other planets and space. Lectures from Thomas Daniell, an architect and critic practicing in Kyoto, Japan, and Dr. Mark Nelson, who lived in and helped design Biosphere 2, helped the Haptic Launching team and a full house of attendees understand some of the many considerations imposed by closed systems and limited space.
"Finding a Pose" by Min Kim Park (2/23-24; 3/2-3)
The current show in the ARTS Lab Garage, "Finding a Pose" is a video installation by local artist and graduate student Min Kim Park, that considers how both models and audience members respond to the female form.
A Celebration of NM Entrepreneurship (2/28)
One way the ARTS Lab supports NM Economic Development is through its support and participation in High Desert Venture Camp (HDVC). As part of Entrepreneurship Week USA, HDVC (and many others) are presenting this event on February 28th at the MTTC, UNM Research Park South.
It's unlikely that we'll keep up this pace of public events (there are classes, training, demos and other projects to do), but I like to think that the variety of these events (and their audiences) provides a good picture of the ARTS Lab approach: bringing many different disciplines together through projects, education and other events to explore the interplay of arts and technology, and provide a foundation for New Mexico's creative growth.
For more information, visit our website: http://artslab.unm.edu
To stay posted on upcoming events and activities, drop us a line at: artslab@unm.edu
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