The end is near...

I’m on my way home now.  Ben and I got to see a lot of really nice presentations, and we had some good discussions with researchers and suppliers.

Texmoca

Texmoca is a very unique demonstration of natural occurrences of Voroni type packing.  Small heating elements burn oil which spreads out, cools, and falls in beautiful convection currents.  Best coffee table of the show, but the heat it gives off makes it bad for drinks, good for fondue.

Ground Substance, from LabStudio

The Generative Fabrication exhibit was really nice.  Particularly the contributions by LabStudio.

Ben and I are here in New Orleans.  Estimates are that there are 16998 other attendees.

A SIGGraph Sousaphone

We’ll be showing off some of our plugins at the Eyeon booth on Wednesday, and we’ll be attending some panels, courses, and papers that really look exciting.  We’ll post some general observations of SIGGraph as well.

First thing I’ll mention, Autodesk has a rather modest booth made of cardboard and zip ties.  Really.

We recently had a request for our Fusion plugin wizard for VS 2003, so here is a download link. Enjoy!

This might be a rare acceptable usage of the bad x-ray look.  Along with the font, the music, and even the host (sorry, Mr. Hess) and presentation format,  the x-ray skull and brain graphic make The Knowledge Chamber look like a cheesy show from the early nineties.  But it’s not pretending to be an x-ray.  It is, however, a testament to how visualization techniques are often associated with an era.  Some of these are fads, and some are artifacts of the limitations of the technology at the time.  One hopes that when the limitations are lifted, the use of these visuals are deliberate design decisions.

Also, Congrats to Johnny Lee on your new position at MSR.

Ben Lipman