[AG-TECH] ACM SIGGRAPH Professional Chapter Meetings: Next, Paul Debevec Monday 22nd Sep

[Martin Turner]

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Paul Debevec, University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies://www.debevec.org/ 
"New Techniques for Acquiring, Rendering, and Displaying Human Performances" 

Monday 22nd September 2008, BST 2-3pm Room1.10, Kilburn Building The University of Manchester
http://manchester.siggraph.org/

Abstract: This presentation will present recent work in the USC ICT graphics laboratory on acquiring, rendering and displaying photoreal models of people, objects and dynamic performances. It will begin with an overview of image-based lighting techniques for photorealistic compositing and reflectance acquisition techniques (which have been used to create realistic digital actors in films such as Spiderman 2 and Superman Returns). It will present our first Light Stage 6 project combining image-based relighting with free-viewpoint video to capture and render full-body performances, as well as a new 3D face scanning processes that capture high-resolution facial geometry and reflectance from a small number of photographs. It will conclude with a new 3D display that leverages 5,000 frames per second video projection to show auto-stereoscopic, interactive 3D imagery to any number of viewers simultaneously.

Part of the Access Grid enabled ACM University of Manchester Professional SIGGRAPH Chapter Seminar Series: http://manchester.siggraph.org/ 



Access Grid Information
Most of these meeting are Access Grid enabled. Anyone wishing to view a seminar via Access Grid should note the following. Please check the Jabber room shortly before the start of the seminar to find if ScreenStreamer is to be used.

Virtual Venue
Access Grid Support Centre Virtual Venue: University of Manchester Room1:10

Jabber Room
university-of-manchester-(1.10) (sam.ag.manchester.ac.uk)@conference.mcs.anl.gov

ScreenStreamer
* Preferably use ScreenStreamer software - go to http://www.memetic-vre.net/software/ScreenStreamer/ScreenStreamer.php and select room "University of Manchester (1.10)" from the AGSC section. Grab the screen feed (by clicking on it) from the screenstreamer window and resize it - more info can be found on http://www.memetic-vre.net/software/ScreenStreamer.
* Alternatively, the screenshot (not animated) can be accessed at http://192.150.184.66:7890 (this IP might change for some sessions - please check Jabber). 

For technical assistance regarding the Access Grid, please contact the Access Grid Support Centre. Non-UK Access Grid nodes are advised to contact the Access Grid Support Centre to check connectivity before the date of the seminar.
Yours, 
Martin J. Turner Visualization Team Leader
Research Computing Services The University of Manchester Kilburn Building, Oxford Road Manchester, M13 9PL
t : +44 (0) 161 275 0613 m : +44 (0) 7990 918 509 e : martin.turner at manchester.ac.uk w : www.manchester.ac.uk/researchcomputing
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