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Siggraph 2008: Evolve
Siggraph is evolving, and will continue to bring you the highest-quality, most timely, multisensory educational experiences presented by powerful, engaging leaders in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Siggraph brings together learners, legends, and luminaries all to one pulsating place. A few of these industry leaders provide their own accounts of why they return to Siggraph year after year for experiences they know they can't find anywhere else. more>>

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Industry News
Entity FX Completes Visual Effects for The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Entity FX, an award-winning visual effects company in Santa Monica, Calif., and Vancouver, British Columbia, has completed visual effects for the new X-Files motion picture sequel The X-Files: I Want to Believe. Entity FX’s Mat Beck supervised all visual effects for the movie, continuing a 15-year collaboration with co-writer and co-producer Frank Spotnitz and X-Files creator Chris Carter, who co-wrote and directs the film. more>>

Product News
Digital Concepts Group Launches FacePro
Digital Concepts Group, a leading developer of motion-capture pipelines and solutions, announced the launch of FacePro, a toolset developed to lead experienced and novice motion-capture users alike through every step of cleaning and retargeting facial animation. FacePro is a cost-effective solution to help bring quality facial motion capture to the next generation of game, film, television and advertising media. FacePro will be demonstrated publicly for the first time during the Siggraph Conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center from the VICON booth, 1101, at 2:45 p.m. Aug, 12-14, 2008. more>>

Imagineer Systems Showcases Newest Visual-effects Desktop Tools at Siggraph 2008
Imagineer Systems, creator of next-generation visual-effects tools, announced its presence at Siggraph 2008 in Los Angeles the week of Aug. 12-14, 2008 in the Plugin Pavilion (booth 1536) at the Los Angeles Convention Center. During the show, representatives from Imagineer Systems will showcase newly released versions of the Company’s highly popular visual-effects desktop tools, such as mocha, motor, monet, and mokey. more>>

Events
Spore Experts Share Animation Techniques at Siggraph 2008
Technical content presented at Siggraph 2008 will feature the techniques behind the animation development in Spore, the latest interactive video game due to launch worldwide in September 2008. Spore, produced by the makers of the popular Sims games, is an internet-based game that allows users to create a species of creatures, grow them from cellular to full-scale life forms, and share their evolved creatures with other players interactively worldwide. more>>

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