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Innovation
in Production at Industrial Light and Magic
Presentation by Willi Geiger
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Shelley
Page and Dreamworks' Selection
from Europe and the Festivals
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Geiger, Lead Technical Director at Industrial Light
and Magic, will be giving a presentation at SAND2003 about
recent projects under taken by this renowned CGi studio.
Willi has worked on sequences from Terminator 3: Rise
of the Machines and Star Wars Episode II: "Attack
of the Clones". He is currently working on Van
Helsing.
Images courtesy of ILM, Copyright Universal Studios, all
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Shelley
Page will present the latest projects from DreamWorks
Feature Animation and reveal some inside information about
the exciting new work in progress at the studio! In her
role as European Liason for DreamWorks, Shelley sees all
the latest 3D animation projects around Europe and she
will be showing some sneak previews of some of her favourites
as well as the best of the student films from 2003.
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Training
in Interventional Radiology:
The role of Virtual Environments
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Teaching
Computer Animation
Presentation by John Vince
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Dr
Derek Gould will give a presentation discussing the current
status of interventional radiology and the requirements
for change in interventional training.
Interventional radiology (IR) involves imaging guidance
of needles, guide wires and catheters to achieve therapeutic
outcomes. In the UK, however, IR training is an apprenticeship,
and logistical and risk issues indicate a need for training
processes that don't involve real patients. Fixed models
lack realism and animal models lack pathology and have political
problems in the UK. Virtual environments offer a solution
for surgical training that would remove the early IR learning
curve from patients.
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John
Vince will discuss the pedagogic issues associated with
teaching computer animation to undergraduate and postgraduate
students. His talk will address the problems of teaching
a discipline which is in a permanent state of flux, and
how such problems are overcome within the NCCA. In particular,
he will discuss the skills and academic qualities expected
of applicants, teaching strategies, staff and environment,
and the expectations of the computer animation sector.
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SAND
2003 is principally sponsored by
the WDA and the Welsh Assembly Government
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Introduction
to Jester Interactive
Presentation by Clark Evans
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Pitching
to Industry
Presentation by Shelley Page and Bruce Steele
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Interactive is a leading developer of interactive entertainment
for Playstation and Playstation 2. Clark Evans, Commercial
Director at Jester Interactive, will be explaining why Jester
believes the old gaming classics are worth redeveloping
and presenting their exciting Music Creation software, which
is renowned as one of the most innovative and original Playstation
titles available. Titles include Super Trucks, MTV Music
Generator, Music 3000. |
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Shelley
Page (DreamWorks) and Bruce Steele (Glassworks) will be
discussing what animation companies are looking for from
freelance animators and students wishing to enter the
industry. Do you have what it takes to succeed in the
industry? Shelley Page and Bruce Steele will offer advice
and insight into the skills the industry is currently
seeking, and how to present your work to its best advantage.
Is the right training as important as the right attitude
and enthusiasm? Come and join in the debate!
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Motion
Capture at Artem Digital
Presentation by Richard Hince
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The
Past, Present and Future of Medical VR Presentation by Professor
Nigel John
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Richard
Hince, head of Studio at Artem Digital, will be giving
a presentation at SAND 2003 relating to the work of this
leading motion capture studio located in Perivale, west
of London. Motion capture has evolved into a flexible,
cost effective production tool over the last few years.
Using MoCap animators can now achieve high quality, volume
animation within a modest budget.
Artem
Digital is equipped with both Optical and Magnetic capture
systems and has recently been involved in the production
of Sony games 'Getaway' and 'This is Football 2003', as
well as several motion capture projects for film and tv,
including an Italian production of 'Pinocchio' and a documentary
on Egypt's 'Valley of the Kings'.
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An
overview of how advanced computer graphics and virtual
reality is poised to make a significant improvement to
the working environment of a medical practitioner. Examples
and demonstrations will be used to illustrate the talk.
Prof. Nigel W. John is the Head of Visualisation Research
at the University of Wales, Bangor.
He was formerly head of the Manchester Visualisation Centre
and also managed the University's Visualisation Immersive
Projection Laboratory (VIP Lab) - a state-of-the-art facility
for VR and High Performance visualisation. Prof. John
is an honorary lecturer in the Department of Computer
Science, University of Wales, Swansea.
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Image
Metrics and Computer Vision:
Creating new animated content from the real world
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Medical
Visualisation at IBM
Presentation
by Peter Waggett
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In
this talk, Nick
Perrett, Marketing Director, will discuss how Image
Metrics is beginning to apply its core computer vision
technology to facial animation with companies like EA
& Sony Computer Entertainment and what the future
for character animation and animated content based on
computer vision techniques will look like.
Image
Metrics' ability to automatically extract full shape,
texture, appearance and motion data from any class of
highly deformable or complex object, will empower a number
of applications that were previously impossible.
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the field of medical image data there are a series of technical
developments that are going to revolutionise the way that
this data is used and how it can help with Computer Adided
Detection. The vast majority of images (X-Rays, Mammograms)
are stored and accessed on photographic film which leads
to limited use and access and large problems with storage
and loss. This talk will outline the challenges associated
with converting use of this data to an on-line digital archive
and allowing for collaborative use. |
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of the technologies we will be using to solve these challenges
include: GRID computing to allow for distributed and scaleable
access to the data and query by content to allow for image
analysis. |
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What's
Hot and Cool at Glassworks
Presentation by Bruce Steele
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Introduction
to Primal Pictures
Presentation by Simon Barrick
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Soho-based
Glassworks are specialists in digital animation and effects.
Known for the Aero mouse and the Sprite goblin, this company
has scooped many industry awards, including the coveted
Best Commercials Animation award at this year's London Effects
and Animation Festival (LEAF) and BTAA Craft awards for
both Best Animation and Best Computer animation (for the
Aero Mouse).
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| Primal
Pictures is a new breed of medical education company which
brings together knowledge of two technically advanced areas:
3D computer graphics and medical imaging technologies. At
the heart of Primal's enterprise is the production of the
world's first complete 3D computer graphic model of the
human body. Simon Barrick, from Primal Pictures, which is
based in Central London, will be presenting at SAND2003. |
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