Pacific Graphics 20+21

The 28th and 29th Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications (Pacific Graphics 20+21) will be jointly hosted in Wellington, New Zealand.

[Pacific Graphics 20+21 @pg_20_21]

Best Conference Track Paper:
Neural Screen Space Rendering of Direct Illumination
By Christian Suppan, Andrew Chalmers, Junhong Zhao, Alex Doronin, and Taehyun Rhee.

Best Paper Award:
Adjustable Constrained Soft-Tissue Dynamics
By Bohan Wang, Mianlun Zheng, and Jernej Barbic.

[Pacific Graphics 20+21 @pg_20_21]

A big congratulations to our #PG2021 winners!

Life-Time Achievement Award of 2021, Qunsheng Peng.

Outstanding Technical Contributions Award of 2021, Wenping Wanf.

Outstanding Technical Contributions Award of 2020, Takeo Igarashi.

[Pacific Graphics 20+21 @pg_20_21]

#PG2021 Day 3 done!

Big thanks to our all our presenters today!

A big shout out to our Keynote speaker Mark Sagar form @Soulmachines.

And to all our speakers in the Feature Sessions "Graphics & Games: A Sustained Symbiosis" and "XR Research in Aotearoa/New Zealand".

[VisualComputingOtago @OtagoVisual]

Our PhD student Anthony Dickson will now present some of our work on "User-centred Depth Estimation Benchmarking for VR Content Creation from Single Images" in the WIP/Poster session at the Pacific Graphics conference. @pg_20_21 @Marsden

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Day 3 #PG2021!

We have awesome talks today including "Graphics & Games: A Sustained Symbiosis" by Rob Lindemann @HITLabNZ and "XR Research in Aotearoa/New Zealand" by Holger Regenbrecht @otago and Mark Billinghurst @AucklandUni

https://t.co/aDJeP6VMM7

[Pacific Graphics 20+21 @pg_20_21]

Thank you to the team running the online setup for #PG2021 for ensuring a smooth experience for everyone!

[Pacific Graphics 20+21 @pg_20_21]

@midnightbakerNZ Hi, this was a live conference which wasn't recorded. We hope you can join us for other sessions in real time.

[Pacific Graphics 20+21 @pg_20_21]

#PG2021 Day 2 kicked off with the first featured session.

Don't miss the keynote by Jan Kautz and featured sessions on facial animation and visual effects!

#ComputerGraphics #VFX #animation
https://t.co/BxDxmtdhEo

[Unity Wētā Tools @weta_digital]

As part of @pg_20_21, one of our Senior Researchers Byunkuk Choi will join a panel to discuss the current state of #facialmodelling and #animation. The session starts at 1:15pm NZDT today. Head here for more information: https://t.co/UdN1qdr1x0
#PacificGraphics

[Unity Wētā Tools @weta_digital]

VFX Supes Guy Williams and Luke Millar, and Animation Supe Karl Rapley, will share our latest tech innovations as seen in Jungle Cruise, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and The Suicide Squad at Pacific Graphics Conference on 19 Oct 3pm-5pm NZDT. https://t.co/LHe7ephArT

[Pacific Graphics 20+21 @pg_20_21]

Thank you to everyone who joined us for #PG2021 Day 1!

We have some amazing talks lined up for tomorrow! Check out our programme on our website @ https://t.co/BxDxmtdhEo

Here is a fun snap from our reception held in @gather_town

See you all tomorrow!

[Pacific Graphics 20+21 @pg_20_21]

#PG2021 opening ceremony has begun!

We'll kick off with a Keynote by Marie-Paule Cani.

Paper sessions:
J1. Animation I
J2. Visualization and Interaction
J3. Modelling
J4. Rendering
J5. Geometry and Modelling I
C1. Rendering and Modelling

All links here: https://t.co/BxDxmtdhEo

[Pacific Graphics 20+21 @pg_20_21]

Last minute registration for #PG2021 is still available!

Register @ https://t.co/xqX0PwiXXg

Tomorrow's talks feature #animation #visualization #interaction #modelling #rendering and #geometry

See you all there!

[Pacific Graphics 20+21 @pg_20_21]

Exciting talk from @weta_digital Dave Gougé, Guy Williams, Luke Millar and Karl Rapley on VFX Techniques!

Check out more information on their talk on our website @ https://t.co/Qrp8iHOT75

#VFX #Techniques #Technology #WetaDigital #innovation #film

[Pacific Graphics 20+21 @pg_20_21]

#PG2021 Featured Session: Facing Forward

Chair: Karan Singh (@UofT)

Explore the future of digitally animated faces with Hao Li @PinscreenInc , Mark Sagar @Soulmachines , Pif Edwards @JALIResearch and Byunkuk Choi @weta_digital

https://t.co/JRaVxp0j07

[Pacific Graphics 20+21 @pg_20_21]

Remember to check out #PG2021 @gather_town #virtualspace available now on our website!
https://t.co/BxDxmtdhEo

Check out @gather_town Intro to Gather tutorial here:
https://t.co/QT5u1Pn08t

See you all there on Monday!

#research #animation #modelling #rendering #tech #vfx

[Pacific Graphics 20+21 @pg_20_21]

Deep Learning-Based Unsupervised Human Facial Retargeting

By Seonghyeon Kim, Sunjin Jung, Kwanggyoon Seo, Roger Blanco i Ribera and Junyong Noh

Presented in #PG2021 Session #Animation I

Check out the full paper trailer on our website @ https://t.co/aDJeP6VMM7

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📣 shout out to our sponsor for #PG2021 ! 📣

@WellingtonUni @weta_digital @WetaWorkshop @PureNewZealand @Wellington_NZ and Imagica Group!

Remember to register if you haven’t already @ https://t.co/xqX0PwiXXg

[Pacific Graphics 20+21 @pg_20_21]

A Motion-Guided 3D Modeling Interface

By @mmmmminchan and Manfred Lau

Presented in #PG2021 Session #Interaction and #Interfaces

Check out the full paper trailer on our website @ https://t.co/aDJeP6VMM7

#modeling #researchpaper

[Pacific Graphics 20+21 @pg_20_21]

#PG2021 @gather_town #VirtualSpace is set up ready for attendees to check out prior to the conference!

Check out #PG2021 @gather_town presentation, games and discussion rooms.

Email link will be sent out to attendees now!

#virtualconference #ComputerGraphics #research