Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 11:22:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Colin Godfrey Subject: SIGGRAPH/Boston at MERL, Wed, June 12 SIGGRAPH/Boston Meeting Announcement A Procedural Approach to Authoring Solid Models Barb Cutler Image-Based 3D Photography using Opacity Hulls Wojciech Matusik Place: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratory 201 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02139 8th Floor Time: Wednesday June 12th 2002 Networking time will start at 6pm. The feature presentations should start at 6:30. ------------------------------------------------------------ A Procedural Approach to Authoring Solid Models Barb Cutler MIT Lab for Computer Science Classic 3D rendering has often resulted in artificial looking images. Adding a natural even dirty look is one of the biggest challenges to natural images. Barb presents a new unique procedural approach to authoring layered solid models. The results: (scroll to the bottom, this renderer is delicious!) http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/~bmcutler/SIGGRAPH02/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Image-Based 3D Photography using Opacity Hulls Wojciech Matusik MIT Lab for Computer Science Capturing a 3D image is one of the most time consuming, detailed tasks imaginable. There are a multitude of devices such as measuring arms, laser scanning and photographic calculations. All require significant post-processing efforts. Wojciech presents a new method that may capture both geometry and surface texture automatically. ------------------------------------------------------------ Directions to Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, 201 Broadway: Via T Get off the T at the Kendall Square stop on the Red Line. Exit from the subway and then walk directly into the lobby of the Marriott hotel, which is on a courtyard adjacent to the subway exit. Walk straight through the lobby and out the opposite side of the building. The street you are facing is Broadway. Turn left. Walk through 3 traffic lights. 201 Broadway is the first building on your right after the third light. We are on the 8th floor. Driving From the intersection of Storrow Drive and Cambridge Street, take the Longfellow bridge over the Charles river to Cambridge. Drive straight on away from the river. You are on Broadway. Go through one traffic light (the Marriot hotel is now on your left). Continue straight through two more traffic lights (you are now passing over some railroad tracks). (Between the first and second of these traffic lights is a parking garage open to the public. Depending on the time of day there may also be on street parking availabe near MERL.) Continue straight through one more light (Mitsubishi is the first building on your right after this light). It says 201 in large numbers on the corner of the building. MERL is on the eighth floor. ************************************************************************ SIGGRAPH/Boston Contacts WWW: http://www.siggraph.org/chapters/boston SIGGRAPH/Boston maintains a mailing list for e-mail announcements of meetings. Send e-mail to siggraphdistrib-request@cs.umb.edu if you want be added or dropped from this list.