SIGGRAPH 2017 is coming
July 17th 2017
SIGGRAPH is the world’s largest, most influential annual conference and exhibition in computer graphics and interactive techniques: Five days of research results, demos, educational sessions, art, screenings, and hands-on interactivity featuring the community’s latest technical achievements, and three days of commercial exhibits displaying the industry's current hardware, software, and services. SIGGRAPH will be in Los Angeles this year beginning on August 1st, with the JPR annual SIGGRAPH Luncheon taking place on August 2nd. Get the details here.Today’s VR is so disappointing
Techwatch July 8th 2017
Can we finally say the emperor is naked, and move on? The fact that I am not happy with the state of affairs in VR today is probably not news. But, what you are reading are the bitter words of a disappointed lover. Here’s what we have for VR today: 1. A heavy mask that becomes uncomfortable and sometimes hurts the bridge of your nose, and can become without adequate venting. 2. Cumbersome headphones (except for the Oculus Rift). 3. An umbilical cord that restricts and endangers you unless suspended somehow. 4. Limited resolution causing eye fatigue.Augmented Reality: Where We Will All Live - New book out by Jon Peddie
Spinger publishing has just released Jon Peddie’s latest book, Augmented Reality: Where We Will All Live. This book provides an in-depth exploration of the field of augmented reality (AR) in its entirety and sets out to distinguish AR from other inter-related technologies like virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality Click here to read this news articleMimesys wins the Grand Prix at Laval Virtual
It’s time to think about things that last.
My customer, my supplier
Subscriptions open the portals for media flow Today, Adobe is rolling out new improvements in its Creative Cloud services. Because Adobe’s products span so many creative industries — photography, graphic arts, illustration, video production, movie production, marketing, audio, and all the jobs that fit somewhere in between&mdash Click here to read this blog entryPortrait Displays synergic acquisition of SpectraCal
Adding color analysis to color correct makes total sense Portrait Displays has been supplying visual enhancement software applications and middleware solutions for the computer display industry for almost two decades but didn’t have a closed-loop system. Customers relied on third parties to measure the results (at the screen). Click here to read this blog entryJPR participating at the following Events
What's New
- The July 5th edition of TechWatch is ready for download.
Subscribers can now download the latest edition of TechWatch and read Jon Peddie's back-page editorial Today’s VR is so disappointing on the TechWatch product page. And in this weeks issue AMD's new Frontier, AMD offers ProRender, SuperD: modeling for iPad 8 - The Semi-Annual edition of the JPR Workstation Report Series in now available.
The JPR Workstation Report series includes a breadth of market data and research, including six total reports issued over the year. This week we have released the April 2017 semi-annual edition. The semi-annual issues describe and assess all aspects of workstations and professional graphics: the markets, the technologies and the vendors. Semi-annual issues, typically around 300 to 400 pages, are built as up-to-date reference manuals, providing a comprehensive snapshot on the state of the industries - essentially a one-stop shop for information and analysis on anything and anyone associated with workstations and professional graphics.
