siggraph@pioneer.arpa (Siggraph) (10/15/87)
Bay Area ACM/SIGGRAPH 3-D Computer Graphics Projections for Flat or Curved Surfaces Nelson Max For the October meeting, Bay Area ACM/SIGGRAPH presents Dr. Nelson Max, who will discuss various presentation and computation techniques of stereo images. Abstract: When we speak of computer graphics, most people think of representing the three-dimensional world as a two-dimensional projection on a flat surface, using depth cues first employed by Renaissance artists, such as perspective, interposition, shading, and image size. However, we can now go beyond these constraints by using presentation techniques such as Nimslo lenticular lenses, polarization, red/green glasses, alternate eye stereo, or the Pulfrich effect. Nelson Max will explain these techniques and how to calculate them at our October meeting. About the Speaker: Nelson Max is a computer scientist in the Mainframe Graphics Group at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He has taught mathematics and computer graphics at University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Davis, Carnegie-Mellon University, and Case Western Reserve University. He was also director of the NSF-sponsored Topology Films Project, which produced computer-animated educational films and the computing director of the Omnimax red/blue computer animated stereo film called, "The Universe: We Are Born of Stars." In January he will return to Japan to make another 3D movie for IMAX. Date: Tuesday, October 27 at 8:00 PM Place: Exploratorium, McBean Theater, San Francisco