SIGGRAPH 2009 – days 1 and 2
August 2-3, 2009
Early Sunday morning I boarded a bus along with other staff and students from our department. Before the sun came up, we were on our way to New Orleans to spend the week attending SIGGRAPH 2009, About 20,000 computer-graphic-visual-professionals and artists from around the world made their way to this CG-Mecca-event. The journey there was a lot of fun.
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- Margaret making sure everyone was onboard
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- Our view along the way to New Orleans
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- Sleepy Vizzers
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- More Sleepy Vizzers
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- Hey Bobby
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- We arrived to a very wet city
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- Our driver – Roosevelt
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- Time to unload
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- Our home for the week
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- Bienville House Hotel
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- Bienville House Hotel
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- Our Rooms
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- The view from our rooms
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- The first couple of days were too HOT and HUMID
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- We spent our first few hours in New Orleans exploring the French Quarter
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- We spent our first few hours in New Orleans exploring the French Quarter
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- We spent our first few hours in New Orleans exploring the French Quarter
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- More and More Architecture
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- Can you tell I liked the buildings
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- Walking around in the heat made us thirsty
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- That VooDoo You Do
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- Drag Queen Bingo
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- During our first afternoon in New Orleans, Margaret and I attended Drag Queen Bingo at OZ
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- Garret was one of several Vizzers working at the conference as a student volunteer
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- Some of our faculty members worked on an immersive system they demonstrated at SIGGRAPH
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- Most of our first day was spent at the Algiers Technical Academy
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- In cooperation with SIGGRAPH outreach, Dreamworks, Disney, Nvidea, and other companies put together a CG lab for a New Orleans inner-city school
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- The students were excited about the support and the attention
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- There was always something to see while walking to the conference center
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- Yes, I took a lot of pictures of French Quarter structures
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- Yes, another building picture
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- Margaret is pictured with Kelly, House of Blues Events Coordinator
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- Sold Out Shows at the House of Blues
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- While finalizing all the details for our department reception, Margaret and I got a special tour of the House of Blues. This stairwell contains a list of all the sold-out shows
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- A Classic Trolley
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- During the second day of the conference, a few of us gathered at Mother’s for lunch
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- In the front center of this photo you’ll see Jess, friend, former student and one of the best graduate assistants we ever had.
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- The first social event of the conference took place on the second night. Watching geeks dance is always amusing.
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- On the way back to the hotel, Margaret and I stopped at Harrahs Casino – ten minutes, ten bucks, and I was done.
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- Star Gazing
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- Before returning to our hotel, we ran into J.T. Brown and his telescope.
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- Mr. Brown enjoyed sharing his passion for the stars with tourists.
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- A view of Jupiter and its moons as seen through Mr. Brown’s telescope
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- Our second night concluded by enjoying some beignets at Cafe Du Monde.
OK…………. I’m tired from just LOOKING at all the stuff you guys did at SIGGRAPH….
Looks like a FUN time was had by ALL.