ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee - Academic Papers

US 3D Animation School Survey

wobbe — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 23:54:02 +0000

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Miho Aoki, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA
Wobbe F. Koning, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA

Introduction

In this document we present the results of a survey of faculty members teaching in programs where course in 3D Computer Graphics and Animation are offered in the United States. The survey consists of 30 questions and was conducted on-line through Surveymonkey.com. Replies were solicited at SIGGRAPH 2010, via the website of the ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee and the associated mailing list ‘cg-educators@siggraph.org’, and directly through e-mails. The survey was open from August 2010 through to January 2011.

Results

The survey was started with 105 respondents, tapering off to 77 who finished the entire survey. Respondents were allowed to skip questions.

Without any further analysis, this document presents the result of the survey as graphs with the response count or percentage for each available option in the multiple choice questions. When under 'other' a specific answer was given a number of times, it has been included in the graphs as separate category with those answers not being counted towards the general 'other' category. The survey did contain a few open questions, for these similar answers have been grouped together in order for them to be tallied and presented in the form of a graph.

A similar survey was conducted earlier in Japan. A comparison between the two surveys with more in depth analysis will be presented at SIGGRAPH ASIA 2011 under the title "3D Animation Education in the US and Japan: Different Environments, Similar Issues". The abstract for this sketch will be available through the ACM digital library.

Acknowledgment

First we would like thank the faculty members who took time and responded to the surveys. Without their cooperation, this research were not possible.
We would also like to thank the Computer Graphic Arts Society (CG-Arts) which conducted the earlier survey in Japan, and Marc Barr and the ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee for allowing us to solicit responses through their communication channels.

Please note: the comparison between the two surveys with more in depth analysis, presented at SIGGRAPH ASIA 2011 under the title "3D Animation Education in the US and Japan: Different Environments, Similar Issues" is available in the AMC Digital Library.

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The Rules of Engagement

wobbe — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:29:41 +0000

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Robert B Trempe Jr., Tyler School of Art Architecture Department, Temple University

An experimentation and investigation into the usage and exploitation of the representational qualities of NURBS surface geometry as method and logic for the design of architectural spaces.

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Designing a Massively Multiplayer Online Game as a Testbed for Social and Behavioral Model Research

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 02:04:09 +0000

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Michael Zyda¹, Peter Landwehr², Marc Spraragen¹, and Balakrishnan Ranganathan¹
¹University of Southern California, GamePipe Laboratory
²Carnegie Mellon University, CASOS Center

Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs), in their aspect as online communities, represent an exciting opportunity for studying social and behavioral models. For that purpose we have developed Cosmopolis, an MMOG designed to appeal to a wide variety of player types, and containing several key research-oriented features.

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The Mirror of Transfiguration

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:57:06 +0000

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Mayuko Kanazawa, Masataka Imura, and Ichiroh Kanaya, Osaka University, Japan

The Mirror of Transfiguration is an interactive mediaart for showing native Canadians’ spiritual image to children.

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Interaction Techniques

GoHitchHike: Object-Oriented Social Networking Site

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:49:41 +0000

By:

Yu-Wei Fu, SCAD, Savannah, Georgia, USA

To Bridge Online and Physical Interactions

Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the Interactive Design and Game Development Department in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Fine Arts Savannah College of Art and Design

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GoHitchHike: Object-Oriented Social Networking (Poster)

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:32:50 +0000

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Yu-Wei Fu, Savannah College of Art and Design.

Poster featuring GoHitchhike, an object-centered social networking site that attempts to bridge the online and physical interactions.

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Creating and Interacting with Realistic Avatar based on Data Glove and Haptic Tactile

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 02:02:59 +0000

By:

Ahmad Hoirul Basori, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Paper Abstract on Interactive ways to interact with realistic avatar and perceive the avatar emotional response through 5DT glove and haptic tactile devices.

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Hardware

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GoHitchHike: Object-Oriented Social Networking Site

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Creating and Interacting with Realistic Avatar based on Data Glove and Haptic Tactile

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