(3D Modelers, Animators, Engine Programmers, Games Programmers, Graphics Programmers, Graphics Engineers, Tools Programmers, Game Researchers, Product Managers, Technical Artists, Technical Designers, Technical Managers) The Games Focus spotlights the creators, visionaries, and pioneers of the game industry with presentations from the world's leading studios, including Blizzard, Inc., Eidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics, EA DICE, Ready at Dawn Studios, Avalanche Studios, CD Projekt RED, Epic Games and many others. Topics include: Advances in real-time character rendering and asset pipelines, real-time character animation in video games, new solutions for game navigation, amazing advances in hardware and software collaboration, and more.
Games
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Talks
Killing Monsters: Behind the Scenes of the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Sunday, 09 August 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 152
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Talks
Bringing Worlds to Life: Inside the Minds of Avalanche Studios
Sunday, 09 August 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 152
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Courses
Computational 3D Imaging: Advances in Time-of-Flight Imaging
Sunday, 09 August 2:00 PM - 5:15 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 502AB
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Courses
Moving Mobile Graphics
Sunday, 09 August 2:00 PM - 5:15 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 403AB
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Talks
On and Under the Surface
Sunday, 09 August 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 515AB
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Courses
Real-Time Rendering of Physically Based Optical Effects in Theory and Practice
Sunday, 09 August 2:00 PM - 5:15 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 404AB
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Courses
Advances in Real Time Rendering, Part I
Monday, 10 August 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 515AB
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Courses
Advances in Realtime Rendering, Part II
Monday, 10 August 2:00 PM - 5:15 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 515AB
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Studio - Courses
Build Your Own Game Controller
Monday, 10 August 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, South Hall G
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Courses
An Overview of Next-Generation Graphics APIs
Tuesday, 11 August 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 502AB
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Birds of a Feather
Virtual Globes Using WebGL and Cesium
Tuesday, 11 August 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 512
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Talks
Effects Omelette
Tuesday, 11 August 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 515AB
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Birds of a Feather
Meet Fellow MIT Alums in the Entertainment Industry!
Tuesday, 11 August 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 503
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Courses
Open Problems in Real-Time Rendering
Tuesday, 11 August 2:00 PM - 5:15 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 403AB
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Talks
Behind the Cinematic of Blizzard Entertainment's Overwatch
Tuesday, 11 August 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 515AB
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Courses
Bullet-Physics Simulation
Tuesday, 11 August 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 404AB
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Panels
Convergences in Film and Games Technologies
Tuesday, 11 August 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, South Hall K
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Studio - Talks
Building Fantastic Worlds, Studio Games Talks 1
Wednesday, 12 August 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 402AB
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Studio - Talks
Building Fantastic Worlds, Studio Games Talks 2
Wednesday, 12 August 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 402AB
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Talks
On the Move
Wednesday, 12 August 10:45 AM - 12:30 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 404AB
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Courses
Context-Aware 3D Gesture Recognition for Games and Virtual Reality
Wednesday, 12 August 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 502AB
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Talks
Werewolves in London: The Order - 1886 Production Talks
Wednesday, 12 August 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 515AB
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Birds of a Feather
Tech Artist Meet-Up
Wednesday, 12 August 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 504
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Birds of a Feather
3D Web Graphics with WebGL
Wednesday, 12 August 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM | JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live, JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live - Platinum Ballroom Salon F-H
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Talks
Leap of Faith: The World of Mirror's Edge: Catalyst
Wednesday, 12 August 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 515AB
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Courses
Bringing Stories to Life: For Programmers, Animators, and Interactive Designers
Thursday, 13 August 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 153A-C
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Courses
Real-Time Many-Light Management and Shadows with Clustered Shading
Thursday, 13 August 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 403AB
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Talks
Traveling Light
Thursday, 13 August 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 515AB
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Birds of a Feather
Meetup - A Forum for Indie & AAA Devs to Pitch Game Ideas
Thursday, 13 August 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 504
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Courses
Modeling and Capturing the Human Body for Rendering, Health, and Visualization
Thursday, 13 August 2:00 PM - 5:15 PM | Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 153A-C
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Talks