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We live in a rapidly changing world. Changing faster than most of can comprehend. This leaves many of us in fear. But fear not! Computer Graphics is saving lives, demonstrating our potential as a unified global society and thrusting us beyond what only a year ago was unimaginable.
We are living life at an increasingly accelerated pace; the result of two shifts on planet earth: The reawakening of Spirituality/Creativity and secondly, the technology revolution/evolution brought on by advances in electronics, optical computing and computer graphics. Secretly (and not so) these forces are changing our world -- faster than at any other time in existence except for perhaps the explosive, primal planet forming moments.
ACM SIGGRAPH; Siggraph, is a sub group of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM); the surviving representative and educational organization covering of all aspects of computing as it relates to GRAPHics (NCGA faded out in the mid 80s). Therefore ACM's "Special Interest Group (SIG)" on GRAPHics is SIGGRAPH. What does SIGGRAPH have to do with Creativity and becoming optimal human beings? Everything!
To the twenty-first century creative person, SIGGRAPH taking place next week in Los Angeles, is THE place to discover the latest advances in digital storytelling, creative self-expression, medical imaging, scientific visualization, animation, Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM), Virtual Reality environment generation (that we will enjoy immersively without special glasses), and communication of our persona far and wide! Because of these advances we need new paradigms of thought and behavior to optimally relate to each other…and to what end?
These days, you can create what your wildest imagination "sees" -- on your desktop computer, or portable multimedia communication hand-held that does everything! For the first time we can collectively and personally project to the masses possible futures for optimizing "Civilization"! Algorithmic renderings of the mind's eye...flying around the Internet and in R&D labs, is expanding the bleeding edge -- thanks to computer graphics. |
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You have the power to communicate as pervasively as "Networks" like NBC, CBS and ABC, with potentially more impact! There is a social revolution taking place fueled by the technology revolution. The computer's ability to graphically communicate our essence and insights is opening up new vistas for human enterprise. A new infrastructure of association with others, can potentially make all of Humanity more abundant, satisfied and bonded across barriers of time, space, nationality and conditioning than ever before.
We are leaving a personal legacy of sounds and images to represent us long after our physical demise -- thanks to Avatars carrying our Personaforms. Virtual realities allow us to live forever in places where future generations will learn from us...and laugh at us. Ready for a quantum leap in Life and our ability to live it? Stay tuned in to SIGGRAPH.ORG. Computer Graphic tools are changing our world faster than we can keep up! We must no longer ask how small, how inexpensive, or speedy these tools are? We need to ask what effect these devices and enhanced communication with each other will have? The next installment of this article will attempt to answer these questions. How will new and future hardware and software tools effect us? How we will use these new tools both as the creative computer user and the technophobe, to advance our happiness, our health and inner and outer peace? Peter H. Rosen is founder of Creativity Café; a proposed networking salon and new school/theater of the future. The project currently lives on the Web at CREATIVITY.NET & CREATIVITY.COM and lands whenever possible in physical reality. Rosen was honored at SIGGRAPH 1998 by having his proposal for Creativity Café; an installation featuring "KidCast For Peace; Solutions For a Better World," accepted for showcasing and serving the public during the week-long exhibition. Contact him via email: peter AT creativity.net or leave your mark at Creativity Café. |
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