An interview with Brian Tyler, CEO of ART VPS, the makers of the worlds only processor chip dedicated to the mysterious art of Ray Tracing! With the announcment that Ford is previewing its new vehicles using Ray Tracing, and not product photography, the Ford you are seeing in their ads might not even exist. If you have ever wondered how those reflections look so real, it's probably Ray Tracing at work! Recorded at the Siggraph/ACM Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, in August 2006 by Harris Fogel. Posted 9/17/2006 (9:19)

 
An interview with painter and digital artist James Faure Walker about the impact of digital technologies on his work as an artist, writer, and educator. He was a founder of "Artscribe" Magazine in 1976, and his work has been internationally exhibited and collected. His book Painting the Digital River: How an Artist Learned to Love the Computer was published in 2006 by Prentice Hall. Recorded at the Siggraph/ACM Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, in August 2006 by Harris Fogel. Posted 9/12/2006 (33:12)

Panoramic photography has been around as long as photography itself, but its existence in the digital realm has been a rocky one. When Apple first introduced Quicktime VR back in the late 1990's, the best panoramas that could be produced amounted to nothing more than grainy thumbnail-sized images. Prior to Stitcher Unlimited 5.5, photographers could only use regular wide-angle lenses with this application, and this meant that they had to shoot many, many more shots to cover the entire 360° scene. If you are interested in creating panoramic photographs Brian Greenstone's in-depth review of the latest version of Stitcher Unlimited 5.5 provides a wide-angle overview of the subject.

Brian Greenstone, Posted 9/5/2006

2001 was a year to remember. For example, the first Oscar for animated feature was awarded (to "Shrek"). But more importantly, it was the year Freeverse Software released its terrific game, WingNuts. I have spent a lot of time being frustrated by Baron von Schtopwatch's robot planes, and I've hammered on my Mac's keyboard so frantically, I'm afraid it will stop working. So you can see why I am really excited about the recent release of WingNuts 2: Raina's Revenge.

Thomas Fogel, Posted 7/27/2006