Ken Museth, founder of OpenVDB and Chair of the OpenVDB Technical Steering Committee, has been recognized with the ACM SIGGRAPH Practitioner Award for the creation and continued development of OpenVDB!
Tell us a bit about yourself – how did you get your start in visual effects and/or animation? I started programming because I wanted to write video games. I tended to find myself writing game engines rather than actual games, however. During my co-op terms at University, I first worked…
Tell us a bit about yourself – how did you get your start in visual effects and/or animation? I had a hobby interest in visual effects and photography after seeing Star Wars in 1977. In particular, this 1980 TV special was transformative for me. I recorded it (VHS!) and probably…
Tell us a bit about yourself – how did you get your start in visual effects and/or animation? It’s a long and twisted storyline, but I’ll try to give a short version. My background is computationally physics and chemistry (PhD in quantum dynamics), so it’s safe to say I had…
We are very excited to announce that we are participating in Google Summer of Code (GSoC), a summer program for university students to learn about, and get involved in open source. Applying to participate with the Academy Software Foundation provides a great opportunity for students who are interested in learning…