#Siggraph
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I went to Siggraph this year (in Chicago) and happened to see my DAS
animated screaming mouse being used at the TrueVision booth. I was, to say
the least, bowled-over! Whoever was responsible for that all I can say is,
I'm flattered! Thank you.
PS: Vinton's Playmation looks neat!
I didn't get to SIGGRAPH this summer. Did you get to the trade show? If so,
I'd be interested in you "take" on how well the Amiga was represented. Was
C= there? Was there a fair amount of activity by Amiga software/hardware
vendors? thanks, George Roland
I went to Siggraph… in terms of Amiga representation, it was quite
boring. RCS and the Real 3D people had a little booth. Hash Enterprises
was showing "Will Vinton's Playmation" for the Mac, PC and Amiga, and guess
which two platforms were getting the most attention. I saw Todor Faye of
Blue Ribbon Soundworks demonstrating Bars & Pipes in the Sun booth. NewTek
held a party Wednesday night that attracted hundreds of people. It
included the premiere of Rundgren's new video "Theology," great graphics
but a little dizzying in terms of camera motion, :-), and a few short clips
from Babylon 5. And then there was the moment when I organized a band of
young men to kneel in front of Kiki and chant "we're not worthy, we're not
worthy," but that's another story. 🙂 I saw a few Amigas hidden in booths
under bundled workstations aimed at video editing or character generation
markets, but that's all I can remember now…
And it's too bad my Vapor ANimation didn't make it to tape in time. Not my
fault , though.
Shucks.
It would have been great to talk to you at SIGGRAPH, but I missed you. Of
course, since I have no idea what you look like, I suppose that was
inevitable. (You weren't the guy sacked out on the couch out front, snoring
and drooling on his Wavefront literature, were you?) <grin>
I had to do SIGGRAPH in a hurry, since I had to be back to work before
the show was over. I'm bummed that I missed some of what you mentioned in
your message to George last week. Since Newtek didn't have a booth, I
didn't know they had a party either. And I would have liked to talk to
Todor, but didn't know he was in the Sun booth. Oh well. That's to be
expected when you're in a hurry, and you spend the first two hours standing
in line to get Theatre tickets, I suppose.
I saw Eric Shwartz and Lou Wallace there, but those are the only Amiga
personages that I was AWARE of.
Hmm. Was that you doing the SoftImage demo all wired up doing Virtual
Mime?
Karl
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I was at Siggraph in a hurry, too – I didn't sleep the night before, then
drove 2 1/2 hours to Chicago to breakfast with a few friends, then did the
show, then hit the NewTek party and drank til the wee hours… Sleep? I
caught 20 minutes before the parties. At one point, I was standing in
front of Todor Faye of Blue Ribbon Soundworks in the Sun booth, watching
his demo, before *he* realized it was me standing there, and vice-versa. I
was sleepy.
I wish I would have made the theatre, this is the first time I've missed
it. I didn't even use my ticket.
I'm six-foot, blonde, 29 years old – although many of my fans were positive
I was a paunchy, middle-aged guy with graying hair and smoking a pipe.
Last year, I did get five minutes in the Univ. of North Carolina virtual
reality system. It was great, very interesting – although I can't wait til
they exceed CGA resolution in those heavy helmets.
Actually, I pictured you as a middle-aged, BALDING, paunchy guy with a
pipe. <grin>
I thought the Theatre was pretty good this year. Less scientific stuff;
more commercial and artistic stuff – a better mix for "entertainment"
purposes. I must order my tape this week.
The helmet I tried on was fairly light, so I think they've improved
that, but the displays were awful. Other booths' may have been better; I
didn't have time to stand in line to wait to try them.
Well, maybe next time we'll connect! I'll just look for the guy asleep in
the corner.
Karl
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Karl, how does one get a copy of this tape? I have heard lots of good
comments on SIGGRAPH and wanted to go this summer, but got stuck working on
some reno prjts at the theatre where I work. Sure would like to get a copy.
Regards,
C.Julson/Gusman Theatre *——->
Chris,
Call 1-800-523-5503 to order by credit card. Ask for the 1992 Film and
Video Show and state what format you want it on. They've been about $65 for
non-ACM-members in years past. Enjoy!
Karl
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When I first met John, I thought he was about nineteen. I guess that must
have been about three years ago, maybe.
Well, not quite. 🙂 I might have even said I was nineteen, just to be
playful and cause rolling of the eyes of people around us who knew
better… Let's see, when the Amiga arrived in 1985, I just turned 23. I
saw you last at the Dallas Siggraph a year ago, right?
right. And the year before that at Atlanta DevCon, if I remember
correctly. You sure looked young to me, John.
I remember a series of messages on Usenet, back when Bryce Nesbitt and
Matt Dillon were still college students, where lots of the people we knew
well via Usenet in those days were telling how old they were. I believe
Leo Schwartz was about 19 or 20 then, and the others not much older. Lots
of very bright and very young people helped make the Amiga what it is.