SIGGRAPH 2009 - What's Up?

SIGGRAPH is quickly bearing down on us, and if I need an excuse for the reason I haven't blogged lately, this would be one reason (of many). This is an interesting year in that the economy sort of sucks and the show is being held in New Orleans. This means we have little ability to predict who will actually show up for this event. It also means we’ve made some decisions about how we’ll do SIGGRAPH this year that are different than other years. One example is that instead of throwing money at a big party, we’re throwing money at a major effort to take our presence “on-line” via the Area. We decided that since many people would not be able to go this year (for one reason or another), we could at least try to bring the show to them. Stay tuned for details on the Area announcing our coverage. Shane and I will be there and we plan on talking to a maximum number of max users. We’ve got an announcement or two for the show, so watch this space when the show opens. Hopefully it is well understood by now that we will not have a new release of 3ds Max at SIGGRAPH. We didn’t have one last year and this year is no different. I don’t want people expecting something that isn’t going to happen.