VIEW Conference is a

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event in

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and is held yearly in

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, between October and November. Topics represented at the event include interactive techniques, digital cinema, 3D animation, gaming and VFX. The event spans several days and includes sessions open to the public. The conference includes several international speakers from various sectors within the computer graphics field who present their work to the attendees as well as ''Master Classes'' and theory lessons taught by experts.

History

The event was created in 2000 as ''Virtuality Conference''. It changed its name for its eighth edition, in 2007, adopting the acronym ''VIEW'', meaning "Virtual Interactive Emerging World". The content of the conference has changed and evolved over the years as well. While still focusing on "virtual reality", the VIEW Conference now includes emerging digital technology and applications including animation, special effects, virtual architecture, and videogames. Speakers of the various editions include

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, Scott Farrar,

Roger Guyett Roger Guyett is an English visual effects supervisor and second unit director. Guyett and his fellow visual effects artists were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for the 2015 film '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens''. He start ...

John Knoll John Knoll (born October 6, 1962) is an American visual effects supervisor and chief creative officer (CCO) at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). One of the original creators of Adobe Photoshop (along with his brother, Thomas Knoll), he has ...

Alvy Ray Smith Alvy Ray Smith III (born September 8, 1943) is an American computer scientist who co-founded Lucasfilm's Computer Division and Pixar, participating in the 1980s and 1990s expansion of computer animation into feature film. He is one of the 50 F ...

Glen Keane Glen Keane (born April 13, 1954) is an American animator, director, author and illustrator. As a character animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios for 38 years (1974–2012), he worked on feature films including ''The Little Mermaid'', ''Beau ...

Byron Howard Byron P. Howard (born December 26, 1968) is an American animator, character designer, story artist, film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known as one of the directors of the Walt Disney Animation Studios films '' Bolt'' (2008) ...

Brad Lewis Bradford Clark Lewis (born April 29, 1958) is an American film producer, director, writer and politician. He produced ''Antz'', the Oscar-winning ''Ratatouille'', ''Storks'', and was nominated for an Academy Award for producing '' How to Train Y ...

Walter Murch Walter Scott Murch (born July 12, 1943) is an American film editor, director, writer and sound designer. His work includes '' THX 1138'', ''Apocalypse Now'', '' The Godfather I'', '' II'', and '' III'', '' American Graffiti'', '' The Conversation ...

, Mike Mitchell and

Walt Dohrn Walter Dohrn (born December 5, 1970) is an American writer, director, animator, musician, and actor. He performed the voice of Rumpelstiltskin in ''Shrek Forever After'' (2010), as well as various characters in ''Shrek the Third'' (2007). He co-d ...

. In 2005 the VIEW Conference established the "VIEW Award", an international award for 3D animated and VFX

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s, targeted to students, artists and filmmakers. As of 2016 the award has five categories, Best Short, VIEW Social Contest ( aimed at involving visual artists, designers and computer graphics lovers with works using 2D/3D animation and/or VFX focusing on themes of social relevance), View Game Award, VIEWTube Video Award and Italianmix.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.viewconference.it
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Recurring events established in 2000 Computer graphics conferences Festivals in Italy Video game festivals Science and technology in Italy Culture in Turin 2000 establishments in Italy

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