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The Next 50 Years

Published: 19 November 2024 Publication History

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The Next 50 Years is a special project designed for SIGGRAPH 2024. Following the 50th anniversary of the conference, it collected messages from a diverse group of participants, sharing their visions about the future of computer graphics and interactive techniques. This paper describes the process to gather and to showcase the contributions that were received. It employs media theory as a method to classify messages according to their communicative intention. Then, it discusses the development of a dedicated website that both exhibits the contributions and explores thematic interconnections and recurring topics such as artificial intelligence and generativity. In the end, the ongoing efforts on this project align with the contributors’ visions for the future of technology, focusing on innovation, community engagement, and digital media practices.

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SA '24: SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Art Papers
December 2024
194 pages
ISBN:9798400711336
DOI:10.1145/3680530
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Published: 19 November 2024

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  1. Media and communication
  2. Digital Messages
  3. Community engagement
  4. Future projections
  5. Generativity

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SA '24: SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Art Papers
December 3 - 6, 2024
Tokyo, Japan

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