Tracks are common threads that pass through more than one part of the technical program. They do not define a taxonomy of technical content, nor do they encompass all elements of the technical program. Attendees interested in a particular topic may find t rack identifiers useful for scheduling their time spent in the technical sessions.

	Virtual Reality Creation of and immersive interaction with virtual environments.
	Big Data Construction, manipulation, management, and display of extremely complex graphical databases.
	Animation & Special Effects Producing and using computer gr aphics techniques for animation, special effects, and other entertainment applications.
	Art & Design New technologies and techniques for art and design, and examp les of artistic expression using computer graphics.
	API Descriptions and comparisons of graphics programming standards.

 Virtual Reality

C O U R S E S 6. Stereo Computer Graphics for Virtual Reality 15. Applied Virtual Reality 23. Artificial Life for Graphics, Animation, Multimedia, and Virtual Reality 29. Programming Virtual Worlds 30. Making Direct Manipulation Work in Virtual Reality	P A P E R S Virtual Reality and Design   E D U C A T O R S   P R O G R A M VR in K-12 Education Technology as Facilitator
P A N E L S Experiences with Virtual Reality Applications Narrative Environments: Virtual Reality as a Storytelling Medium Putting a Human Face on Cyberspace: Designing Avatars and the Virtual Worlds They Live In Interfacing Reality: Exploring Emerging Trends Between Humans and Machines	S K E T C H E S Moving: Agency for Virtual Spaces Virtual Environments 3D UIs and VE

 Big Data

C O U R S E S 4. Exploring Gigabyte Datasets in Real-Time: Algorithms, Data Managemen t, and Time-Critical Design 12. Interactive Walk-Through of Complex Environments 25. Multiresolution Surface Modeling 31. Principles of Volume Visualization 32. Advances in Volume Visualization

P A P E R S Vis ibility Surface Simplification   S K E T C H E S Visualization Level of Detail

 Animation & Special Effects

C O U R S E S 1. Motion Capture in Practice 13. Digital Color 16. Interactive Movies: Techniques, Technologies, and Contents 17. Virtual Humans: Behaviors and Physics, Acting, and Reacting 23. Artificial Life for Graphics, Animation, Multimedia, and Virtual Reality 27. Scanning and Recording of Motion Picture Film 34. Warping and Morphing of Graphical Objects	S K E T C H E S Simulation and Natural Phenomena Full Body Animation Visual Styles Dynamics and Character Motion Animation Mutts, Machines, and Molten Monsters: The Making Of ... Fur, Film, and Textures Tracking and Talking
P A N E L S Can We Get There From Here?: Current Challenges in Cloth Modeling, Design, and Animation Motion Capture and CG Character Animation	E D U C A T O R S   P R O G R A M Computer Science
	P A P E R S Illumination Fur, Film, and Light Animation Texture and Reflection

 Art & Design

C O U R S E S 2. Creative Design for the World Wide Web 22. Mastering Visible Wisdom: Graphic Design for Usable GUIs of Productivity Tools, Multimedia, and the Web 33. Principles of Visual Perception and Its Applications in Computer Graphics	E D U C A T O R S   P R O G R A M The Visual Arts Where Computer Science and Art Meet Technology as Facilitator Web and Multimedia Design
P A N E L S Narrative Environments: Virtual Reality as a Storytelling Medium The Differences Between Here and There: What Graphic Design Brings to E-Space Community/Content/Interface: Creative Online Journalism Medical Illustration & Visualization: Why Do We Use CG and Does It Really Make a Difference in Creating Meaningful Images? Sounding Off on Audio: The Future of Internet Sound	S K E T C H E S Artist Session I -- Ongoings: The SIGGRAPH 97 Fine Arts Gallery Artist Session I -- Ongoings: The SIGGRAPH 97 Fine Arts Gallery Moving: Agency for Virtual Spaces Paper, Lines, and Letters Sitting: The Seat for Virtual Travel Saying: Words for Electronic Discourse Tooling: Implements for Creativity Art Applications Bending: Corn, Face, and Gender for Social Provocation Artistic Rendering
P A P E R S N on-Photorealistic Rendering

 API

C O U R S E S 3. Programming with OpenGL: An Introduction 5. Sound Bytes: VRML Authoring for Noisy Worlds 9. Introduction to VRML 11. Programming with OpenGL: Advanced Techniques 24. OpenGL and Window System Integration 28. Authoring Compelling and Efficient VRML 2.0 Worlds 35. Introduction to Java3D	E D U C A T O R S   P R O G R A M Computer Science
P A N E L S What 3D API for Java Should I Use and Why?