We know how hard it is to be socially isolating during the Covid19 pandemic. We decided to send you a sneak peek at the piece we will be premiering at the SIGGRAPH 2020 Conference, "Think Beyond,” from August 24 - 28. Since its beginning in 1974 as a small group of specialists in a previously unknown discipline, the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) annual conference SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive techniques) has evolved to become an international community that includes researchers, artists, developers, filmmakers, scientists, as well as business professionals, who share an interest in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Due to the pandemic, this year’s conference will be completely virtual. We are thrilled that my piece has been selected! Per the terms of our contract with SIGGRAPH, we can only share this small portion. We’ll share the entire piece in the fall. Enjoy!

On the bridge of the AlloSphere with material from MYRIOI, my multichannel audio VR installation, 2020. (© AlloSphere Research Group) ISSN: 1071-4391ISSN: 1071-4391 (Leonardo's announcement)

These uncertain times have complicated our fundraising efforts to support the important work of the AlloSphere Research Group’s four Graduate Student Researchers. Would you consider making a donation to help secure the $60,000 needed to support these incredibly talented GSRs (Kon Hyon Kim, Myungin Lee, Gustavo Rincon, & Tim Wood).