SIGGRAPH 2013 wrap-up

As we noted at the the end of the show last year, SIGGRAPH certainly delivers on the eye candy. From graphics demos to display tech and both 3D printing and motion capture, this is one trade show that offers a glimpse into the present and future of the industry when it comes to visual goods. Highlights include major component news from NVIDIA and Samsung while Dell's 32-inch 4K display and the latest Disney Research project certainly nabbed our attention. The show ends today until we descend upon Vancouver next summer, but a gallery chock full of sights from the show floor and a roundup of the past few days should tide you over until then. %Gallery-194631%

News and Hands-ons

• Dell officially unveils Precision M3800 workstation at SIGGRAPH, gives rumored specs a nod

• NVIDIA Research's near-eye light field display prototype eyes-on (video)

• Hands-on with Disney Research's AIREAL haptic feedback technology (video)

• Canon previews a handheld version of its MREAL Mixed Reality tech at SIGGRAPH, we go hands-on (video)

• Christie and NVIDIA team up for an interactive car-buying experience powered by augmented reality (hands-on video)

• NVIDIA puts Project Logan on display at SIGGRAPH: Kepler gets cozy on a mobile chip (video)

• NVIDIA announces 'fastest GPU ever' for pros, the 12GB Quadro K6000

• Dell shows off the UltraSharp 32: a 32-inch Ultra HD display set to arrive in Q4 (eyes-on)

• Samsung puts the new Exynos 5 Octa 5420 SoC up against a Nexus 10 at SIGGRAPH 2013 (hands-on video)

• OpenCL 2.0 provisional spec gets outlined, OpenGL 4.4 released

• New Exynos 5 Octa: 20 percent more CPU power, over twice the 3D graphics oomph

• Disney Research's AIREAL creates haptic feedback out of thin air