Labor of love: Meats Meier's holographic Animation Mother commissioned as the 'face' of SIGGRAPH 2008.(Holography)

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This year's SIGGRAPH conference is acknowledging the dynamic shift toward 3D in the entertainment industry, not only by he two days of programming on the subject, but also by commissioning veteran animation artist Meats Meier to create a digital hologram to serve as the centerpiece for the conference and the exhibition's newly revamped Computer Animation Festival.

The animated piece, titled the "Animation Mother," is the latest of Meier's creations in collaboration with RabbitHoles Media of Ottawa, Canada, which produces its own branded form of holography, the RabbitHole (see "Digital Holograms," June 2008). As viewers walk around ...