SIGGRAPH 2025

SIGGRAPH 2025, the premier conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques, will be held in Vancouver, Canada. The SIGGRAPH Exhibition is the largest exhibition in computer graphics and interactive techniques. This event will showcase cutting-edge research, education, arts, gaming, and new technologies.

We look forward to this year's exciting exhibition opportunities, featuring a variety of ways to connect with participants in person. Sony will exhibit and participate as an exhibitor.

Exhibition Booth - Open Hours

Visit our booth at the exhibition to explore our latest technology firsthand and engage with our team.

Location: #101 (Hall B & C, West building of Vancouver Convention Center)
Sony Booth Open Hours:
- August 12th (Tue) 10:00 - 17:00 (PDT)
- August 13th (Wed) 10:00 - 17:00 (PDT)
- August 14th (Thu) 10:00 - 15:00 (PDT)

Exhibition Booth
Technology Demonstrations & Introductions

XYN Spatial capture solution (Prototype) + Spatial Reality Display (SRD)

XYN Spatial capture solution: Software solution for transforming real-world environments and objects to photorealistic 3DCG assets.
Spatial Reality Display: Glasses-free 3D display that delivers ultra-realistic visuals for professional design and visualization.

Link :
- https://xyn.sony.net/en/

Accelerating Spatial Capture with Full-Frame Global Shutter

A high-quality, high-speed 3D capturing solution utilizing Sony’s global shutter Alpha 9 Mark III and cross-polarized photography.

Link :
- https://pro.sony/ue_US/digital-imaging/photogrammetry

Arc Eye Modular Mobile Scan System + WOLF ONE Prototype Power+Sync Module

Arc Eye: A multipurpose spatial capture platform featuring an expandable, mobile stand system and synchronized Sony α9 III and ILX-LR1 integration.
WOLF ONE: Arc Eye’s all-in-one Power+Sync prototype enables seamless Sony camera triggering and centralized power distribution in multi-camera setups.

Link :
- https://www.arceye.com/

Sony Pictures Imageworks

Sony Pictures Imageworks is the Academy Award®-winning visual effects and animation unit of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group known for photoreal live-action visual effects, dynamic creature and character animation and full-CG features.

Link :
- https://www.imageworks.com/

Spectrum-based Perception

Our multispectral sensing solution derives image data up to 41 wavelengths (from 450 nm to 850 nm, in 10 nm intervals) simultaneously by just one shot. The solution is composed of Sony’s 1st multispectral sensor (IMX454) with 8 types of on-chip filter and the specially designed signal processing software.
As the solution makes it possible to distinguish slight color differences compared to RGB camera, it can be used in applications such as material sorting, contaminant detection inspection, and quality management.

Link :
- https://www.sony-semicon.com/en/technology/industry/multispectral.html
- https://www.sony-semicon.com/en/products/is/industry/multispectral.html
- https://www.sony-semicon.com/en/feature/2024021601.html

Gran Turismo Sophy

A superhuman racing AI agent capable of driving over 500 cars on multiple tracks, available to all Gran Turismo 7 (PS5) players worldwide.

Link :
- https://www.gran-turismo.com/us/gran-turismo-sophy/

Sony's Technical Programs at SIGGRAPH 2025

Course

Physically Based Shading in Theory and Practice

Using examples from film and games, this course presents advances in physically based shading in both theory and production practices, demonstrating how it enhances realism and leads to more intuitive and faster art creation.

- Lecturers:
Stephen Hill, Stephen McAuley (Sony Santa Monica Studio), Laurent Belcour, Naty Hoffman, Alain Hostettler, Peter Kutz, Kentaro Suzuki (Polyphony Digital Inc.), Hajime Uchimura (Polyphony Digital Inc.), Andrea Weidlich, Kenichiro Yasutomi (Polyphony Digital Inc.)
- Date/Time: August 10 (Sun) 9:00am - 12:15pm PDT
- Place: West Building, Rooms 118-120

< Link >
- https://s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation/?id=gensub_195&sess=sess190
- https://blog.selfshadow.com/publications/s2025-shading-course/

Birds of a Feather

Open Review Initiative

The Open Review Initiative is an Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) project focused on collaborative, high-quality review tools and interoperability in media and entertainment. Join teams from Autodesk, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Imagineering, DNEG, Sony Imageworks, Netflix Animation Studios, and more for updates and roadmap discussions. Topics include OTIO-based annotation and sync protocols, RPA API development, and OpenAPV usage with a comparison to HTJ2K. Highlights feature OpenRV and X-Studio town hall recaps, tool showcases, and the X-Studio 1.0 release. This session is part of Open Source Days, a full day of open source BoFs hosted by ASWF. Learn more at aswf.io/opensourcedays.

- Organizers:
Guillaume Brossard, Cottalango Leon (Sony Pictures Imageworks), Sam Richards, Erik Strauss
- Date/Time: August 11 (Mon) 8:00am - 10:00am PDT
- Place: Pinnacle Ballroom I, Marriott Pinnacle Downtown

< Link >
- https://s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation/?id=bof_193&sess=sess511

OpenCue

OpenCue is an open source render management system and an Academy Software Foundation Project. Come learn about the latest OpenCue updates including containerized frames, new web interface, new pip packages and much more. This BoF is part of a full day of open source BoFs hosted by the Academy Software Foundation as part of Open Source Days. Learn more at aswf.io/opensourcedays.

- Organizer: Diego Tavares (Sony Pictures Imageworks)
- Date/Time: August 11 (Mon) 10:00am – 11:00am PDT
- Place: Pinnacle Ballroom I, Marriott Pinnacle Downtown

< Link >
- https://s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation/?id=bof_194&sess=sess512

ASWF working group on machine learning / dailes notes assistant project

ASWF Machine Learning Working Group

Meet and discuss topics of the new Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) Machine Learning Working Group and the initial related ASWF sandbox projects. We expect to update the group on progress of our initial project(s).
This BoF is part of a full day of open source BoFs hosted by the Academy Software Foundation as part of Open Source Days. Learn more at aswf.io/opensourcedays.

- Organizers: Larry Gritz (Sony Pictures Imageworks), Tommy Burnette
- Date/Time: August 11 (Mon) 12:00pm – 1:00pm PDT
- Place: Pinnacle Ballroom I, Marriott Pinnacle Downtown

< Link >
- https://s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation/?id=bof_196&sess=sess514

Computer Animation Festival

Animation Theater In Conversation: In Your Dreams

View a sneak peek of the upcoming Netflix feature animation release! In Your Dreams is a comedy adventure about Stevie and her brother Elliot who journey into the landscape of their own dreams. If the siblings can withstand a snarky stuffed giraffe, zombie breakfast foods, and the queen of nightmares, the Sandman will grant them their ultimate dream, the perfect family.

Join us for a live in-person conversation with Director Alex Woo, Kuklu Studios, Sony Pictures Imageworks Visual Effects Supervisor, Nicola Lavender and Head of Character Animation, Sacha Kapijimpanga followed by a Q&A and poster signing!

- Creators: Alex Woo, Nicky Lavender (Sony Pictures Imageworks, Canada), Sacha Kapijimpanga (Sony Pictures Imageworks, Canada)
- Date/Time: August 11 (Mon) 12:30pm - 1:30pm PDT
- Place: West Building, Ballroom C

< Link >
- https://s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation/?id=caf_506&sess=sess317
- https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/in-your-dreams-animated-movie-release-date-news

Production Session

The VFX of The Penguin

On-set filming techniques included ground breaking interactive lighting for the visceral Oz action sequences. AI-driven workflows were employed to heighten the distress of a flood ravaged Gotham City. Young Victor witnesses the loss of his entire family in a flood, facilitated by complex simulations, striking the emotional core of viewers. Oz engages in a car chase filmed dry, but then immersed in torrential rain with a complex mix of classic 2d elements with sophisticated fx animation. New hybrid techniques in facial tracking augmented a progression of 10 years of visible torment for Sofia Falcone, as she was captive in Arkham Asylum. A car explosion ruptures the streets creating a massive sinkhole, with the help of new procedural destruction tools. All of the VFX were designed to service the characters and to tell their stories, to a degree that truly make the results no longer VFX work, but storytelling work. Our goal was for the viewer to not see the VFX, but to feel them. Join us as our team of industry leading VFX supervisors present the VFX of THE PENGUIN.

- Presenters:
Johnny Han, Alexandre Prod'homme, Goran Pavles, Adrien Saint Girons, Nathaniel Larouche (VFX Supervisor/Pixomondo,Sony), Eugene Bondar
- Date/Time: August 11 (Mon) 4:15pm - 5:15pm PDT
- Place: West Building, Ballroom C

< Link >
- https://s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation/?id=pros_120&sess=sess283

Industry Session

GPU Rendering Innovations at Sony Pictures Imageworks

Explore how Sony Pictures Imageworks, creators of visual effects for over fifty feature films, including A Minecraft Movie and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, have transformed the Arnold renderer with GPU acceleration. Discover innovative techniques to address execution coherency and memory organization that enable faster, more interactive artist workflows all while attempting to maintain feature parity with the CPU production renderer. Find out how the team overcame challenges with complex production shaders and lighting scenarios and achieved significant performance gains using NVIDIA OptiX. Join us for practical advice on how to implement GPU rendering for modern visual effects workflows.

- Presenters: Clifford Stein (Sony Pictures Imageworks), Chris Hellmuth (Sony Pictures Imageworks)
- Date/Time: August 12 (Tue) 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
- Place: West Building, Rooms 111-112

< Link >
- https://s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation/?id=ind_109&sess=sess479

Stage Session

Shaping the future of entertainment and innovation with Sony

Join Sony and Pixomondo (PXO) - a Sony Group Company known for its award-winning work in virtual production, visualization, and VFX - for an exclusive showcase of their latest collaboration. Leveraging PXO’s creative and virtual production expertise alongside Sony’s state-of-the-art technology, the partnership unveils an innovative short film produced using PXO AKIRA, PXO's cutting-edge vehicle processing ecosystem. The production brings together a motion platform, robotic camera crane, an LED volume, and software to control the ecosystem, transforming the way we tell stories when filming vehicles. This pioneering project demonstrates the seamless integration of Sony technology across every stage of the filmmaking process, from pre-production to post, transforming the future of dynamic vehicle storytelling.

- Presenters: Marco Ragozzino (PXO Clara), Chris Banting (PXO Clara), Samuel Wilson Fares (Sony North America)
- Date/Time: August 13 (Wed) 10:30am - 11:30am PDT
- Place: West Building, The Stage in Exhibition Hall C

< Link >
- https://s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation/?id=stage_106&sess=sess520

Talk

Machine Learning Meets Lighting: Using Depth Estimation To Build The Light Rigs

This paper describes the techniques we use to build the complex light rigs in the Sony Pictures Imageworks lighting pipeline. Our process is semi-automatic and removes manual labour from the artists.

- Contributor: Sergey Shlyaev (Sony Pictures Imageworks, Canada)
- Date/Time:August 14 (Thu) 2:22pm - 2:44pm PDT
- Place: West Building, Rooms 109-110

< Link >
- https://s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation/?id=gensub_479&sess=sess173

Poster

Co-Speech Gesture and Facial Expression Generation for Non-Photorealistic 3D Characters

This paper introduces innovative methods for generating gestures, facial expressions, and exaggerated emotional expressions for non-photorealistic characters using comics-extracted expression data and dialogue-specific semantic gestures for conversational AI, achieving significantly enhanced user satisfaction compared to a state-of-the-art photorealistic method.

- Contributors: Taisei Omine (Sony Group Corporation), Naoyuki Kawabata (Sony Group Corporation), Fuminori Homma (Sony Group Corporation)
- Date/Time & Place:
August 11 (Mon), 12 (Tue), 13 (Wed) 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT at West Building, Level 2, Outside Room 219
August 12 (Tue) 10:45am - 12:15pm PDT at West Building, Rooms 220-222

< Link >
- https://s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation/?id=pos_150&sess=sess400

Emerging Technologies

A Demonstration of YUBI: Your Universal Body Interface Using Finger Force to Full-Body Motion for Avatar Embodiment

YUBI, a novel interface, translates nuanced finger force inputs into continuous, full-body avatar motion, fostering strong embodiment in virtual reality. It enables embodied interactions such as object manipulation and navigation using only finger force, overcoming physical constraints while delivering realistic haptic experiences. Crucially, YUBI renders reaction forces to the fingers, allowing users to perceive virtual object properties (e.g., weight and stiffness) through the effort of their input. By dynamically adapting the force-motion relationship based on object characteristics, YUBI provides intuitive haptic perception, significantly enhancing haptic realism and avatar embodiment.

- Contributors: Yutaro Hirao, Takeru Hashimoto (The University of Tokyo/Sony Computer Science Laboratories)
- Date/Time:
August 11 (Mon) 10:30am - 5:00pm PDT
August 12 (Tue), 13 (Wed) 10:00am - 5:00pm PDT
August 14 (Thu) 10:00am - 3:00pm PDT
- Place:
West Building, Exhibit Hall B

< Link >
- https://s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation/?id=gensubcur_108&sess=sess257

Demonstration of Multi-Layered Inflatables: Asymmetric-Shaped Inflatable Structures by Stacked Planar Sheets

We introduce "Multi-Layered Inflatables," a novel class of asymmetric-shaped inflatable structures with easy fabrication. These structures consist of multi-pair interconnected planar sheets, leveraging multi-layered inflation to create complex curved surfaces while maintaining structural integrity. In this hands-on, the attendees can design and fabricate various types of Multi-Layered Inflatables.

- Contributors: Ryota Sakuma (Sony Computer Science LaboratoriesThe University of Tokyo), Yusuke Sakai (Sony Computer Science Laboratories), Yoshihiro Kawahara, Takefumi Hiraki
- Date/Time:
August 11 (Mon) 10:30am - 5:00pm PDT
August 12 (Tue), 13 (Wed) 10:00am - 5:00pm PDT
August 14 (Thu) 10:00am - 3:00pm PDT
- Place:
West Building, Exhibit Hall B

< Link >
- https://s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation/?id=gensub_116&sess=sess257

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Event Report

Sony had a strong presence at SIGGRAPH 2025 in Vancouver, Canada, where we introduced our latest research and technologies.
We were delighted to welcome many visitors to our booth and engage in meaningful conversations with researchers and professionals from around the world.
Our Technology Blog captures these moments along with details of our accepted papers.

Visit to learn more about our contributions:
https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/technology/stories/entries/SIGGRAPH2025_report/

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