Newsletter of the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University
Tim McLaughlin, head of the Department of Visualization, discussed how entertainment technology development is driven by the need for creative expression as keynote speaker for a June 3 international conference of the electronic display industry in San Antonio.
McLaughlin’s address took place at the Display of the Year awards luncheon hosted by the Society for Information Display at the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel during its 2009 international symposium, seminar and exhibition.
He looked at technology of the past 30 years used by movie directors George Lucas, James Cameron, and John Lasseter, then talked about the technology required for the work of today's special effects creators.
McLaughlin helped create the special effects of “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace,” “Jurassic Park 3,“ “War of the Worlds,” “Men In Black 2” and other Hollywood blockbusters. He received a Master of Science in Visualization Sciences degree from Texas A&M in 1994 and joined the Texas A&M faculty in 2007.
The May 31 – June 5 conference at the Henry B. Gonzalez convention center featured more than 350 booths with information on the latest in image processing, systems software and display processor hardware and applied vision, and new applications such as multimedia and the electronic cinema.
- Posted: June 17, 2009 -
