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Slides, videos, and recordings of Cesium team presentations and panel discussions

2024

  • SIGGRAPH 2024: glTF in AEC & Geospatial

    Denver, CO, USA,

    Sean Lilley and Adam Morris presented on glTF in two Birds of a Feather sessions: "glTF: Innovations in 3D Content Delivery and Use" and "glTF: Transforming 3D Asset Delivery for Real-Time Graphics," addressing AEC and geospatial.

    A presentation slide for a session at SIGGRAPH 2024 titled "AEC & Geospatial." Presenters are Sean Lilley and Adam Morris.
  • SIGGRAPH 2024: The State of 3D Asset Interoperability using USD and glTF

    Denver, CO, USA,

    As part of the Birds of a Feather session "Metaverse Standards Forum: Advancements on USD and glTF Interoperability and Discussion on the 3D Web Landscape," Patrick Cozzi presented the "3D Asset Interoperability using USD and glTF Working Group Update," and Janine Liu presented "USD and glTF for Geospatial and Beyond."

    A presentation slide for a session at SIGGRAPH 2024 titled "The State of 3D Asset Interoperability using USD and glTF." Presenters are Patrick Cozzi and Janine Liu.
  • SIGGRAPH 2024: Birds of a Feather Session: Cartographic Visualization (CARTO)

    Denver, CO, USA,

    The CARTO BOF explores how viewpoints and techniques from the computer graphics community can be effectively applied to cartographic and spatial datasets.

    SIGGRAPH 2024 Carto BOF
  • Cesium Presentation at PLATEAU Consortium

    Tokyo, Japan,

    Cesium delivered a presentation at the the first PLATEAU Consortium Conference on June 14, 2024

    Gen Kukita, Community Manager, Cesium Japan
    Cesium joins PLATEAU Consortium
  • Cesium presentation at CSPI 2024

    Chiba, Japan,

    Cesium's Ben Jewett joined our partners EARTHBRAIN and Komatsu to discuss the latest innovations in Smart Construction at CSPI 2024 in Japan.

    Ben Jewett presenting on behalf of Cesium in Chiba, Japan
  • I3D 2024: 3D Tiles: Bringing Computer Graphics Research into Production

    Philadelphia, PA, USA,

    Industry talk by Cesium's Sean Lilley at ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games (I3D) 2024, hosted at Cesium headquarters in Philadelphia.

    Title slide for "3D Tiles: Bringing Computer Graphics Research into Production" by Sean Lilley

2023

  • Metaverse Standards Forum Webinar: The State of 3D Asset Interoperability Using USD and glTF

    Virtual,

    Speakers: Patrick Cozzi, Cesium; Guido Quaroni, Adobe; Henrik Edström, Autodesk; Eric Haines, NVIDIA; Marc Petit, Epic Games; Alexey Medvedev, Facebook

    The Metaverse Standards Forum 3D Asset Interoperability Domain Group is enabling cooperation between the USD and glTF communities to build synergies and reduce overlaps, gaps, fragmentation, and industry confusion. Developers building tools and platforms with USD and integrating the popular glTF standard will share the state of these 3D initiatives and how they can benefit each other. The group explores expanding the scope of 3D asset definitions to include behaviors, sound, physics, and scene composition and discuss how different standards organizations, open source projects, and commercial companies are converging towards a shared material representation for the open metaverse.

    Metaverse Standards Forum webinar graphic
  • SIGGRAPH 2023: Digital Twins Go Geospatial with OpenUSD, 3D Tiles, and Cesium

    SIGGRAPH 2023 - Los Angeles, CA,

    Part of NVIDIA OpenUSD Day, Sean Lilley, Staff 3D Software Developer and Lead for Cesium for Omniverse, led this exploration of OpenUSD, 3D Tiles, and geospatial data to create rich digital twins. He offered insight into data pipelines, 3D Tiles streaming, scene management and performance considerations, and the future of USD and geospatial.

    Cesium at SIGGRAPH 2023
  • SIGGRAPH 2023: Geometry, Textures, and Workflow - Optimizing glTF

    Los Angeles, CA,

    Adam Morris, Staff 3D Software Engineer, joined Pawel Nikiel and Max Limper, DGG; and Andreas Vasilakis, Phasmatic, to explain cutting-edge techniques for optimizing geometry, textures, and node structure within glTF.

    Cesium at SIGGRAPH 2023
  • SIGGRAPH 2023: Birds of a Feather Session: Cartographic Visualization (CARTO)

    Los Angeles, CA,

    Session explores how viewpoints and techniques from the computer graphics community can be effectively applied to cartographic and spatial data sets.

    Cesium at SIGGRAPH 2023
  • Angular Projects, Third Edition

    Angular Projects, Packt Publishing,

    Guidance for integrating CesiumJS into an Angular project to bring a high precision 3D globe to a web app.

    Aristeidis Bampakos, CesiumJS Contributor
    Angular Projects book cover
  • Deep Dive: Bentley's LumenRT for NVIDIA Omniverse and Cesium

    Virtual,

    Recorded webinar on the power of Bentley's LumenRT for NVIDIA Omniverse and its integration with Cesium. The panel will discuss how the integration of these tools to build digital twins can help visualize complex construction projects in real-time, optimize project timelines and budgets, and how Bentley and Cesium are driving innovation in the construction industry.

    Deep Dive: Bentley's LumenRT for NVIDIA Omniverse and Cesium
  • How glTF and 3D Tiles Bring Geospatial to the Metaverse

    Virtual,

    Cesium's Adam Morris presented at the Metaverse Standards Forum Real/Virtual World Integration Working Group

    How glTF and 3D Tiles Bring Geospatial to the Metaverse
  • CesiumJS: Developing a Large Scale JS Library for 3D Visualization

    Philadelphia Javascript Developers Meetup, One Penn Center, 1617 JFK Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19103,

    Cesium presented,"Developing a Large Scale JS Library for 3D Visualization" alongside Ted Agolii of Certara; Otoloye Oyeniran of Wajusoft; and Jevelson Simenthy of Comcast.

    Gabby Getz presented "Developing a Large Scale JS Library for 3D Visualization"
  • Scaling glTF with 3D Tiles

    Khronos Group glTF Webinar,

    Cesium's Sean Lilley joined Tam Belayneh, Esri; Michael Beale, Autodesk; and Leonard Daly of The Khronos Group to discuss how to use glTF for large 3D models, terrain, scanned imagery, and connect it to GIS; Architecture Engineering, and Construction (AEC); and Building Information Model (BIM) meta-data to the individual nuts-and-bolts. glTF’s Geospatial Special Interest Group explained the limitations of today’s glTF and presented their solutions to extend it for the Geospatial and AEC industries. Hierarchical Level of Detail (HLOD), point clouds, geometry and texture compression, and meta-data solutions for the urban digital twin and how it applies to the Metaverse were additional topics discussed.

    Scaling glTF with 3D Tiles presentation by Sean Lilley, Khronos Group webinar

2022

2021

  • Web3D Conference 2021

    virtual,

    Cesium's Peter Gagliardi discussed Cesium and 3D Tiles NEXT along with experts from Esri and the Wed3D consortium at this international conference on 3D Web technology hosted by SIGGRAPH.

    Peter Gagliardi, 3D Graphics
    3D web conference banner 2021
  • A Vision of the Metaverse - NVIDIA GTC 2021

    Virtual,

    Cesium CEO Patrick Cozzi joined a panel of global Metaverse futurists for "A Vision of the Metaverse" at NVIDIA GTC 2021. Experts shared their vision of the Metaverse, its potential, and what needs to happen to build the foundation. The event featured:

    Dean Takahashi, Lead Writer, GamesBeat/VentureBeat

    Tim Sweeney, Founder and CEO, Epic Games

    Morgan McGuire, Chief Scientist, Roblox

    Rev Lebaredian, VP of Simulation Technology and Omniverse Engineering, NVIDIA

    Patrick Cozzi, CEO, Cesium

    Willim Cui, Vice President of Tencent Games, Tencent

    Christina Heller, CEO, Metastage

    Jinsoo Jeon, VP, Head of Metaverse Company, SK Telecom

    GTC Panel - A Vision of the Metaverse 2021, with Cesium CEO Patrick Cozzi, Tim Sweeney of Epic Games, Morgan Mcguire of Roblox, and more.
  • DINAcon: "swissgeol.ch - a technological innovation"

    Virtual,

    Cesium's Sam Rothstein joined experts from Camptocamp and the Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, to discuss how open source software like CesiumJS makes creating 3D visualizations accessible to a broad range of professionals.

    Sam Rothstein, Emerging Technologies
    Cesium open source projects
  • Bridging the Physical and Digital Worlds: Cesium and 3D Tiles for O3DE

    O3DEcon - Los Angeles, CA and Virtual,

    Cesium's Shehzan Mohammed and Bao Tran presented "Bridging the Physical and Digital Worlds: Cesium and 3D Tiles for O3DE" at this conference by the Linux Foundation that explores open source collaboration in gaming.

    o3DEcon LA October 11-12, 2021
  • Building the Open Metaverse

    SIGGRAPH 2021, Virtual,

    This unique Birds of a Feather session hosted by Cesium and Epic Games brought experts together to discuss openness and interoperability for the future metaverse. The event featured speakers from Unity, NVIDIA, Roblox, and others.

    Building the Open Metaverse - SIGGRAPH 2021
A birds of a feather session featuring Cesium, Epic Games, NVIDIA, Unity, Roblox, OGC, and more.
  • Smart Construction Digital Meetup

    Geoawesomeness, August 2021,

    Smart Construction experts from Cesium, Komatsu, and Hunzinger Construction share insights about how 3D geospatial data is driving the digital transformation of the construction industry.

    Geoawesomeness Digital Meetup: Smart Construction. Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 1 pm ET featuring Cesium's Dave Braig, Yoetzin Diaz and Michael Salyers of Komatsu, and Andie Rodenkirch of Hunzinger Construction
  • Global-Scale Cloud-Streaming Visualization in AR

    GTC21,

    Cesium joins experts from Epic Games, Microsoft and NVIDIA to discuss off-the-shelf technologies used to rapidly build and deploy a streaming interactive simulation application using the Cesium for Unreal plugin, OGC 3D-Tiles, Unreal Engine, and Holographic Remoting from Azure to the Microsoft HoloLens 2 device.

    Man wearing a mask and VR headset standing over a digital 3D model of a city
  • Enabling 3D Geospatial for AR/VR

    TEAR 3M,

    Cesium's Brady Moore discusses Cesium for mission critical visualization and analysis at TEAR 3M: Technical Exchange on Augmented Reality for Military, Maintenance and 3D Modeling.

2020

  • Cesium & Kaarta for Interior Spaces in Dense Urban Environments

    Digital Engineering Forum: The Persistent Mission Model,

    Cesium's Brady Moore gives a short demo of Cesium and Kaarta's proposed solution for dense urban environments including interior spaces and underground infrastructure.

    Screenshot of demo showing Cesium and Kaarta's proposed solution for dense urban environments.
  • Cesium for Multi Domain Operations

    Digital Engineering Forum: The Persistent Mission Model,

    Cesium's Brady Moore demonstrates how Cesium can be used for multi domain operations that require synchronization of plans and actions across different times and locations.

    Digital Engineering Forum 2020 The Persistent Mission Model
  • Cesium 3D COP

    Digital Engineering Forum: The Persistent Mission Model,

    Quick demo of a 3D COP (Common Operating Picture) built on Cesium.

    Screenshot of a 3D COP (Common Operating Picture) built on Cesium showing a 3D model of an aircraft flying over real world terrain with annotations and infobox.
  • 3D Data for Digital Transformation in Construction

    Geoawesomeness,

    Dave Braig presents the latest on how Cesium and Komatsu are driving the digital transformation of the construction industry with Smart Construction.

  • Breaking Into Product Management

    Product Tank Philly,

    Shehzan Mohammed joined a group of product managers from several Philadelphia companies to talk about the career journey that led to his role at Cesium.

  • iTwin Developer Conference

    Bentley Systems,

    Cesium joins Ray Bentley, Executive VP, Bentley Systems to present Digital Twins with Cesium & iModels (Using Tiles to Improve Display Performance for Massive Data Sets) at The iTwin Developer Conference. The event brings infrastructure thought leaders together to discuss digital twin technologies and the vision of an open ecosystem for infrastructure digital twins. 

    Omar Shehata, 3D graphics
  • Geoholics Anonymous Podcast

    Younger Geomatics Professionals,

    Cesium's Gabby Getz discusses her path to geospatial, mentoring, and winning the 2019 Younger Geospatial Professional of the Year award.

    Geoholics Podcast cover image
  • Cesium - The Platform for 3D Geospatial

    Carto BOF SIGGRAPH 2020,

    An overview of Cesium and its latest features, including Cesium OSM Buildings, underground visualization, and smart construction, plus planned development.

    A presentation deck title slide introducing "The Platform for 3D Geospatial" presented by Lisa Bos, and with an image of the Cesium Man 3D model
  • VerySpatial Podcast - Kevin Ring

    VerySpatial Podcast,

    Kevin Ring of Cesium talks about the development of CesiumJS and the recent release of Cesium OSM Buildings.

  • VerySpatial Podcast - Gabby Getz

    VerySpatial Podcast,

    Gabby Getz discusses how Cesium is supporting the digital transformation of the construction industry through our Smart Construction work with Komatsu.

  • Applications of Innovative Tools and Technologies for Nonproliferation

    James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies,

    Cesium helps the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies ("CNS") gain more insights from their 3D data through visualization and analysis, and make those insights easier to share with journalists, policymakers, and the public.

2019

  • 3D Tiles and Visualization Advancements in STK 11.6

    AGI Webinar,

    glTF 2.0 models, physics-based rendering (PBR), and streaming massive 3D datasets with 3D Tiles in STK and Cesium.

    Alex Wood, CesiumJS Contributor
    Ed Mackey, CesiumJS Contributor
    Two men with earphones, microphones,  and laptops sitting around a table and with a large screen and a starry background behind them.
  • What's New and What's Next for Cesium and 3D Tiles?

    FOSS4G NA,

    A look at the latest advancements in visualizing massive 3D geospatial data over the past year from the popular open source CesiumJS project, 3D Tiles, and the surrounding Cesium ecosystem.

    Omar Shehata, 3D graphics
    A slide titled "Procedual Terrain Shading" with three images of terrain with colorful shading and lines labeled as "Elevation", "Slope", and "Contour Lines"
  • 3D - The New Standard for Maps

    FOSS4G NA,

    Explore the benefits of 3D visualization, including an intuitive understanding of data and the need for 3D due to modern data collection techniques.

    Omar Shehata, 3D graphics
    Two side-by-side images of a tower, one with red bounding boxes showing the 3D Tiles that enable hierarchical level of detail
  • Driving Simulations for Autonomous Vehicles with 3D Tiles and Cesium

    FOSS4G NA,

    Why Cesium is a great platform for autonomous driving, including streaming massive point clouds and photogrammetry models with open standards and fusing time dynamic data for visualizations in CesiumJS.

    The CesiumJS user interface showing a car on a highway and pop up dialogs to control and display data related to an autonomous vehicle
  • Harnessing the Potential of Drone Data Capture with Cesium

    FOSS4G NA,

    How Cesium’s open-core platform is used for visualizing the huge influx of data captured by drones across industries such as construction management, agriculture, and home inspection.

    Sarah Chow, Communications
    A photo of a woman in hiking gear with a baby in a pack on her back and a young child standing next to her, in a rocky desert landscape

2018

2017

  • Everything old is new again: What open source Google Earth Enterprise means for Cesium and FOSS4G

    FOSS4G,

    A high level overview of the Cesium team's experience integrating with Google Earth Enterprise.

    Matthew Amato, Platform
  • Why 3D? The benefits of 3d geospatial visualization beyond pretty pictures

    FOSS4G,

    Explore the benefits of 3D visualization, including an intuitive understanding of data and the need for 3D due to modern data collection techniques.

    Hannah Pinkos, Platform
  • 2.5D is not 3D

    JS.Geo,

    Overview of what it means to be 3D and why most mapping engines labelling themselves as 3D are actually 2.5D.

    Matthew Amato, Platform

2016

2015

  • Beyond the Google Earth API: Cesium, a Plugin-Free, WebGL-Based Virtual Globe

    GSA,

    Introduction to Cesium in the face of Google Earth deprecation.

    Declan De Paor, Guest Presenter
  • Cesium and the future of 3D Geospatial standards

    JS.Geo,

    An overview of the Cesium teams efforts to create open standards and specifications for massive 3D geosptial visualization on the web.

    Matthew Amato, Platform
  • Migrating from Google Earth API to Cesium

    FOSS4G,

    Advice based on porting several projects from Google Earth to Cesium. One of the projects, the Hiroshima Archive, also won The Best Cutting Edged Map prize at FOSS4G 2015.

    Professor Hidenori Watanave, Guest Presenter
  • Virtual Globes Using WebGL and Cesium

    SIGGRAPH,

    Yearly Cesium update at SIGGRAPH, including presentations from AGINICTA, and mousebird consulting.

    Cesium State of the Union, Matthew Amato, AGI

    Community Demos, Hannah Pinkos, AGI

    Using Cesium Terrain in a Native Mobile Toolkit, Steve Gifford, Mousebird Consulting

    Cesium at NICTA, Kevin Ring, NICTA

    3D Tiles, Patrick Cozzi, AGI

  • Cesium: A WebGL Virtual Globe and Map Engine

    Carto BOF, SIGGRAPH,

    A birds-eye introduction to Cesium with a focus on demos and 3D Tiles.

  • Getting Serious with JavaScript

    WebGL Insights, CRC Press,

    Best practices for large-scale JavaScript and WebGL development based on over four years experience developing Cesium.

  • WebGL, Gaming, and Cesium

    Philly Game Works,

    A general overview of both Cesium and WebGL game development.

    Matthew Amato, Platform
  • Temporal Visualization with Cesium

    FOSS4GNA,

    Overview of Cesium with emphasis on time-dynamic capabilities. Lots of demos.

    Matthew Amato, Platform

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2012

2011

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