SIGGRAPH presented us the opportunity to find our first loyal customers. They are artists, designers, corporate executives and academics. Thank you all very much for your enthusiastic support at the conference, for your beautiful designs and great suggestions.
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fxguide, the number one information source for high-end visual effects professionals, provided great coverage of SIGGRAPH 2008 in multiple episodes. Episode #31 covered some of the new technologies, including OnLatte, Inc., 12 minutes into the video. Great episode, and toward the end you get to see the latest version of the Latte Art Machine prototype in action.
Aug 16, 2008 - Coverage from SIGGRAPH 2008 continues with a look at announcements from Autodesk and eyeon, as well as having fun killing time in the new technologies exhibit.
You can see other episodes here.
In Malcom Gladwell’s book “The Tipping Point” there is a description of a person called a connector. Basically this person knows a lot of people and inherently tries to link people together. At SIGGRAPH that man for us was Joshua Pines (sorry Joshua but I can’t find a better link for you), and Onlatte is extremely grateful to have met him. Joshua is the VP of Imaging Research & Development at Technicolor and is a pioneer in visual effects for films. This man seemed to know everyone at SIGGRAPH and, at times, he was literally directing traffic to our booth. We had at least a hundred people come by and this was the typical conversation:
Attendee: “Oh, so this is the Latte Art Printer booth. One of the smartest guys that I know who I deeply respect told me to come by.”
OnLatte: “Wait, let me quess. Was that guy Josh Pines?”
Attendee: “Yes!”
Being able to meet Josh Pines at the conference was a remarkable experience and will serve as a reminder as to what we need to do as we develop new versions of the printer. Thank you again, Josh, for your enthusiasm and support at SIGGRAPH.
Best,
Josh (not Pines)
P.S - One other person that we would also like to mention was Henry Santos who was a regular at our booth, and is truly one of the nicest guys you could meet. If you ever need a character animator please look him up at www.sitesantos.com. Thanks Henry!
It has always been Lex’s vision to be able to create a new artistic medium with the Latte Art Printer by walking into your local coffee shop and expressing yourself on a specialty coffee. One of the great things about SIGGRAPH is that we have the ability to test how the consumer will use the product, and fortunately our booth was next to Starbucks to make it happen. What you see below is a custom design on Johannes Behr’s latte that he purchased next door.
Sorry for the poor photo quality, but I hope you start to see the intent and vision behind this product. Next stop: time to raise some funding to make it happen.
Best,
Josh
Lex and I had a great time hanging out with Chris Mascari of Gizmodo today, and he took a turn printing out a custom logo. Seems like a fun line of work (although timing it seems like timing is everything) and Chris was a great sport throughout. Here is a link to his post on Gizmodo, and here is a photo of him and his creation.
Thanks Chris!
Josh
