Award Winners Displayed at NVISION 08 in San Jose, California

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NVISION 08 .- NVIDIA and CGSociety today announced the winners of the third NVArt digital art competition. The theme was 'Digital Fusion.' Artists from around the world were invited to submit computer-generated imagery of 'awe-inspiring fusions' of 2D and 3D designs. The winning submissions can be viewed online at: http://events.cgsociety.org/NVArt/03/winners.php.

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'In this competition we asked the entrants to create inspiring design fusions that were more than the sum of their 2D and 3D parts -- designs that leap from the page and into 3D on their way into our imaginations,' said Mark Snoswell, president of CGSociety, a global organization for digital artists. 'Whether rendered flat as 2D or sculpted as 3D, great design distinguishes itself as something special that is far more than the sum of its parts.'

Selected NVArt award winners will be on display at NVISION 08, an event for visual computing professionals and enthusiasts, on August 25-27, 2008 in San Jose, California. For more information, go to: http://www.nvision2008.com. NVArt submissions have been showcased recently at the San Jose Museum of Art in Silicon Valley and the Tate Modern in London.

    Award Winners
    The winners of the 'Digital Fusion' competition are:
    -- 1st place:  Fusion by Heiko Klug
    -- 2nd place: Cock and the centipede by Jason Lynch
    -- 3rd place: When Tialli calls you by Carlos Ortega Elizalde

    Honorable Mention:
    -- The Body Art by Alvin Tea
    -- Dfusion 2 by Deepak Hargaonkar
    -- Urban Movement by Pedro G. C. Jafet

Judging

The submissions were reviewed by a distinguished panel of judges, including: Pascal Blanche, Ubisoft; Lorne Lanning, Oddworld Inhabitants; Stephan Martinere, Midway Games; Steven Stahlberg, Androidblues; Mark Snoswell, CGSociety; and David Wright, NVIDIA.

About The CGSociety

CGSociety is a respected and accessible global organization for creative digital artists. CGSociety supports artists at every level by offering a range of services to connect, inform, educate, and promote, by celebrating achievement, excellence, and innovation in all aspects of digital art. CGSociety, along with Ballistic Publishing, is a division of Ballistic Media. For more information, visit http://www.cgsociety.org and http://www.BallisticPublishing.com.

About NVIDIA Corporation

NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) is the world leader in visual computing technologies and the inventor of the GPU, a high-performance processor which generates breathtaking, interactive graphics on workstations, personal computers, game consoles, and mobile devices. NVIDIA serves the entertainment and consumer market with its GeForce(R) products, the professional design and visualization market with its Quadro(R) products, and the high-performance computing market with its Tesla(TM) products. NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. and has offices throughout Asia, Europe, and the Americas. For more information, visit http://www.nvidia.com.

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