He also worked on projects with Apple Corps (the Beatles company). In 1968 he became a recording engineer in a London studio, first on staff and then as an independent.Īs a recording engineer he worked with many successful artists including Cat Stevens, Billy Ocean, Uriah Heep, Alan Parsons (who was his assistant on a project at Abbey Road) Elton John's Band, Pat Travers, Regina Bell, Stacey Keach, David Carradine and many others. There is no obligation.īorn in Liverpool, England, Tony started playing guitar in bands and recording in his teens. If you are a serious musician and committed to a successful career, read Tony's bio and then let us know if you might be interested in an interview with him to determine the best course of action to take for your music career. Together with Tony my company, Heartbeat Productions, provides full service record production and talent development. Over the years he has had many releases and several hits. They were soon joined by Carole Sumler and Tony Rockliff & Pascal Baudar (Cybertown).I work with and represent successful record producer from England, Tony Rockliff, who is now living and working in the US, right here in Tampa Bay. Mitch along with Dave Blackburn, (Virtual Ventures) Kit Galloway & Sherrie Rabinowitz (Electronic Cafe), Cindy Ballreich (3Name3D), Mark Pesce (SGI), John DeCuir (Sony Picture Imageworks), Leonard Daly (Daly Realism), and others formed the Los Angeles VRML User Group from a BOF at Spring 1997 Internet World. He prided himself that he attended every SIGGRAPH Conference. He was a SIGGRAPH Pioneer and Mentor for many of those years. Mitch was also a member of the LA ACM Siggraph Chapter and ACM SIGGRAPH. He was an author for life and his words, his care, and the mark he has left will live forever. Mitch was an educator and has inspired students to continue forward with their ideas through Pixar, Sony, Google, Samsung, Apple, the United Nations, Create, and beyond. Despite his health conditions he recently started leading the Web3D Mixed reality Working Group for using X3D in MAR applications. His last professional efforts were to bring X3D into Samsung’s GearVR so that people could easily create 3D content for that device. He was a constant and continual promoter of VRML and X3D being one of the first business to use 3D content on his website. His passion extended to educating others as a writer ( WebGL Hotshot ) and teacher - middle school to college (UCLA, UC Berkeley, El Camino Community). He pursued his passion using a large variety of technologies from VRML to Java/Java3D to X3D. Mitch was always enthralled by the fundamental insights obtained when displaying information in three or more dimensions. Funeral services will be held at Eden Memorial Park in Los Angeles on 20 March, 2019 from 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm (details at ) Rest In Peace Mitch, the Web3D Community will forever remember you for your passion for 3D Graphics and VR. He fought a valiant battle against this cancer for over 12 months. He told us that he had been diagnosed with brain cancer but was optimistic about his treatment and in good spirits and still actively pursuing 3D graphics at Samsung. We last saw Mitch at SIGGRAPH 2018 in Vancouver. Funeral services will be held at Eden Memorial Park in Los Angeles on 20 March, 2019 from 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm (details at. The Web3D Community will remember Mitch for his contributions to 3D Graphics and VR. A long-time Web3D Consortium member and a X3D advocate, Mitch was active in the Web3D community for several years and was recently elected as a member of the Web3D Consortium Board of Directors. It is with great sadness that we share sad news: Mitch Williams passed away on Monday March 11, 2019.
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