Technology
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Smart Home – Sweet Home?
Digitalisation is on everyone’s mind. Artificial intelligence surrounds us in many everyday situations and moves into our most intimate living spaces. Everything is connected, we are constantly online. Is there still a life without the World Wide Web? Why shop yourself when the refrigerator can do it alone? Of the comforts and dangers of a…
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Future in a Nutshell: Smart Textiles
As part of the lecture series “Future in a Nutshell” organized by Ars Electronica for Greiner Technology & Innovation, Michael Haller, Professor at the Interactive Media Department of the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria and founder and director of the Media Interaction Lab, talks about Imperceptible Textile Interfaces.
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Beyond the Frame: The future of broadcasting?
With “Beyond the Frame: Future Project”, the Ars Electronica Futurelab and NHK are exploring a future for broadcasting that goes beyond the traditional framework – in the truest sense of the word. In this interview, we found out what we can see of it at the 2019 Ars Electronica Festival (September 5-9) and which possibilities…
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SwarmOS: Using swarm technology as a visual medium
Groundbots, swarm intelligence and technological swarms as a visual medium: At the “SwarmOS Research Demo” at the 2019 Ars Electronica Festival (Sept. 5 – 9), the Ars Electronica Futurelab is presenting insights into the in-house developed software SwarmOS – as well as hands-on application examples.
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Don‘t miss the Deep-Space-Festival-Program!
During the 2019 Ars Electronica Festival, you can visit not only the many new exhibitions at the Ars Electronica Center, but also a multifaceted program in Deep Space 8K. In this interview, you’ll learn why that program is one you shouldn’t miss!
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Swarm Intelligence and Art: The artistic vision behind Swarm Arena
A modern-day alchemist, electromagnetic Folklore instruments and display-carrying groundbots: The artistic vision behind the Swarm Arena performance at Miraikan, Tokyo, in July 2019 shaped a spectacle bordering on magic. Here, we hear from participating artists Akiko Nakayama and Ei Wada – and find out which elements of Swarm Arena to expect at this year’s Ars…
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A design concept based entirely on fun: FUNGUAGE
At the 2019 Ars Electronica Festival (September 5 – 9), FUNGUAGE ROOM will show what happens when you design human-to-object interaction with FUN in mind. We talked to the two leading artists and researchers responsible for the new design concept that wants to bring more joy to communication with our inanimate surroundings.
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World premiere: 8K Live Stream from Japan to Linz
On August 28, 2019, Deep Space 8K at the Ars Electronica Center will be the venue for a real world premiere: This is where the first intercontinental 8K Live Stream will take place via a public link from Japan to Linz. In the interview, we found out what challenges this entails.
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As if it were reality: Immersify
It’s almost as if you were there: immersive media let us dive deep into images and videos – sometimes to the point where we completely forget the world around us. In order to transform this new kind of media from a niche phenomenon to a widespread practice, the Ars Electronica Futurelab and four partners from…
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Future in a Nutshell: Creative Robotics
What could the future of robotics look like? As part of the “Future in a Nutshell” lecture series organized by Ars Electronica Export for the plastic producer Greiner, Johannes Braumann, head of the Laboratory for Creative Robotics at Linz Art University, spoke about his work. He also shared some impressions with us in this interview.
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Guest Article: Artificial Intelligence – The next frontier
After his visit to the Ars Electronica Festival, Roberto Viola, Director General of DG CONNECT (Directorate General of Communication, Networks, Content and Technology) at the European Commission, talks in this guest article about how important it is to involve art in the further development of AI technology.
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Deep Space LIVE: Inspired by Bruegel
On October 4, 2018, the delegation from Flanders, the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien and Ars Electronica will be showing high-resolution gigapixel images and exciting background information by and about the masterful Flemish painter at Deep Space LIVE “Inspired by Bruegel”. Find out more in this interview.
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Swarm Control: The Future of Firefighting
Rosenbauer and Ars Electronica Futurelab take a look into the future of the fire brigade: Together with artists, scientists and designers of the laboratory, the fire-fighting equipment supplier is now conducting research into the swarm control of autonomous vehicles.
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Levers and Buttons: The Virtual Way to the Golden Nica
With their video game, the four youngsters Lorenz Gonsa, Martin Hatler, Samuel Stallybrass and Vincent Thierry made it to the Golden Nica: They received the the prize for “Levers and Buttons” in the u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD category. This year’s Prix Ars Electronica will be awarded in Linz on September 7, 2018.
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Human and Machine, Dancing: SILK Fluegge
At the Ars Electronica Festival’s Big Concert Night on September 9, 2018, Silke Grabinger and two members of her SILK Fluegge troupe will dance to Symphonie Fantastique performed by the Bruckner Orchestra in the Gleishalle of POSTCITY Linz. Find out more in this interview.
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VREI: VR Devices for the 2018 Ars Electronica Festival
The Ars Electronica Festival (September 6-10, 2018) will feature several virtual reality projects once again this year. To let festivalgoers enjoy hands-on experiences with them, Vienna-based VREI Company has made a few VR devices available. VREI CEO Florian Sam provides details in this interview.
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TROPICS: The Golden Nica of Computer Animation 2018
The coveted Golden Nica of the Prix Ars Electronica in the category of computer animation goes to “TROPICS” by Mathilde Lavenne this year. At the Ars Electronica Festival from September 6 to 10, 2018, the artist will present her award-winning work – read more in the interview.
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Deep Space 8K at the Ars Electronica Festival 2018: Never call him a movie theater!
“Never call the Deep Space 8K a movie theater!” This year, too, we are taking this motto seriously at the Ars Electronica Festival from September 6 to 10, 2018, and will be presenting a series of new, fascinating visualizations that go far beyond a cinematic experience on the five days of the festival.
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Creative Artificial Intelligence: Style Transfer
Style transfer technology, actually a byproduct of deep learning, is the main attraction here. In “Creative AI – Style Transfer,” artist-researcher Ali Nikrang shows how artificial neural networks transform a video into an artistic-picturesque world. You can see it at the Ars Electronica Festival September 6-10, 2018.
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AI and Robotics: “Imperfect Versions of Our Own Minds”
“The Fractured Mirror,” anthropologist and digital ethnographer Beth Singler’s talk at the Ars Electronica Festival’s Theme Symposium on September 7, 2018, will elaborate on artificial intelligence’s effects on us human beings. She gives us an introduction to her topic in this interview.
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Deep Space LIVE: Old News from New Friends
How would young artists attending the Academy of Media Arts Cologne take advantage of Deep Space 8K’s technical capabilities? You’ll find out this coming Thursday, June 28, 2018, at the next Deep Space LIVE entitled “Old News from New Friends.”
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Deep Space LIVE: The Virtual House of Medusa
Ancient Rome comes to life at the Ars Electronica Center on Thursday, June 14, 2018. A Deep Space LIVE event entitled “House of Medusa” kicks off with a talk about the sensational finds made at an archeological dig in Lorch near Enns, Austria. Then, visitors can behold of virtual reconstruction of the original in VRLab.
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The Internet of Thinking Things
How would it be if everything that surrounds us is intelligent and it’s no longer possible for human beings to perceive what’s happening in the Internet of Things? Professor Alois Ferscha of Johannes Kepler University Linz introduces us to the world of networked thinking things.
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Drones as Media Tool: Mixed Reality Drone Racing
What’s still just a construction site in Kapfenberg, Austria will soon be the world’s most modern stainless steel mill. One of the highlights of the groundbreaking ceremony for voestalpine’s new work was a spectacular mixed reality drone race staged right above the building site by Ars Electronica Solutions. We found out more in this interview.
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MasterWorks: World Cultural Heritage, Right Up Close
Set out on a virtual journey to World Cultural Heritage sites worldwide in the comfort of the Ars Electronica Center! Your departure gate: CyArk’s MasterWorks. Elizabeth Lee, vice president of CyArk, told us more in this interview.
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Physicians’ Colleague, Patients’ Helper: The Cognitive Computer
The 3-D short film entitled “Physicians’ Colleague, Patients’ Helper: The Cognitive Computer” will be running in Deep Space 8K at the Ars Electronica Center beginning in May. This film explains how deep neural networks can facilitate the evaluation of medical data, and how this is changing both the physician’s role and the doctor-patient relationship.
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It’s Amazing How Creative Robotics Can Be!
They usually perform their tasks in huge factories or on construction sites, executing identical routines thousands or millions of times, over and over again. Or they vacuum our apartments, fully automatically. But things are different at the Ars Electronica Center. The Creative Robotics exhibition that opens on May 9, 2018 will show how robots are…
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VR-Themed Weekend: Virtual Realities in Gaming
How are VR and AR changing the gaming scene and computer games? In Part 2 of our interviews previewing the virtual and augmented reality-themed weekend April 6-8, 2018, we discuss the upshots of these developments with Jeremiah Diephuis of the Playful Interactive Environments research group at the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences’ Hagenberg Campus.