With its three-dimensional projections on the wall and floor, the Deep Space 8K in the Ars Electronica Center never ceases to amaze visitors. The combination of laser technology and ultra-modern 3D glasses makes it possible to travel virtual worlds in unbelievable detail – and not just alone, but in groups, with friends, with the school class.
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CyArk
The colorful spectrum includes the ancient Maya city of Tikal in Guatemala, the cathedral of Beauvais, France, the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde National Park in the U.S., and St. Sebald, a medieval church in Nuremberg, Germany.
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OpenSpace
The fascination of space – In search of life.
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Prima Materia – a stereoscopic audiovisual journey
NOHlab
Alchemical authors have compared the “prima materia” to everything. To male and female, to the hermaphroditic monster, to heaven and earth, to body and spirit, chaos, microcosm, and the confused mass.
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Railway Bridge Linz
Dive into the 3-D visualization of the railway bridge and learn interesting facts about research, technology and history of steel construction.
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Singing Sand 2.0
Grains of sand resembling visual particles are sonified by mapping their individual velocities to various parameters of individual grains inside a custom-made granular synthesizer. Velocities also determine the color of the particles, which together create a spectrum of colors and sounds.
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Sounding Letters
Many attempts have been made to put music into words. But what happens when you translate a sequence of letters into music with the help of artificial intelligence?
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Tango in Wonderland
David Szauder (HU)
This dance uses Artificial Intelligence to create unexpected social situations in an ever-changing environment that take the audience out of their comfort zone.
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The Scottish Ten
The Scottish Ten is a five-year project that aims to create extraordinarily precise digital models of the five UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites located in Scotland and five heritage sites in other countries.
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The Virtual Nativity of the Linz St. Mary’s Cathedral
Restaged as an interactive and audiovisual 3D Christmas experience, the more than century-old nativity scene by Munich sculptor Sebastian Osterrieder from Linz’s St. Mary’s Cathedral also shines in perfect splendor in the virtual reality of Deep Space 8K.
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The virtual reconstruction of the synagogue in Linz
As part of his diploma thesis, René Mathe has set the goal of virtual reconstruction of the synagogue in order to make it accessible to today’s view. His work is the basis for the 3-D visualization by the Ars Electronica Futurelab, which allows a virtual tour through the Linz Synagogue in the Deep Space 8K.
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Uniview: A grandiose journey through space and time
Experience interactive 3D flights through the entire known universe in breathtaking images and experience the dimensions of space like never before.
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Venice Revealed: Grand Palais Immersif and Iconem
Venice – a marvel of technology, architecture and art – has been battling the sea for centuries. Experience a 3D reconstruction of the city thanks to state-of-the-art technology and discover it from a completely new perspective.
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Virtual Anatomy
Virtual reality technology meets medical science.
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Welcome to Planet B
An interactive decision-making game for Deep Space 8K in which groups of visitors try to reduce CO₂ emissions and achieve climate targets by making dilemma decisions.