Projects

1996

  • CAVE

    CAVE

    In 1996, the (re)construction of a CAVE was the Ars Electronica Futurelab’s first experiment in creating publicly accessible virtual illusions of reality for visitors to the Ars Electronica Center. The CAVE was a novelty in the field of three-dimensional visualization, an installment which gave visitors the feeling of not just being mere spectators, but being…

  • MCE Turbine

    MCE Turbine

    A prototype of a turbine designed by the firm MCE was visualized in the CAVE at the Ars Electronica Center. The application is an early example of industrial simulation in the CAVE environment.

  • Humphrey I

    Humphrey I

    Humphrey was no conventional flight simulator. It was a special construction that let users fly through virtual worlds. Unlike conventional flight simulators that simulate “flying a vehicle”, “Humphrey” simulated the flying itself… free as a bird, a Superman or Supergirl.