Projects

1996

  • CAVE

    CAVE

     In 1996, the Ars Electronica Futurelab set up the world’s first publicly accessible CAVE at the Ars Electronica Center in Linz. This was the first time that a wide audience had access to virtual illusions of reality: not as mere spectators, but with the opportunity to immerse themselves in the projected world and interact with…

  • 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.