Projects

Projects

ARSBOX

The ARSBOX is a PC-based, stereographic, multimedia presentation unit. It has been designed as a form of cross-media infrastructure making it possible to present, develop and manipulate a broad spectrum of media contents.
UnitM

The Ars Electronica Center was commissioned to carry out the “unit M” project by the Austrian Institute for Economic Promotion (WIFI) in Linz.
VAI Training Simulator

Virtual reality simulator for a continuous casting plant for industrial steel processing. The project is part of the Ars Electronica Futurelab’s long-standing and successful collaboration with voest alpine Industrieanlagenbau.
CAVE project by Peter Kogler

The CAVE project by Peter Kogler originated within the framework of the Artist-in-Residence Program.
World Skin by Maurice Benayoun

“World Skin” by Maurice Benayoun was an interactive CAVE installation that took visitors on a “photo safari” into a land of warfare. It received the Golden Nica Prize for Interactive Art at the 1998 Prix Ars Electronica.
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

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 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.