Deep Space 8K
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Schaunberger Grabmal
Using the non-contact process of photogrammetry, researchers of the Ars Electronica Futurelab carefully translated one of the Schaunberg tombs from the collegiate church of Wilhering into a virtual object in order to turn it into an immersive 3D cultural experience in Deep Space 8K. The colossal format creates insights into high-resolved details that can no…
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The Great Pyramid in 3D
The Great Pyramid in 3D, From the BBC Series Ancient Invisible Cities is an interactive immersive experience exploring the possibilities of virtual archaeology by scanning and digitally rebuilding historical architecture. With this program, visitors of the Ars Electronica Center’s Deep Space 8K can virtually go deep inside the oldest wonder of the ancient world, the…
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The Translucent St. Stephen’s Cathedral
As part of the European R&D project Immersify, the data from spatial measurement of St. Stephen in Vienna with more than 21 billion laser points was converted into a translucent representation of the cathedral. The result is an innovative interactive and immersive journey through the building in stereoscopic 8K, an experience in the Ars Electronica…
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Beyond the Frame – 8K Future Projects
Since 2018, together with Japan’s largest public broadcaster NHK, the Ars Electronica Futurelab has been pursuing questions about the future of the next generation of 8K ultra-high definition TV technology. As early as 2016, NHK began producing 8K material, developing recording and playback technology, and launched the first 8K single channel, making it one of…
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Living Numbers
Beyond the Frame — 8K Future Projects
Living numbers is an edutainment program for children, which uses life-size animations to bring life and animal relations closer to its viewers. It was developed within the scope of Beyond the Frame – 8K Future Projects presented at Deep Space 8K during the Ars Electronica Festival 2019.
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Merck 350 Curiosity Space
In 2018, Merck (known as Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the US and Canada) celebrated its 350th anniversary under the motto “Imagine. Always curious – also in the next 350 years”. For the program around Merck 350, the Ars Electronica Futurelab has developed the Curiosity Space: a walk-in 3D projection and experience space based on…
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Immersify
They almost make us forget the world around us: Virtual Reality (VR) applications let us dive deep into images and videos, promising interactive experiences. To lead immersive media from a niche phenomenon to a more widespread practice in the consumer market, the three-year EU-funded project Immersify took to the task of research and development with…
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Tumcreate
The immersive, virtual and interactive 3D environment of Deep Space 8K as part of a gigantic scalable future project: As a VR research and development laboratory, the international research platform TUMCREATE offers impressive possibilities for presentation, collaboration and simulation for the development of a new infrastructure and mobility concept for the megacity of Singapore.
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The virtual reconstruction of the Synagogue in Linz
Destroyed by Nazi sympathizers in November 1938, the Linz Synagogue was brought back to life 78 years later and opened to the public as a virtual reconstruction by architecture student René Mathe in collaboration with the Jewish Museum Vienna and the Ars Electronica Futurelab.
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Deep Space 8K
The Deep Space 8K has received a major upgrade in 2022 – read all about the technical innovations as well as the latest programs on our Deep Space 8K EVOLUTION page!