FIE
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Deep Sync
Sharing Heartbeats in Immersive Space
Deep Sync creates an interactive playground for sound and visuals in the immersive Deep Space 8K environment. At the center of attention is the heartbeat of the visitors, which is artistically represented and thus has an effect on the entire group.
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SonoSynthesis
Can Machines and Nature Co-Create Music?
In the new era of creative collaboration, can machines and nature co-create art and music? In the SonoSynthesis project, a team of researchers from the Ars Electronica Futurelab brought together AI, biology, and Deep Space technologies to develop an immersive audio and visual experience.
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Welcome to Planet B
A Children’s Pop-Up Book About Climate Change
The Futurelab application Welcome to Planet B brings climate decisions to Deep Space 8K. To translate the project to a child-friendly format for 8- to 12-year-olds, a team at the lab created a matching interactive pop-up book. It is designed to get kids excited about climate protection and to marvel, grasp and understand – and,…
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Sounding Letters
The idea of Sounding Letters is to use the initial letters of Ars Electronica Futurelab and Ars Electronica Center as a musical theme and to compose a piece of music based on this theme by using an AI system. Both the Ars Electronica Futurelab and the Ars Electronica Center celebrated their 25th anniversaries in 2021.
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Memo Futurum
Anlässlich des 25-jährigen Bestehens des Ars Electronica Futurelab im Jahr 2021 lud Memo Futurum dazu ein, sich mit unseren persönlichen und kollektiven Zukunftsvisionen auseinanderzusetzen. Wie sehen wir uns und unser Leben in 25 Jahren? Wie sprechen wir über unsere Zukunft, wie fühlen wir uns ihr gegenüber, welche Einstellung haben wir zu ihr? Die Öffentlichkeit konnte…
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Magellan Robot
On the 6th of March 1521 a small fleet of Spanish ships under the command of the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reached the Island of Guam in the Pacific. They were greeted by curious natives, the Chamorro. Some of them came aboard and started to look around. They began to evaluate the many useful items…
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Biomaterial Art Lab
In this project, we explore biological and chemical methods to create materials for art and design. Biological materials based on the natural process and life science are beautiful, versatile, and ecological.
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OutReach
Telepresence is a great tool that gives people the ability to be in far away places without having to travel. Telepresence robots like Double Robot are great tools for communication. However, they usually lack ways to interact physically with their environment. This reduces the autonomy and freedom of movement of robot users. This way, telepresence…
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Ricercar
An AI-based Musical Companion
Ricercar is an interactive AI-based music composition system. The word Ricercar refers to a musical form of the Baroque and Renaissance and means “to search out” in its Italian origin. Composers used this term for pieces in which they experimented with a theme or musical idea and discovered its qualities such as permutation and variation possibilities…
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Creation of A.I.dam
With the help of the Multimodal Acoustic Trap Display, small plastic particles can be made to float using audio signals and then be illuminated. This particle is now moved so quickly that the impression of a three-dimensional object in space can be conveyed. An additionally generated sound pressure creates the impression of touch. With this…
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Our Social Forest
Non-verbal communions in the era of social distancing
With the corona virus in full swing, and the ensuing guidelines for social distancing, people have flocked to new technologies in order to keep communicating verbally and visually. However, video calls and social media still feel inadequate when it comes to conveying the complexity and intricacies of human communication. What’s missing?
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Hollow Words
An installation where the true actual state from news articles is analyzed in realtime.
Hollow words aims to create a tool which displays diversity of news reports in a more creative and broader spectrum as to recognize the importance and ability to not get lost in our own echo chambers. It displays the external but also the internal perception, but in context of delayed time. The core of the…