Virtual Reality
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Global impacts of the Russian war on Ukraine
February 24, 2022. In the midst of a global pandemic, Russia invaded Ukraine. Until today this war in Europe continues. This also poses questions for the media as well as the general public: What is truth, what is the role of journalism, and how can art and journalism contribute in a meaningful way in the…
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Deep Space 8K EVOLUTION
Three visually stunning dimensions, 33 million pixels of resolution and a high-performance tracking system make Ars Electronica’s Deep Space 8K one of the world’s most exciting digital experience spaces – developed, built and continuously maintained by the Ars Electronica Futurelab. Deep Space EVOLUTION brings several new programs to the public in 2022, as well as…
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Sounding Letters
Visualized AI/Human composed piano performance
A captivating virtual experience: the new program Sounding Letters at Deep Space 8K shows how humans and AI create music together with a 3D piano concert.
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Welcome to Planet B
E-vehicle or public transport? Nuclear power or renewable energy? Lab meat or vegan diet? Urban living or shared rural home? The climate crisis currently challenges us with questions to which there are no easy answers. Alternative concepts await important decisions, and every action we take today has implications far into the future. Wouldn’t it be…
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Virtual Crib
More than a hundred years after their first exhibition, the nativity scene of the Mariendom was carefully restored and then scanned by the Ars Electronica Futurelab using photogrammetry. It has been restaged as an interactive and audiovisual experience for the Mariendom and the Ars Electronica Center’s Deep Space 8K. In Deep Space 8K, the virtual…
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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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Deep Virtual
Ars Electronica Futurelab’s video production system Deep Virtual is able to merge virtual into physical reality in real time and to transmit this hybrid reality instantly. With its development, the Lab has set a milestone in the history of Deep Space 8K : The idea for live hybrid video production takes the broadcasting of virtual…
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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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Rotax MAX Dome
In collaboration with BRP Rotax, the Ars Electronica Futurelab created an experience of the latest technologies in the field of digital gaming worlds and analog machine technology. In the Rotax MAX Dome, opened in 2019, visitors can test the engine manufacturer’s new e-karts on a sophisticated racetrack, race through virtual worlds and experience specially developed…
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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…