Horst Hörtner

  • Das Rheingold – Visionized

    Das Rheingold – Visionized

    On September 26th and 28th, 2004, a concert performance of Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold under the direction of Dennis Russell Davies and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz took place in the Great Hall of the Brucknerhaus Linz with an interactive 3D visualization by Johannes Deutsch and Ars Electronica Futurelab.

  • Gullivers World

    Gullivers World

    The theme of Gulliver’s World is the relationship between virtual and material realities, and the reality that’s constructed by combining these two components.

  • Humphrey II

    Humphrey II

    In the beginning, there was Humphrey — a mechatronic device that worked in conjunction with a pair of data glasses to simulate flight in a 3-D environment. This installation in the Ars Electronica Center has been a smash hit with visitors since the museum opened, having replaced almost all the exhibits on display there at…

  • Gulliver’s Box

    Gulliver’s Box

    Mixed Reality Installation with visitors as live-projected 3D-avatars.

  • INSTAR

    INSTAR

    Information and Navigation Systems Through Augmented Reality

    INSTAR was a unique new approach to navigation systems (for instance, in autos) that went beyond conventional two-dimensional visualizations and utilized augmented reality.

  • ARSBOX

    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.

  • VAI Training Simulator

    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

    CAVE project by Peter Kogler

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

  • 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.