Futurelab

Open Futurelab

Once again this year, the Ars Electronica Futurelab and its partners show at the “Open Futurelab” which projects and initiatives have been created in the past months in collaboration between industries, education, art, and science. The research and development force behind Ars Electronica sees itself as an atelier and a laboratory at the same time – what exactly this means can be seen at the exhibits, lectures and performances shown in this area.

Immersify: Immersive Ambisonic Audio

Maciej Glowiak (PL), Maciej Jaskiewicz (PL), Leszek Nowak (PL), Wojciech Raszewski (PL), Jan Skorupa (PL), Eryk Skotarczak (PL)

Experimental ambisonic space combined with VR: The installation is built of 24 independent loudspeakers, which come together to create a sphere. Visitors have the opportunity to stand in the center of the area, wear VR goggles and take part in two different music sessions.

Immersify – cutting edge tools for the next generation of immersive media

Immersify is a European research project that started in October 2017, connecting the Ars Electronica Futurelab with four partners from all over Europe. During this year’s festival, the ongoing progress of Immersify is presented at Deep Space 8K in a series of demos. Also taking place at Deep Space 8K, is a 8K live streaming demo that stretches the limits of what is technologically possible today.