immersive

The Society of Stools [16]

Takeshi Ozu (JP), Aki Yamada (JP)

In many crowded urban places, such as train stations, you often find yourself in a weird situation: everyone around you is at your arms’ reach, yet they are strangers. *The Society of Stools [16]* is a flock of sixteen stools that move autonomously. The chairs escape and try to keep away from surrounding objects, including people. During this immersive experience, you may feel like you are one of them, or just feel isolated, since they are not willing to let you get closer.

Immersify – Frontiers of European Media Creation

Panel Discussion

Immersive media let us dive deep into images and videos – sometimes to the point where we completely forget the world around us. In order to transform this new kind of media from a niche phenomenon to widespread practice, the Ars Electronica Futurelab and four partners from all over Europe are working on a common research project, Immersify. At the Panel Discussion at the Open Futurelab, project partners and involved artists gather to speak about the new generation of immersive media applications.