Developed by the Ars Electronica Futurelab, the Arsbox is a system for the presentation of Immersive Virtual Environments (IVE) experiences, and is built from inexpensive, yet powerful consumer hardware rather than expensive specialized equipment. Using a variable amount of wall projections, 3D shutter glasses, an electromagnetic motion tracking system, the Arsbox surrounds users with huge, interactive 3D projections.

For this exhibition, two projects, CAVE, and Concrete, will be shown in the Arsbox environment. These projects thematicize a wide variety of different three-dimensional digital spaces: CAVE construes a domain for contemplative thought, and Concrete transforms the Arsbox into a game room.

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Cave, 1999
Peter Kogler, Franz Pomassl (AT)
The visitors determines the interactive sound syntheses by means of their position within the space and the dynamics of their movements. An encounter with architecture in the CAVE.

Concrete, 2005
Friedrich Kirschner (DE/AT)
Concept, Implementation: Friedrich Kirschner.
Music/Sound: Sebastian Zangar,
Additional programming Vrizer: Ars Electronica Futurelab, Florian Berger

Computer-generated structures conduct visitors through a surreal urban space. The encounter with an overload of visual impressions and the user’s reaction to this lead to the gradual deconstruction of the content.

Peter Kogler (Austria, 1959), graduated from the High School for Visual Arts in Innsbruck; commercial artist (1974-1978); spent a semester studying at the Academy of Visual Arts, Vienna (1979). Teaching position at the Städelschule in Frankfurt, Germany (1986/87). Since 1993, guest professor for new media at the Academy of Visual Arts, Vienna.

Franz Pomassi

Friedrich Kirschner (Germany, 1980), works as a senior researcher for Immersive Narration at the Ars Electronica Futurelab in Linz. He re-purposes computer games to create animated narratives and interactive performances.His work has been shown at various international animation festivals and exhibitions, including the ZKM Karlsruhe and the Künstlerhaus Wien. He also publishes machinimag, an online magazine focussing on the development of the emerging artform of machinima moviemaking.

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