Open Futurelab

Beyond the Frame: 8K Future Project

NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation, JP), Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

NHK meets Deep Space 8K offers a glimpse into the joint research project between the Ars Electronica Futurelab and NHK, Japan’s largest public broadcasting organization. They joined forces in 2017 to examine how 8K, the next generation of ultra-high definition TV technology, can be incorporated into daily life.

AIWA

Queensland University of Technology (AU)

Artificial Intelligence With Attitude (AIWA): a digital assistant capable of self awareness and critical thinking. We'll be happy if you beta tested AIWA.

The living threshold - Blindphones

Andrea Mancianti (IT)

Blindphones is an experimental prototype for an alternative low-tech head-mounted display which enhances listening by impairing sight.

Creative AI – Style Transfer

Ali Nikrang (AT) 

StyleTransfer is a technique from the field of artificial intelligence (Deep Learning) with which everyday images can be transformed into an artistic and painterly style.

Dilate

Queensland University of Technology (AU)

Dilate is an interactive wearable that responds to human data; dilating, pulsating and expanding.

Flower of Time

Kyoko Kunoh (JP), Hideaki Ogawa (JP/AT)

This project aims to visualize the sense of time.

Ars Electronica Futurelab Academy 2018

Ars Electronica, Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture (FI), Queensland University of Technology (AU)

The Ars Electronica Futurelab Academy was created to support students and educators from international partner universities to engage in transdisciplinary practice

IMMERSIFY: Next Generation Immersive Media

IMMERSIFY is a European R&D consortium funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 program. During this year’s festival, the ongoing progress of R&D is presented in the form of demos in the Deep Space 8K.

Panel Discussion: Immersify - Content and Tools for Next Generation Immersive Media

Virtual reality and other forms of immersive media have the potential to disrupt the entire media industry with new user experiences that are more immersive and interactive compared to current video, cinema and TV.

Kids Drone Parcours

Become a pilot and get to know the quadrocopters equipped with several rotors. Show your skills on tricky flights where obstacles get in your way.

Klangschlange

Queensland University of Technology (AU)

Klangschlange is a playful, social sonic intervention investigating future entertainment and technologies to facilitate a state of group Flow.

A Preview of Lazarus

Landestheater Linz (AT), Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

We will present a glimpse of Enda Walsh’s piece Lazarus, with music and lyrics by David Bowie, set in new clothing of simplistic design with heavy use of contemporary media art.

ORI*gen

Matthew Gardiner and his team at the Ars Electronica Futurelab will present work in progress from recent research on ORI*, the Art and Science of Folding and Robotics.

Spaxels Research Initiative

Both new and existing collaborators will talk about their interests and approaches to swarms.

Swarm Arena

NTT (JP), Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

What would a new kind of public viewing experience look like in the future? Swarm Arena presents festival visitors at POSTCITY Linz with first results, prototypes and developments.