Index

Contents

8 Into Unknown Territory: Alchemists of the Future
16 Ars Electronica
23 Ars Electronica Center
28 Milestones in the History of Ars Electronica Futurelab


32 Virtual Worlds, The Promise of Shared Immersive Insight
37 Virtual Anatomy
43 CAVE
54 ARSBOX and VRizer 60 INSTAR
65 Humphrey I & II
69 Gulliver’s World
77 Deep Space 8K
79 Papyrate’s Island

94 Poetic Systems Creating Novel Cultural Experience
102 Das Rheingold—Visionized
113 The Visualization of Le Sacre du Printemps, The Next Generation of Visualization Technology
124 Source.Code
129 ZeitRaum
132 Building Bridges
140 Ars Electronica Center Media Facade & Facade Terminal

142 The Art of Swarms Artificial Collectives on the Rise
157 Klangwolke ABC 163 Spaxels
165 SwarmOS
170 Swarm Arena 176 Future Ink

178 Humanity and Robotinity Toward a New Paradigm of Co-Existence
185 Geminoid Research Collaboration
186 RoboLab
188 Human Robot Harmony, Humanoid Robot “Honda ASIMO”
193 Robotinity Exhibition
196 Communication with Robot Cars
200 MANUACT

204 Code for Matter Computing Goes Biological
211 BioLab, BrainLab, FabLab, RoboLab
213 Project Genesis
220 BioInk
224 Oribotics

227 Artificial Intelligence Forging Companions for Creative Work
234 Understanding Artificial Intelligence 242 AI x Music
244 Mahler Unfinished
245 Ricercar—An AI-based Musical Companion

246 Art Thinking, Future Catalysts Become Alchemists of the Future
250 Shadowgram
253 Art Thinking
266 Ars Electronica Japan
269 Tokyo Midtown x Ars Electronica School of the Future
271 Future Innovators Summit (FIS)

276 Perspectives

279 Future Alchemists
281 Photo credit
284 Imprint