The goal of the Goethe project was to digitally resurrect one of the most influential German poets of all time. By means of modern technology, we created a virtual image of Goethe’s life mask, offering visitors a novel way to approach the poet.
In collaboration with Kainkollektiv and Sputnik, we created a digital monastery, growing as a hybrid of online exhibition and archive about the history of Kassia and the feminist movement.
Challenges and possibilities for the production of digital performance art were considered in the AR dance piece kin_ developed by the MIREVI team. The interactive mixed reality dance performance is a piece with up to three moving avatars and audience, developed for augmented reality to download as an app on the user's own device from the AppStore.
Philipp Ladwig held a talk at the 17th GI VR/AR workshop about our research in the area of telepresence in virtual reality applications. The associated paper written by Philipp Ladwig and Alexander Pech under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Christian Geiger received the "Best Paper" award.
Skype, Facetime and similar apps have become an integral part of our everyday life. However, the digital meeting does not compare to the real, physical one. Both spatial perception and non-verbal communication are limited by the current digital channels.
In order to be able to move 3D characters in a virtual environment, they have to be provided with a skeleton. The vertices of the mesh (of the 3D character) are connected to the joints of the skeleton. Animations can then be applied to the skeleton, which lead to deformation of the mesh or movement of the character.