ARTverse is one of 23 concepts selected by the Internet Foundation this year for its netidee funding campaign. It aims at advancing the Internet through independent basic research and implementing innovative ideas using open source. Together with Martina Fröschl, Head of the Science Visualization Lab at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, VRVis researchers Marina Lima Medeiros, Johanna Schmidt, Marlene Huber and Andreas Reichinger are going to develop an open virtual environment for art.
A metaverse for art, free and open for all
ARTverse is designed as a VR hub where artists can create digital content and then share it with the public in immersive settings. Students, in turn, have the opportunity to receive online training in various media. Galleries and museums can use the platform to gain additional ways of communicating art via the use of VR and new means of interaction.
The researchers will build ARTverse based on Mozilla Hubs. The virtual environment is intended to establish new tools in open source to enhance artistic education and creative processes, as well as to expand the possibilities for presenting and interacting with digital art. Various options for guided tours, 3D painting with the free software Tiltbrush or combinations of multimedia content will be developed.
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johanna.schmidt(at)vrvis.at +43 1 908 98 92 302Start: 01.2024
End: 03.2025
Science Visualization Lab of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
Internet Foundation Austria
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