Journey through the impressive architecture of world-famous cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris in stereoscopic 3D, explore historical representations of the construction in the Middle Ages, and zoom into larger-than-life details of the elaborate glass windows: with "Notre-Dame Immersive" in Deep Space 8K of the Ars Electronica Center in Linz. In December 2024, Notre-Dame is reopening after years of reconstruction following the devastating fire in April of 2019. To celebrate the revival, the Ars Electronica Futurelab has brought the Paris landmark into Deep Space 8K as an immersive experience, together with French start-ups Iconem and Histovery. If you live in the US, you can experience the program as an atmospheric artwork in the form of a monumental video at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.
As you experience "Notre-Dame Immersive", the program also highlights the importance of new technologies in the preservation and communication of humanity's cultural heritage - a mission the Ars Electronica has been working on for decades. "Notre-Dame Immersive" posed a particular technological challenge as the data of the point cloud - recorded by renowned art historian Andrew Tallon - contains over a billion points and this data has to be rendered in Deep Space 8K in stereoscopic 3D in real time. If you want to learn about the technology behind "Notre-Dame Immersive", visit the Futurelab website https://ars.electronica.art/futurelab/en/projects-notre-dame-immersive/
"Notre-Dame Immersive" is supported by the Austrian Foreign Ministry and the Institut Français d’Autriche, as part of the strategy for the international dissemination of cultural and creative industries. Additional funding is provided by the Dorotheum and the state of Upper Austria/culture.
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