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CAVE, 1997

In 1996, the Ars Electronica Futurelab set up the world’s first publicly accessible CAVE at the Ars Electronica Center in Linz. This was the first time that a wide audience had access to virtual illusions of reality: not as mere spectators, but with the opportunity to immerse themselves in the projected world and interact with the environment.

Find out more: https://ars.electronica.art/futurelab/en/projects-cave/

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