is the knowledge-sharing platform for the 

. Explore the experiments and bold ideas behind the Academy's Fellowship programme, delve into the science behind the projects of our HIDA researchers, and explore the results of international collaborations.

is a platform for discovery and documentation. Each 

showcases a unique artistic-technological research project, with topics as diverse as the use of AI in theatrical design, choreography for and with robotics, and the possibilities for theatre in virtual spaces. Each 

 offers the chance to learn more about the members of our artistic research network. By pooling our knowledge in such a way, creative research into theatre, performance and digital technologies can become more accessible, sustainable, and artistically innovative.

Funded by the Federal Cultural Foundation, the Academy will award a total of 54 fellowships between 2019 and 2022, each lasting for five months. The 

 are designed for people interested in artistic-technical research which explores the possibilities for digital narratives in theatrical spaces, as well as their practical implementation. Fellows have researched a variety of digital methods (motion capture, coding, XR, VR, AR, sensor technologies, robotics, and more) across artistic fields including opera, dance, orchestra and drama. 

Helmholtz Information & Data Science Academy

(HIDA), the Academy for Theatre and Digitality has offered joint research fellowships at the interface of digital art and cutting edge scientific research since 2021. The HIDA fellowships are kindly supported by the 

PlayOn! New Storytelling With Immersive Technologies

 is a larger scale cooperation project, funded by Creative Europe, designed to understand, learn, test and apply immersive technology to theatre, in order to shift classical storytelling to interactive narrative formats.

Artificial Intelligence

VR (Virtual Reality)

Interactive

Sound Design

Projection/Mapping

3D Printing

XR (Extended Reality)

AV (Audiovisual Design)

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Fabian Raith

During the fellowship, I wanted to explore the possibilities to establish links between the actions of recipients and an existing narrative that is responsive to the choices and behaviours of the recipients. To do this, I developed a performative application built specifically for AR experiences. 

I experimented with how AR can be used in these spaces and how it can be can be complemented with physical elements. I combined AR with video mapping and physical computing components; this can create a reactive space that changes through interaction. In order to add a sensual layer to this, I worked with different different sensory impressions and experimented with audio impressions. I also worked with surfaces that can be played on and changed by mapped videos: an elevation in the surface can thus be a table, the roof of a car, or the surface of a swimming pool, depending on the video overlay. Both large, wide spaces and very narrow, small spaces can be simulated. 

The AR, the physical computing components and the video mapping are very closely intertwined. In this way they can influence one another and a physical interaction with the memories becomes possible. During the fellowship, I worked on building the interactive physical elements and programming the network setup. I also tried to find out which video aesthetics are particularly suitable for mapping different interaction modes of the AR application and to build a technically well-functioning network. 

My goal was to build a performative event that responds to the activity level and curiosity of the visitors, combining fantastic and realistic elements. Depending on the level of interaction, visitors should be able to experience different narratives of the same story.

How can a workable and inclusive network be installed?

Which intersections of digital and physical interactions are interesting?

How can an interactive installation be interesting for those who are a little more on the passive side?

How To: Flash an ESP32 from C++ to MicroPython

'Digitalizing Narrative Spaces' is a project by Fabian Raith which uses AR, video mapping and physical computing to creative a performative event that responds to the activities and curiosities of its visitors, and combines fantasy and reality. Depending on their interactions, visitors experience different narratives of the same story. 

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