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Exploring Storytelling Beyond Boundaries
What happens when theatre meets XR and the audience becomes part of the story? That’s what Fearsome Thing set out to explore during their residency at Visual Arena.
How XR is Transforming Business: From Prototyping to Immersive Collaboration
Visual Arena recently hosted the fourth session in its Explore Virtual Worlds series, focusing on how immersive technologies—particularly Extended Reality (XR)—are reshaping business landscapes. The...
Visual Arena leads an immersive development project in Gothenburg
Visual Arena sees strong signals from our network and global trends that now is the time to explore the transformative potential of immersive installations in Gothenburg. This new project aims to...
Vote for Visual Arena in the Monitor AudioVisual Award 2025!
The Visual Arena at Lindholmen Science Park is nominated for the Monitor AudioVisual Award, and we need your vote! With our work around visualization and audiovisual media, especially through the...
New project brings digital twins to life through AI agents
The life of a city is defined by its inhabitants. By using AI agents trained on human behavior, we can create more complete digital twins of cities. What value does it add when humans are represented...
We are exploring the immersive and spatial experiences of the future - and you can join in!
At Visual Arena, we are constantly curious about how art, technology and design can meet to create new, ground-breaking experiences. Right now we have started an exciting journey where we explore the...
Innovation Project Explores the Potential for a National XR Platform
Vinnova has approved a feasibility study to explore the creation of a national XR ecosystem in Sweden. The project, led by Visual Arena and Epicenter, aims to validate the potential of "XR Sweden" by...
Research project explores how drama pedagogy, visualization, and scenography can contribute to Education
How can theaters be part of education and promote innovative teaching practices? How does visualization become a teaching tool in drama pedagogical processes, creating new teaching worlds? The project...
Visual Arena - Experience To Insights Lab: Thesis Opportunity for Master Students
Are you a master student with a passion for immersive experiences and visualization? Visual Arena’s Experience To Insights Lab invites you to take on a thesis challenge, were you will work alongside...
Från Narrative XR Lab till Venedig Film Festival 2023
Just nu pågår Venedig filmfestival som även firar 80 årsjubileum. På plats finns göteborgsbaserade Nerve Creations som tillsammans med GötaFilm utvecklar VR-spelet Reach Out. Medskaparen och...
Andrea Östlund explores Extended Reality (XR): "new thoughts about what storytelling is"
Andrea Östlund, Swedish film director and screenwriter, is now stepping into new media to explore additional ways of telling stories. After participating in the Narrative XR Lab, where she immersed...
From Narrative XR Lab to Venedig Film Festival 2023
The Venice Film Festival is currently underway, which is also celebrating its 80th anniversary. On site are Gothenburg-based Nerve Creations, which together with GötaFilm develops the VR game Reach...
Gorki Glaser-Müller on socially beneficial innovation.
With a background in film, theater and XR, Gorki Glaser-Müller contributes his expertise in storytelling and immersive technologies to the Visual Arena. We sat down to discuss his role at Visual Arena...
Groundbreaking project promotes accessibility and inclusiveness in European cities
A new initiative promises to transform urban life across Europe. Supported by the EU, The European Citiverses Uniting for Inclusiveness Project will develop an AI-supported platform built on...
Open Call: Narrative XR Lab – Where storytelling and technology meets
Calling all creatives, storytellers, and technologists! Join us for a unique opportunity to experiment, innovate, and create at the Narrative XR Lab.
Narrative XR LAB 2025 - launching soon
Narrative XR Lab is a creative lab at the Visual Arena, where artistic storytelling in Extended Reality (XR) is developed and explored. Shortly we will open the application for Narrative XR LAB 2025...
First the Air is Blue: When art meets technology in an audience-involved experience
At the borderland between art and technology, Alicia Lazaro Arteaga and Akshay Sarode created "First the Air is Blue" an immersive experience where audience interaction shaped the evolution of the...
PULS: A Virtual Art Museum - Explore Art and Heritage from Gaza in VR
In this episode of Visual Arena PULS, Gorki Glaser-Müller from Visual Arena meets Salman Nawati, co-founder of Hawaf Collective. Salman talks about their virtual art museum that lets you experience...
Exploring human rights in 'Till death do us part' - Cloned
In the documentary "Till Death Do Us Part", parallel stories explore the difficulties of marriage annulment in the Philippines, which is the last country in the world without divorce. The project...
Research deepens the experience of climate change with storytelling & visualizations
Photographic methods, visualization, storytelling, VR and climate change in an arctic environment. All this is the content of the research project Extended Rephotography: immersive visualization of...
AI’s evolving role in cinema & storytelling
This event promises an exploration of AI’s evolving role in cinema, offering attendees valuable insights into the future of film editing and production. On November 24, we'll be joined by Mads Damsbo...
Welcome to the information meeting for the Experience to Insights Lab
We are currently looking for several committed students with different backgrounds and skills for our Experience to insights lab. Here, as a student, you can face sharp challenges together with...
Student? Face challenges in your thesis together with organisations
We are currently looking for several committed students with different backgrounds and skills for our Experience to Insights Lab. Here, as a student, you can face sharp challenges with organizations...
