Exit Strategy?

It is the bitter realisation of the youth of our time: no politician can win elections and no company can do business by promoting to cut consumption. We know that our global economic system is not sustainable. We know that we cannot achieve the climate goals that are regularly announced by heads of state at major climate conferences, we will not even come close to achieving them. A small group of people worldwide are trying to promote a climate-neutral and resource-efficient way of life, but there are billions of people for whom consumption means a gained quality of life. Any prosperity is currently based on exploiting people and none-renewable resources. Currently our future looks bleak.

With Our Earths VR we want to show a future that is much more advanced than the current climate scenarios and thus show a world looking back on the solution of the problems and challenges of our current time. What will a world look like that bases it's economy entirely on circularity? What will our cities look like when we only use green materials and sustainable power supplies? How have we manage to end world hunger and what will the future of work look like when virtually all jobs have been taken over by robots and artificial intelligence? Will technology have saved us all or will a radical system and mindset change prove to be the only way to prevent the extinction of humanity?

A Science Vision

These scenarios are not "science fiction", but based on science. In collaboation with our creative team artistic interpretations and visualisations are crafted: a "Science Vision". We want to show a world worth living in and that fighting for our planet, biodiversity and to stop climate change is not a futile endavour.

The Plan

Our Earths VR takes the audience on an impossible journey, to distant places and to a near and distant future (e.g. to cities of the future or to a future where exoplanets in the habitable zone of extrasolar solar systems are explored) in an immersive photo-realistic virtual reality 3D environment. We also show earthly issues that will very directly and immediately change our planet and our society in the near future.

Partners

Ars Electronica Deep Space 8K

Ars Electronica's activities focus on the interlinkages between art, technology and society. It runs an annual festival, and manages a multidisciplinary media arts R&D facility known as the Futurelab. The Ars Electronica Center (AEC) houses the Museum of the Future and the Deep Space 8K in Linz. The Deep Space 8K offers its visitors something that can not be found anywhere else in the world: a combined 16 x 9 meters wall plus 16 x 9 meters floor stereo 3D projection immerse the audience into an interactive 3D space projected in 8K resolution. Learn More

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

As one of Europe’s most important Life Science universities, the University of Natural Resource and Life Sciences, Vienna (short BOKU) makes vital contributions toward preserving, developing and protecting our environment and quality of life - both locally and globally, for today and future generations. Learn More