World debut: Dive into magical worlds – taken literally!

Our virtual interactive fish have rejoined their natural habitat and can now be met under real water.

An idea of the internationally renowned illusion painter Paul Betram Petereit comes to life at the trade fair Interbad 2010 in Stuttgart. For the first time ever Mr. Petereit presents a real swimming pool that hosts a virtual under-water-world with reefs, interactive schools of fishes and vivid dolphins created by a combination of illusion paintings and interactive screens and projections. The last breed of ›living surface‹ interactive fishes is the key technology for the illusion of under water life in this outstanding project. Jump into this new type of pool and discover a magical world.

The consortium consisting of Mr. Petereit, Panasonic, Evonik, Vario Pool Systems and ›vertigo systems‹ is now offering this fascinating solution for selected international projects on unique wellness worlds.

Link: http://www.aquatic-dreamworlds.de
Click here for the video documentation of the project.

crowd sourcing table soccer 2.0

Students in the field of industrial design from the University of Wuppertal developed a new table soccer experience. Working in close cooperation with the traditional manufacturer Leonhart and ›vertigo systems‹, Nadine von Seelen and Tobias Nentwig enhanced the classical, haptic experience of a table soccer with the digital mood media ›living surface‹. Every activity during the match results in a fascinating visual feedback on the screen-based playing field.

Interesting to note, the students followed a crowd sourcing approach to create this unique design object. A web community of table soccer fans was intensively involved in the different stages of the design process. This way, the resulting prototype is both: full of new ideas and market proof.

Event agency ›Baum & Garten‹ creates interactive koi lounge at EXPO REAL

EXPO CHILL-OUT at Wappenhalle Munich: For this year's special event at the EXPO REAL, STRABAG Property and Facility Services had welcomed their guests in a unique virtual koi lounge. Put into scene by the event agency BAUM & GARTEN and powered by >living surface< the lounge area consisted of a brilliantly projected interactive floor area with more than 10m length. 600 inspired guests passed through the perfect illusion of real water populated with numerous precious and graceful koi fishes.