MARS develops full body interfaces which transfer the perception of our surroundings to the way we interact with digital space. Creating intuitive interfaces as synaesthetic sensors for the senses MARS opens up for new digital spaces for hearing, seeing and feeling.

Art beyond the age of the "technische Reproduzierbarkeit" raises the issues of networked communication, interactive environments, hypermedia structures, presence and identity in mixed realities. The body is the interface between the interior and the exterior, between reality and virtual reality. Through artistic experiments we look for languages of transition.

MARS performs R&D in the fields of:

• shared virtual environments, mixed realities, electronic arenas
• social interaction and digital representation
• full body interfaces
• media arts

Ongoing projects:

• intuitive and wearable INTERFACES for the senses
• electronic eRENAs for Culture, Performance, Art and Entertainment
• CAT - Communication, Art & Technology network
  

Specials:

• CYBERSTAR - competition on interactive media art concepts
• ENCART - european consortium of networked media lab
• ECX - european cultural Xchange
• Memoria Futura Symposium