Detroit Auto Show

Project Overview

Date

Winter ´95/´96.
A preliminary version of the show was presented at IAA '95 in Frankfurt, Germany, which was held in August '95. That show was prepared during summer '95.

Team

Wolfgang Felger, Dirk Reiners, myself, and many others

Partners

Volkswagen, marketing company, City Animation co., etc....

Details

Volkswagen used this show to introduce its new TDI (Golf Diesel) to the puplic. Therefore, it was designed to be as "glitzy" as possible, while still demonstrating new scientific achievements in virtual reality; and, it was scheduled to allow for a maximum throuhgput.

My work at the Show

I was involved in programming the demo in collaboration with the marketing company,preparing the setup at the auto show booth, and running the demo during the show ( ~ 1 month in Detroit ).

Detroit_press.mpg

The Press

The show was a big success for Volkswagen as you can see from what the press had to say about it.

Detroit_intro.mpg

Setup

The setup at the booth was called "Cyberdome". It comprised a large stereo screen, a moderator and a "Cybernaut". Also involved was a rack Onyx, a Polhemus tracker, a Cyberglove, audio, a little light show, etc.