Stereoscopic Time Machine "Alpenblick"

The Glacier Garden Museum Lucerne now offers a new Experience: Stereoscopic Time Travel. With the time machine "Alpenblick" Viewers take a trip through 300 million years of landscape history. In the actual experience, viewers are in full control of the stereoscopic content: a wheel moves the content forward or backward in time - at their own chosen tempo. They can stop at any moment to take a closer look and read the inscriptions - or just rush through 300 millions of years in a few seconds... Concept, Idea & Consulting: Velvet Creative Office, Lucerne Idea, Research, Illustration/Animation: Samuel J. Bucheli Scientific Advisor: Franz Schenker Programming, Technics: Tweaklab Basel Viewer Apparatus Design: Markus Ottiger - funktionart.ch

Excerpts from the animation (without stereoscopic effect):

The following two clips can only offer a glimpse. In the actual experience, viewers are in full control of the stereoscopic content: with the wheel they can move forward or backward in time - at their own chosen tempo. They can stop at any moment to take a closer look and read the inscriptions - or just rush through 300 millions of years in a few seconds...

Excerpt 1: formation of the Alps and part of the last glacial cycle.

Excerpt 2: anthropocene, historic city growth and a possible future in geological time scale.

Glaciers and city growth with stereoscopic effect

The following clip is a red-cyan single image stereoscopic rendering example. With a pair of red-cyan glasses the 3d effect comes to life. The final Version was rendered in a 4K side by side setting. At the Museum a special viewer separates the images for left and right eye and allows an experience in true colors.

to experience stereoscopic 3d, use a pair of red-cyan glasses

Screenshots from various chapters (without stereoscopic effect).

Additional Scientific Advisors:
Julien Seguinot, Glaciology
Fabian Küng, Archeology
Beni Stocker, Earth System Science

Data and other Sources:

Digital Elevation Model present time:
AW3D30 provided by JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

Reference Maps:
Swisstopo

Building Footprint Reference Data:
OpenStreetmapContributors

Land Cover Data present time:
CORINE CLC2018

Glacier Flow:
Inspired by “Modelling last glacial cycle ice dynamics in the Alps”, video and data-set provided by J.Seguinot

Post Glacial Lake and River Landscape:
B. Keller: Lake Lucerne and Its Spectacular Landscape, 2020

For more information about the project and the story of its creation:

visit the documentation page >>

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