Head of Department: Dr.
Martina R. Fröschl, MSc
The common understanding of modern scientific research becomes
more and more difficult as activities are carried out in size and time ranges we cannot perceive with the naked eye. The key
to understanding for laymen is most commonly a visualization of these hidden processes. The Science Visualization Lab at the
University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria specializes in making invisible scientific phenomena visible.
The
majority of those phenomena are outside the limits of human perception, therefore, the creations of the Science Visualization
Lab under the leadership of Alfred Vendl are focused on the visualization of these procedures utilizing the appropriate technical
equipment.
Computer-generated imagery and animations are created in different innovative workflows while using imagery
obtained from light microscopes, confocal microscopes, computer tomography, and different electron microscopes to create visible
dynamic sequences of normally invisible procedures. One of the key goals is to make these procedures understandable for broad
audiences while still implementing them accurately. To that end, some of these animation sequences have been used in popular
TV-productions, art installations, and other means of knowledge communication.
