A selection of recent digital works by William T. Ayton
Future of Humanity (WEF Davos, 2025), ConstellationXR (Ars Electronica, 2023), New World City (2112 Foundation & Leonardo 54:3, 2021), The War Room VR (Ars Electronica, 2022), Manna From Psyche AR (Emerge Festival, 2022),
New Babel AR (Union Square NYC, 2019)
The Future is Now AI / A New Golden Age AI (above)
For World Economic Forum 2025, these two AI co-generated images will be exhibited in the Future of Humanity Art Walk at Davos.
ConstellationXR: Towards Planetary Healing (above)
Ayton’s 2023 ConstellationXR wraps Earth with networked nodes of digital public art. Each installation features an iconic tower and orbiting spheres of XR assets to inspire insight, navigate pathways and unveil patterns of conductivity portals encircling the globe as a vehicle for planetary healing. Created with support from ASU’s Meteor Studio. ConstellationXR will premiere at Ars Electronica 2023.
New World City AR (above)
Originally published & embedded in a QR code in Leonardo 54:3, this piece was a meditation on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on cities. New World City received the 2020 Vision Award from the 2112 Foundation.
The War Room VR (above)
A 2022 VR remediation of the War Room, originally a painted immersive 4-wall installation into digital format. The original War Room (2004) was a response to the invasion of Iraq; the new version a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Created with assistance from ASU’s Meteor Studio (thanks to Robert LiKamWa and Aaron Toyne), and also Lizzie Ayton.
Manna From Psyche AR (above)
Created for the Emerge Festival 2022, this piece combined thoughts & ideas of the asteroid Psyche with food (and nourishment from the cosmos), for a series of small-scale AR pieces emanating from a printed “menu” that was distributed at the event.
New Babel AR (above)
An outdoor AR installation in NYC’s Union Square featuring a 10-story tall tower topped with an 8-story tall rotating globe, created in collaboration with the New School’s XReality Center in 2019.