About the project
A minimalist bilingual website for the painter Andreas Maurer. The art comes first: a clean, quiet, white design where every work opens at full size. Beyond a classic gallery, the site lets visitors walk a 3D exhibition, hang a painting on their own wall through the camera, and see it in real size in AR.
Gallery by series: a full-screen series cover, then a horizontal strip of its works; scrolling flows from series to series through the whole collection.
Virtual tour on three.js: a real 3D exhibition in the browser, no app: walk the rotunda, day and night, lighting, footsteps and music.
Augmented reality (AR): the painting on your own wall at real size, iPhone (Quick Look) and Android (Scene Viewer), no app.
The gallery
Full-size lightbox: every work opens large, with a light/dark switch to view it on white or in a darkened room.
See it on your wall: the visitor photographs their wall (camera on the phone, file on desktop) and the painting lies on it in real size from its true dimensions, with a wall-width slider and drag to position. The photo never leaves the device.
AR on the wall: one tap opens the painting in augmented reality at real size, right on the wall: AR Quick Look on iPhone, Scene Viewer on Android. 3D models for every work are generated automatically.
The virtual tour (Rundgang)
A real 3D exhibition built in the browser, with no app or plugin.
Walk the rotunda: move freely through a spiral gallery; works hang on curved walls with plaster and concrete textures, soft shadows and skirting boards.
Day and night: a transparent dome overhead with the sun by day, the moon and stars by night, dynamic lighting and a spotlight on the work you focus on.
Sound and steps: footsteps with echo and ambient music that softens away from the works. The music is AI-generated and labeled as such.
Made for phones too: on-screen joysticks to walk and look, a compact info panel, a series catalog, and a QR plaque by each work that links to an inquiry.
Cinematic entry: from the lightbox you can glide straight into the tour, arriving right at that painting.
Ready to sell and inquire
Print shop: selected works offered as prints with sizes and prices.
Inquiry forms: simple forms and a per-work inquiry link, so a visitor asks about a specific painting in one tap.
Vita and news: a biography page and a news section.
Fast, accessible, compliant
Instant and light: a static site, optimized images and HTTP/2: pages open immediately, even on mobile.
Two languages, strong SEO: German and English with correct hreflang, canonical, social preview cards and structured data, ready to move to the client's own domain.
Accessible: full keyboard control, visible focus, a skip link, reduced-motion respected, and screen-reader friendly.
Legally clean (EU): Impressum, privacy and terms pages, cookie consent, and an AI Act label on the AI-generated music.