XR Focus / Germany, a not-so-sleepy giant of immersive creation

Mathieu G.

Since the virtual reality resurgence, Germany has been among the top three European countries in terms of production support. With its highly regional dynamics, the country has “scaled up” its funding based on its experience in film and video games - like France, after all. A real economic fabric built around particularly creative studios and […]

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While the French audiovisual group GEDEON Media Group is best known (and has been for almost 30 years) in the traditional documentary world, its approach to immersive formats is not new. Its GEDEON Experiences branch, now headed by Agnès Garaudel,

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