France has a burgeoning eco-system of virtual reality and augmented reality producers, and is one of Europe’s leading VR/AR hubs. The UniFrance Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in Paris, a showcase o…
’s online MyFrenchFilm Festival also includes three VR projects – “The Scream,” by Sandra Paugam and Charles Ayats, “Isle of the Dead” by Benjamin Nuel, and “A Bar at the Folies Bergère” by Gabrielle Lissot.UniFrance published studies in 2018 and 2019 on foreign sales for the country’s VR sector, which revealed that there were 109 foreign sales of VR titles in 2017, generating total sales of €41,963 , and 204 foreign sales in 2018, with total sales of $240,000.
“The business model remains extremely fragile,” says Montagne, “but we are seeing growing opportunities in North America, Europe and Asia. Our expertise as a sales agent has allowed us to build up a VR network.” “Your Spiritual Temple Sucks” had its world premiere in Sundance in 2018 and has screened in more than 45 festivals, winning multiple awards, including Best Innovative Storytelling Award at the third annual World VR Forum in 2018.
The directors with VR films screening in the MyFrenchFilm Festival emphasized that the one-month online festival is another important window to show their works simultaneously on five continents. Ayats says that he expects to see large-scale, multi-user projects in the near future: “VR is a medium that generates a sense of presence and proprioception, like amusement parks. In the future, I think there will be multi-user social experiences that will both amaze us and transmit knowledge.”
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