SCIENCE OUTREACH · NUIT DE LA SCIENCE
Artanim participated in the Nuit de la Science on July 9–10, 2016, at La Perle du Lac park.
The team showed the public through different interactive and immersive installations how motion capture technologies could be used to better understand the movement of your joints, immerse yourself in virtual worlds or turn you into an avatar.
FESTIVAL · CANNES 2016
At the invitation of the Geneva International Film Festival Tous Ecrans, Real Virtuality was presented from May 11 to 14 at the Pavilion NEXT of Cannes Festival with the support of Pro Helvetia. A showcase was held on May 14 to present the project.
Best VR installation at Cannes Festival.
Our VR installation was set up on the “Croisette”, just a few meters from the red carpet stairs! This was a great honor for us to participate in the most famous film festival in the world and this was a new opportunity after Sundance to gather feedback from the motion picture industry and a great opportunity to make interesting contacts in the field.
More pictures of the showcase here.
AWARDS · LAVAL VIRTUAL
We are the winner of the 2016 Laval Virtual award in the category “3D Game and Entertainment” with our VR platform Real Virtuality!
The team was at Laval for five days to demonstrate the system from March 23–27, 2016. Again, the VR platform was acclaimed in the newspaper:
The immersion is so powerful and natural that we are immediately at ease in this virtual universe full of reality.
FESTIVAL · SUNDANCE 2016
Real Virtuality was selected at the 2016 Sundance’s New Frontier Festival that took place on January 21–31 in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah.
The festival is one of the world’s premier places to debut new independent films and highlights the best in storytelling technology.
With the support of swissnex San Francisco and Pro Helvetia, Artanim showcased there a new VR scenario mixing real and virtual worlds. Users participated in a time machine experience where they were transported into different futuristic environments: a space station, Dark City and a cave.
The VR experience and the technology were incredibly well welcomed, as the following quotes can attest:
The latest Real Virtuality experience at Sundance is an epic new level of advancement. It is as close as we can get to a holodeck for now.
The mother lode of Sundance. The most daringly original VR presentation I’ve seen, “Real Virtuality” shows how big the medium can be.
What’s cooler than VR? Not much except maybe Real Virtuality by Artanim.
Several big names also tested our Real Virtuality system. Just to name one, Robert Redford, founder of Sundance characterized our experience as “Spectacular”!
ARTANIM · NEW OFFICES
Artanim has just moved its offices to Meyrin located only minutes away from the city center and with easy access to the highway, the train station and the International Airport of Geneva.
Artanim is now housed within a facility of 273 m² with a capture stage twice as large as before. The facility includes offices and a conference room, a sound/post-production studio and a wardrobe/make-up room with shower.
On December 15th, we inaugurated our new offices with our friends, colleagues and partners. For the occasion, we organized a real-time dance performance using our Xsens suit in collaboration with the Cie Gilles Jobin (dancer: Susana Panadés Diaz).
