Based on 3D data from the digitization of the Relief Magnin, exhibited at Tavel House, visitors discovered Geneva in period clothing in the 1850s. Credit: Artanim

The miracles of art and tech épisode N°02

Cartographers of the mirror worlds

Video games and virtual reality increasingly rely on culture and history to create rich and authentic digital content. These nearly infinite ‘mirror worlds' offer us a chance to immerse ourselves in an unlimited number of stories and even travel back in time. They also valorize Europe's greatest asset in this emerging digital economy: its cultural heritage.

par Fabrice Delaye

Publié le 26 septembre 2019 19:18. Modifié le 27 septembre 2019 17:49.

Paris, July 20th, 2019, Ubisoft headquarters

The genocide in Rwanda, the Kivu war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Afghanistan... Djordje Kuzmanovic is a master in the art of geopolitical name dropping. And manipulating symbols. The places and moments he conjures from the sofa of a retrogeek-style meeting room at Ubisoft's headquarters evoke powder and blood.

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