Museum Connections 2024

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Florent GILARD

SAOLA STUDIO

Directeur Général

Biography

Founder, CEO and producer Florent worked for 13 years alongside Yann Arthus-Bertrand. He is artistic producer of Human and Legacy, the photographer's famous feature-length documentaries. After also working in an American statue, he created SAOLA Studio in 2020 with Jeremy Frey to imagine, design and create new experiences in augmented reality for museums and cultural places.

EVENTS

Find us at the following events:
Jan 17, 2024
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM

“GRAND LARGE” Mixed reality show immersing the viewer in the natural history of the oceans

Christine CAUSSE (NAUSICAA)Florent GILARD (SAOLA STUDIO)
Description
SELECTION INNOVATION DUOS 2024 SAOLA Studio has teamed up with the National Sea Center Nausicaá to create an immersive show, transporting visitors to the oceans in the company of rarely-seen marine species. A unique experience designed with the invaluable assistance of Nausicaá's scientific experts for Europe's largest aquarium. The challenge of this approach to augmented reality is to immerse viewers in the natural history of the oceans, while making them forget about the technology assisting them. This innovative, immersive experience aims to enrich and complement the living elements of the aquarium, to create a new reality in which the virtual and the natural evolve in harmony within a unique ecosystem. The challenge on site is to take advantage of the amphitheatre's terraces facing the Grande Baie of the Centre de la Mer to offer spectators the unique ballet of animals of the open sea, which can only be observed in the traditional conditions of an aquarium visit thanks to the use of augmented reality. Each encounter with a whale, a white shark or a school of fish also highlights the impact of human activities on biodiversity.
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