Overview

The CircumFictio (Narrative Grammar of 360° Immersive Media) project questions the notion of 360° narration by distinguishing between playful and fictional approaches. Its objective is to propose an original immersive experience supported by analysis of the process and to lay the foundation for immersive narrative grammar. The idea is to combine the theoretical, practical, creative and interpretative facets in a single project, while paying particular attention to new virtual and mixed reality devices. Important technical progress has caused immersive technologies to develop rapidly where new products constantly appear to be replaced by yet newer products with new features. Apart from the technological prowess and the available interactive features available, creators have appropriated these new virtual and/or mixed reality media to produce new content.

Research results

The project’s first objective is to describe the potential for 360° medium which makes it possible to produce a structured narrative. The second objective is to show that playing with time and space in an original way is possible with immersive narration by using options provided by technical devices. The third objective is to break out of the sphere imposed by the classic 360° format and to investigate free and open spaces offered by new headsets such as Quest or Cosmos.

Connection to the curriculum

Immersive media is at the crux of Christophe Le Gac’s courses, from 1^st year lectures at La Fabrique de l’Image, through to 5^th year in D2G/Design Game Global and the BDD/Bloc de Devenir (Becoming Block) seminar.

Programme information

• Campus: TALM-Angers.
• Professor: Christophe Le Gac.
• Partners:
  • Université de Nantes, L’Antique, le Moderne;
  • École nationale supérieure d’architecture et École centrale de Nantes Laboratoire ambiances architec-tures arbanités;
  • Université du Québec École des arts numériques, de l’animation et du design.
• Duration of the program: 1^_th february 2020 – 31 january 2023.
• Fundings:
  • TALM;
  • RFI (appel à projet recherche 2019).