Chat3D is the brainchild of two young engineers from Lyon. After making a debut at CES in Las Vegas in 2024, they will showcase their innovation at the VR/AR event, Laval Virtual, on April 9-11, 2025. Félix Balmonet and Glenn Avezoux have developed software that…
In a groundbreaking interactive installation, multimedia artist Martina Pizzigoni takes us into a confrontation with our virtual selves. By creating an avatar from the personal data of thousands of Internet users, they aim to show how digital technology has changed our daily…
“Your Digital Reflection”: art in the chaos of AI
25 February 2025
“Your Digital Reflection” is the result of a collaboration between five French artists. They are using generative artificial intelligence to blur our perception of reality. With interactivité and motion capture technology, this digital artwork is a…
Virtual avatars: the future of immersive interactions?
5 December 2024
Artificial intelligence is impossible to ignore. AI is everywhere, in our personal and professional life. Without us noticing, many everyday tools are already using it, like voice assistants. Companies even train their employees to use solutions such as ChatGPT. In the…
Arts et Métiers: at the heart of VR/AR research
5 April 2024
Arts et Métiers is a higher education institution that trains engineers and managers for industry and research. The Laval branch focuses its education programme on immersive technologies and 3D. In 2023, its Presence & Innovation research team created the…
"(dis)appearance": AI and art become one
4 April 2024
“(dis)appearance” is a work incorporating generative artificial intelligence. The artist, Arash Akbari, uses this technology in a number of his projects, focusing on non-linear narrative experiments. In “(dis)appearance”, he uses generative AI to…


