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Three VR companies launch ‘Virtual Content Group’

January 13, 2017 10.03 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Three international Virtual Reality companies are mergeing to launch the Virtual Content Group.

Virtual Content Group (VCG) brings together France’s Cow Prod, Germany’s Invr.Space and Australia’s 3D Content Hub, and will offer production, post-production and licensing services.

VCG has operations spanning thirteen countries and a rights library of nearly eighty VR titles, positioning it to rival the scale of leading American VR companies on the international stage. To date, the company
has produced and co-produced more than 150 VR projects. The three respective entities have a long track record and clients in over 40 countries, including BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Disney, Huawei, Unicef, Sky, Netflix, NBC Universal, Samsung, LG Electronics, Sony and Deutsche Telekom.

The merger allows VCG to scale faster and serve larger clients with a regional focus on Europe and Asia-Pacific.

“VCG is as an international leader in VR,” said Torsten Hoffmann, VCG co-founder and CEO, who has licensed 3D content since 2011.

“Building our own IP is core to our business model.” The business, already profitable, will seek Round-A investment in early 2017 and intends to add more partners later thisyear.

Just three weeks ago, the Lumière award for Best European VR Campaign was awarded for VCG’s BMWi and Samsung 360° Experience.

“The project included both 3D 360 live-action camera capture and augmented reality (AR),” said Berlin-based Sönke Kirchhof, VCG co-founder. VCG’s French team worked on Les Poissons Volants’ 3D 360 CGI project, Temptation of St.Anthony, which picked up the second Lumière™ award. This short film immerses the viewer into a famous medieval painting by H. Bosch.

In addition to distributing premium VR titles including Titans of Space and Tomorrow VR, VCG is currently developing a wide breadth of projects, including museum installations, co-productions in Australia, South Africa, Hong Kong and Germany and a room-scale VR experience.

“We partner with governments, companies and creatives all over the world and are not limited to one camera system or distribution platform,” added Gallien Chanalet-Quercy, VCG co-founder.

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Filed Under: Finance, Newsline Tagged With: Virtual Content Group, Virtual Reality, VR Edited: 13 January 2017 10:05

About Robert Briel

Arnhem-based Robert covers the Benelux, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as IPTV, web TV, connected TV and OTT. Email Robert at rbriel@broadbandtvnews.com.

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