When Blockchain meets Entertainment: Ubisoft’s new startup batch at STATION F!
A few days ago, Ubisoft, leading STATION F’s Partner managing the startup program dedicated to gaming and entertainment, announced their second batch of startups in the press.
A lot of people know Ubisoft for being a leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services — they are notably behind Assassin’s Creed, Just Dance, Watch_Dogs, Tom Clancy’s video game series, Rayman and Far Cry.
At STATION F, Ubisoft program aims to support entrepreneurs working on
technology that could help shape the future of the entertainment and gaming industry. The program lasts 5 month and brings experts, workshops and personalized help to entrepreneurs.
Here are Ubisoft @ STATION F’s newest startups!
After a successful first batch of startups, this new batch continues to support AR/VR companies and develops a new focus on blockchain technology.
iExec is developing the first blockchain-based decentralized marketplace for trading cloud resources as a commodity.
This marketplace will allow participants who need computing power to meet those who own computing power, to support the most compute-intensive digital trends: artificial intelligence, big data, fintech, cryptography, or 3D rendering.
iExec’s technology relies on Ethereum smart contracts and allows the building of a virtual cloud infrastructure that provides high-performance computing services on demand.
Azarus brings together blockchain and the video games industry.
From competitive gaming to virtual goods trading, Azarus builds a protocol stack and product suite leveraging on the distributed trust and transparency across the ecosystem to provide the industry as a whole with new revenue streams while enabling new gameplay mechanics.
PANDA provides audio-description of the environment for blind people, powered by artificial intelligence.
PANDA Guide adapts environment perceptions and makes the world accessible in living places like office, school, home. PANDA is a device, but also a fun-learning plateform, which offers immersive and inclusive experiences, education content in order to boost self confidence and convincing blind people about their own capabilities, with or without PANDA.
Mimesys has developed a technology to put real people in VR and AR, captured as 3D holograms.
The first applications evolve around training, collaboration, sales, with the intention to change the way we communicate as humans.
Welcome, new neighbors :)
