UnitedXR Europe
Brussels
Agenda
The studio, out in the field.
↘ Upcoming
2026
LFT
XR Days — on the Matts Digital booth
La Ruche Industrielle, Vénissieux (Lyon)
The Large Field Theater and the LFT Mini prototype shown side by side, 9 am to 5 pm.
LFT
PICO × Matts Digital workshop
Paris
immersive.paris
Beyond Technology — panel at Venice Immersive
Venice Film Festival, Lazzaretto Vecchio
Mathias Chelebourg on immersive experiences as a global cultural market.
LFT
LFT Mini launch
3 to 15 headsets, in carry-on cases
LFT
Marché du Film — Immersive Market
Cannes Film Festival, Hôtel Carlton
Talk alongside the president of Matts Digital on 17 May.
LFT
First public LFT demonstration
Laval Virtual, Matts Digital booth
With PICO XR and Inversive. Matts Digital becomes the worldwide distributor of Large Field Theater.
immersive.paris
immersive.paris at LE BOOK Connections
Pavillon Gabriel, Paris
2025
LIFE
Digital stages at Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, with Dark Euphoria
Montpellier
LIFE
Dance & Technology incubator: LIFE lab with La Fabrique de la Danse
Château Éphémère, Carrières-sous-Poissy
immersive.paris
IP Gastronomy book signing
Ephemera — Jungle Palace, Paris
immersive.paris
IP Gastronomy launch
ATICA, Paris
Studio
International patent filed for Large Field Theater
PCT/FR2025/000021
LIFE
LIFE at Chaillot Augmenté × TMNlab
Chaillot — Théâtre national de la Danse
immersive.paris
Special Editions at CRAVAN
Paris
2024
Studio
Aegean Film Festival: first VR exhibition, a Mathias Chelebourg retrospective
Patmion Theater, Patmos (Greece)
In the 13th edition’s Future Programme, Atelier Daruma designs and installs the festival’s first immersive exhibition: five virtual reality works (The Real Thing, Rencontre(s), Baba Yaga, Doctor Who: The Runaway, Alone). Mathias Chelebourg sits on the short film jury. The studio has supported the festival’s VR programme ever since, which in 2025 hosted nine works competing for the new VR Seahorse Award.
Photo Patmos : Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0
LIFE
First LIFE demonstration
Avignon Festival, Grenier à Sel
With Dark Euphoria and dancer Irina Bashuk.
↘ Milestones
Ten years of immersion.
The works, festivals and awards that have marked the work of Mathias Chelebourg and the studio, from Venice to Tribeca, from Cannes to the Emmy Awards.
2026
Beyond Technology at Venice Immersive
A talk for ten years of Venice Immersive: immersive experiences as a global cultural market.
Venice Production Bridge ↗Large Field Theater at Laval Virtual
Worldwide distribution agreement with Matts Digital and public demonstrations with PICO.
Sonovision ↗2025
The immersive.paris collection launches
The first volume, IP Gastronomy, presented at ATICA in Paris.
Say Who ↗2024
Le Parlement des Vivants at the Muséum ↘
An immersive sound experience by Ramy Fischler and Mathias Chelebourg, 13–15 December in the Great Greenhouses of the Jardin des Plantes.
VR retrospective at the Aegean Film Festival, Patmos
The festival’s first immersive exhibition, designed by Atelier Daruma: five works by Mathias Chelebourg, who also sat on the short film jury. The studio becomes a partner of the VR programme.
Aegean Film Festival ↗Jury of Cannes’ first Immersive Competition
Alongside president Marie Amachoukeli, Raqi Syed, Vassiliki Khonsari and Uri Kranot.
Festival de Cannes ↗2022
Views of a Room at the Théâtre du Châtelet ↘
The virtual reality part of Room With a View, co-created with (LA)HORDE and Rone.
Rencontre(s) at the Venice Film Festival ↘
World premiere at Venice Immersive of the Chanel experience, voiced by Marion Cotillard.
La Biennale di Venezia ↗Retour à Canterville at Annecy ↘
The Oscar Wilde adaptation presented in the Annecy festival’s XR Work in Progress.
Annecy Festival ↗2021
Two Emmy Awards for Baba Yaga ↘
Outstanding Directing Team, for Eric Darnell and Mathias Chelebourg, and Outstanding Character Design.
Baba Yaga is released worldwide ↘
With Kate Winslet, Daisy Ridley, Jennifer Hudson and Glenn Close, in partnership with the United Nations.
AWN ↗2020
The Runaway nominated for an Emmy ↘
Nominated for Outstanding Derivative Interactive Program.
UploadVR ↗Baba Yaga premieres in Venice ↘
Co-directed with Eric Darnell for Baobab Studios, shown at Venice VR Expanded, 77th Mostra.
La Biennale di Venezia ↗Jean-Michel Jarre, Alone Together
The musician’s avatar, animated for his virtual reality concert on the Fête de la musique.
AeroZone JMJ ↗2019
The Runaway in the Annecy VR competition ↘
One of nine works in the Annecy festival’s virtual reality competition.
AWN ↗Doctor Who: The Runaway at Tribeca ↘
World premiere of the BBC’s first virtual reality episode, starring Jodie Whittaker.
/Film ↗2018
The Real Thing at Sheffield Doc/Fest ↘
The VR documentary co-directed with Benoît Felici for ARTE, on China’s copycat cities, in official selection.
Institut français ↗Jack: Part One premieres at Tribeca ↘
Written and directed for Baobab Studios, voiced by Lupita Nyong’o, at the Tribeca Virtual Arcade.
Tribeca ↗Atelier Daruma is founded
The studio is born in Paris, where cinema, theatre and games meet.
The Real Thing, Best Immersive Work at NewImages ↘
The first of a run of awards: Guanajuato, Satis, then DOK Leipzig and Melbourne in selection.
Benoît Felici ↗2017
Alice in competition at the Venice Film Festival ↘
Selected for the very first Venice Virtual Reality competition, 74th Mostra.
La Biennale di Venezia ↗Alice, the VR Play launches in Cannes ↘
Immersive theatre in virtual reality, presented during the Cannes Film Festival.
Canada Media Fund ↗