Ben Croll Introducing a NewImages panel about parity in the XR field, moderator Oriane Hurard lost no time setting the scene. “I’m a VR producer based in Paris,” Hurard began. “I’m also a feminist.
Sorry, not sorry.”And so launched this year’s “Women in XR” panel, which brought together a group of producers, filmmakers, and executives united by their shared belief in the young medium’s limitless potential and by their joint concerns that a lack of access could keep such potential stifled.Hurard laid down some harsh statistics early on. “XR is at the crossroads between the film and video-games industries,” she noted. “[Except] in France we have just 23% of our feature films directed by women and only 4% of our games made by a female.
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