Technologie

Mission: Provide leadership in R&D for immersive creation tools

Technological developments at SAT primarily aim to improve the tools and work processes used by artists and integrators in digital creation and creative ecosystems.

To this end, we are constantly expanding a scalable, open, and interoperable technological and methodological toolbox to disseminate and facilitate access to innovative technologies. With this in mind, we constantly monitor emerging trends, through partnerships with academic laboratories in media technologies and research-creation. This ensures a timely transfer of the latest technological advances to Communities of Practice.

This toolbox, which includes both software and hardware, fosters collaboration with external partners and prioritizes the creators’ user experience. SAT leverages its expertise in free systems and software, such as Linux, GStreamer, Qt, as well as lower-level networking and real-time systems to create outstanding technologies such as Scenic, Satellite and LivePose, and establish itself as a hub of artistic and technological innovation. By focusing on experimentation, prototyping and user-centered design, SAT aims to consolidate its position as a driving force in the field of open-source creative tools.

SAT also fosters collaborations with commercial and proprietary software companies, in order to facilitate innovation in the digital creators practices.

Our vision is built around 3 core values: interoperability, sustainability and social impact.

Interoperability aims to make it easier for practitioners to interconnect creative intermedia systems: for instance, our tools enable multiple software and hardware systems to communicate with each other in a standardized way, allowing designers to focus on creative rather than purely technical tasks. Using as well as promoting open-source software is an integral part of this work.

Sustainability: at SAT, we seek to make technological development more ethical and sustainable by reducing its carbon footprint through eco-design, the use of renewable energies, and responsible management of digital equipment, while raising awareness of environmental issues among its creators and audiences. For example, we develop technologies that enable the creation of audiovisual content on computer systems with a minimal carbon footprint.

Social impact: Our ambition is to democratize access to immersive technologies and digital culture through a participatory, open and inclusive approach. The SAT toolbox ultimately aims to amplify human connections through the creation of collective experiences as well as through the creative exploration of new technologies.