Hyperfiction

What Hyperfiction does

Hyperfiction (legal entity: SAS Hyperfiction) is a privately held French virtual reality and augmented reality consulting and development agency headquartered in Annecy, operating since 2010 with a team of 1-10 employees and a €40,001 share capital. The firm is co-managed by Sébastien Beck and Jérôme Favre Félix and runs from Le Transfo, a physical showroom where prospects can preview deployments.

The company's offering is organized into four service tiers: Conseil (strategic consulting and needs analysis), Catalogue (pre-built VR/AR experiences), Premium/Sur-mesure (bespoke design and development for events, training, marketing, and industrial use cases), and Technique (large-scale hardware deployment and on-site support at events). Its named proprietary and customer-facing solutions include Placodist (an EU-backed collaborative platform for industrial design), Mataki (an AR industrial maintenance tool integrated with Microsoft HoloLens), Jumeau Numérique (a VR digital twin for validation and training), Outils Collaboratifs VR (multi-user collaborative design environment), Produit Augmenté (AR product presentation), and Formation Immersive (VR-based risk-free mechanical training).

Hyperfiction primarily serves French and regional European enterprises, communication and event agencies, tourism boards and cultural institutions, and industrial clients. Revenue is generated through professional services engagements, one-time catalog licenses, and hardware rental plus deployment at events. Geographic scope is concentrated in the Annecy / Haute-Savoie region, with selected cross-border activity through the Franco-Swiss Placodist consortium. Customers referenced in the source material include Compagnie du Mont-Blanc, CD 74, Megève, Communauté de commune Arlysère, Salomon, Avrillon, Ludeek, Eon Reality, and Savoie Transmissions.

Name

Hyperfiction

Legal name

SAS Hyperfiction

Website

https://hyperfiction.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hyperfiction is a France-based VR/AR consulting and development agency that designs, builds, and deploys immersive experiences for event agencies, tourism boards, cultural institutions, and industrial enterprises, with proprietary platforms including Mataki (AR maintenance) and Placodist (collaborative industrial design).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Immersive Technology Services

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Motion Picture and Video Industries (5121)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Immersive/Interactive Animation (AR/VR/Real-Time) (MPAHACAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Twins & Scenario-Based Systems Training (Equipment/Process Simulators) (EDAFAJAJ), Virtual Field Trips & Experiential Learning Environments (Museums, Geography, History) (EDAFAJAG), AR/VR & Immersive Learning Content Development (EDAGAKAI)

Keywords

• VR consulting services
• AR development agency
• Immersive experience design
• Event VR activation
• Industrial digital twin

Headquarters

HQ city

Cran-gévrier

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. VR/AR Consulting Services: Expert consulting and advisory services for businesses seeking to integrate VR/AR technologies, including needs analysis, project guidance, and AMOA (assistance à maîtrise d'ouvrage) services.
2. Custom VR/AR Experience Development: Design and development of bespoke immersive VR/AR experiences for events, training, marketing, and industrial applications. Premium tier service for tailored solutions.
3. VR/AR Catalog Experiences: Pre-built VR/AR experiences from a catalog covering various themes for events and activations, offering faster deployment for clients with standard needs.
4. Technical Deployment Services: Technical deployment of VR/AR hardware and experiences at events, including equipment rental and on-site technical support, covering the largest events across all VR/AR technologies on the market.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hyperfiction is a consulting and development agency that designs, builds, and deploys virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) experiences for communication agencies, event agencies, and enterprises. It delivers end-to-end immersive projects covering needs analysis, custom experience development, a catalog of pre-built VR/AR experiences, and large-scale hardware deployment at events. Named solutions include the Mataki AR industrial maintenance tool, Placodist collaborative platform, VR digital twin, multi-user collaborative VR environments, augmented product presentations, and immersive training simulations.

Product overview

Hyperfiction is an immersive experiences consulting and development agency offering a portfolio of VR/AR services organized across four tiers: Conseil (strategic consulting), Catalogue (pre-made VR/AR experiences), Premium/Sur-mesure (custom experience design and development), and Technique (hardware deployment and event logistics). Key named solutions include Mataki (AR-powered industrial maintenance), Jumeau Numérique (VR digital twin), Outils Collaboratifs VR (multi-user collaborative VR), Produit Augmenté (AR product presentation), and Formation Immersive (VR-based training). The company also developed Placodist, a collaborative immersive platform for industrial design co-produced with Franco-Swiss partners. Its physical presence includes Le Transfo, a showroom in Annecy for client demonstrations, and it serves clients across industry, heritage, tourism, and event sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Placodist: A collaborative immersive platform dedicated to industrial design, developed as part of a Franco-Swiss partnership supported by the European Union.

Products and services

• Conseil (VR/AR Consulting) Strategic consulting and needs analysis to define VR/AR integration axes for clients across industries and events. Includes AMOA (assistance à maîtrise d'ouvrage) advisory.
• Catalogue d'expériences VR/AR A pre-made catalog of virtual and augmented reality experiences covering multiple themes, available for faster deployment at events and activations.
• Premium / Sur-mesure (Custom VR/AR Experiences) Custom design and development of bespoke VR/AR experiences tailored to specific event objectives and audience constraints.
• Technique (Déploiement) Technical deployment and management of large-scale VR/AR hardware infrastructure for major events, covering the largest events across all major immersive technology platforms (HTC Vive, Oculus, Pico, Microsoft HoloLens).
• Le Transfo (Showroom VR) A physical showroom space located at 3 avenue des Harmonies, Annecy, where clients can test and preview VR/AR experiences before deployment.
• Ateliers et Workshops Thematic workshops and personalized training sessions for clients, teams, and event staff to explore the impact of immersive technologies on their business.
• Placodist A collaborative immersive platform dedicated to industrial design, integrating functional modules with immersive technologies to enable pedagogical scenarios for training future engineers and support collaborative design within enterprises in the French-Swiss Arc Jurassien region.
• Mataki (AR Industrial Maintenance) An augmented reality industrial maintenance tool connected to a database, enabling operators wearing HoloLens headsets to be guided through maintenance tasks with real-time access to documentation, videos, expert video-call connection, and procedure validation.
• Jumeau Numérique (Digital Twin VR) A virtual reality version of a digital twin used for industrial validation chains, decision-making, facility layout studies, machine operation analysis, training tools, and operational support.
• Outils Collaboratifs VR (Collaborative VR Tools) Collaborative virtual environment enabling multi-user interaction, document sharing, and simultaneous broadcasting to optimize product design and conception timelines.
• Produit Augmenté (Augmented Product) Augmented product presentation overlaying real-time supplementary information onto physical products, such as material composition details, for dynamic product demonstrations.
• Formation Immersive (Immersive Training) Immersive VR-based training that allows users to learn and practice mechanical procedures without risk, with detailed progression tracking and adaptive difficulty levels.

Quantifiable outcome

• Deployed VR setup with 10 workstations (HTC and Rift) and dedicated press/public areas at MIFA 2018
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• AirpanominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Airpano, a 360° aerial video production company, to create realistic hot air balloon flight VR experiences. Airpano provided high-quality aerial production content that was combined with Hyperfiction's physical-virtual device to create an immersive experience.
• MNSTR AgencyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreative agency collaboration for Desperados brand project where MNSTR and Hyperfiction worked together with the 9ème Concept artist collective to create immersive VR art experiences.
• 9ème ConceptminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArtist collective collaborated with Hyperfiction and MNSTR agency for Desperados brand project, placing plastic artist Mathieu Dagorn face-to-face with VR technology development.
• Mathieu Dagorn (Artist)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlastic artist worked with Hyperfiction using Google Tilt Brush to create monumental VR artwork during a residency, with training provided to fully appropriate the tool and virtual space.
• Céleste (Atelier Céleste)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMuseography agency partnered with Hyperfiction for the museum Tremplin 92 project, handling spatial design while Hyperfiction provided immersive device solutions.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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