France Immersive Learning

What France Immersive Learning does

France Immersive Learning (FIL), founded in 2018, is a French non-profit association (association loi 1901) headquartered at 61 rue de Lyon in Paris that serves as the reference federation body for the immersive learning ecosystem in France. The association brings together more than 60 members spanning universities and grandes écoles (CNAM, Université Paris-Est Créteil, Université Lyon 1/ICAP), corporate enterprises (Orange, Natixis, Campus BPCE, Alstom), vocational training organizations (AFPA, CCCA BTP, Compagnons du Devoir, Institut Agro de Dijon), immersive technology solution producers, and public prescriber/financer bodies (Agefiph). FIL's core function is ecosystem animation rather than technology development; it does not build proprietary products but coordinates knowledge sharing, publishes authoritative reference materials, and operates as a neutral platform connecting demand-side users with supply-side producers across education, training, and cultural mediation.

Name

France Immersive Learning

Legal name

France Immersive Learning

Website

https://fil-asso.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

France Immersive Learning is a French non-profit association founded in 2018 that federates over 60 universities, corporates, training organizations, and technology producers to promote VR/AR/MR adoption in education, training, and cultural mediation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Immersive Learning Industry Association

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Virtual Field Trips & Experiential Learning Environments (Museums, Geography, History) (EDAFAJAG)

Keywords

• Immersive learning
• VR training education
• Association federation
• Ecosystem coordination
• Membership organization

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: The association generates revenue through annual membership fees charged to organizations. Pricing is tiered based on organization size: small organizations with 10 or fewer employees pay €50 per year, while larger organizations with more than 10 employees pay €500 per year. Membership renewals extend until March 31 of the following year.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

France Immersive Learning is a non-profit association that federates, animates, and represents the French ecosystem of immersive learning (virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality) for education, training, and cultural mediation. The association recruits organizational members, publishes guides and an annual observatory of immersive learning uses, organizes webinars and regional events, and runs working groups (such as accessibility) to share best practices across the ecosystem.

Product overview

France Immersive Learning is a non-profit association founded in 2018, not a product company. It serves as a federation and coordination body for the immersive learning ecosystem in France, bringing together over 60 members including users (universities, grandes écoles, companies, training organizations), solution producers, and prescriber-funders. The association's activities include operating an observatory of immersive learning uses, publishing guides and resources such as the 'Guide des Apprentissages Immersifs' (Immersive Learning Guide), organizing events, and conducting surveys on immersive technology adoption in education, training, and cultural mediation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Organizational Membership Annual membership in France Immersive Learning for universities, grandes écoles, companies, training organizations, solution producers, and prescriber-funders, granting access to the ecosystem network, observatory data, publications, working groups, webinars, and events.

Quantifiable outcome

• The association launched its 'Observatoire des usages de l'immersif' in early 2023, providing annual barometers and surveys on immersive learning usage in education and training.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• EducAzurminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 April 2024Co-organized the Immersive Learning Day in Nice on April 3, 2024, featuring presentations, round tables, and immersive technology demonstrations.
• CCI Nice Côte d'Azur - Campus Sud des MétiersminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 April 2024Co-organized the Immersive Learning Day in Nice on April 3, 2024, providing the venue and regional business network connection.
• PAUUSEminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 March 2024Partnered with France Immersive Learning to organize a webinar on 'Integrating immersive learning into training paths' featuring Clément Cahagne from PAUUSE and Morgane Hedrlin from Form'Aqui.
• Cité de l'Economie et des Métiers de DemainminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 November 2023Partnered with France Immersive Learning for the Montpellier event on November 22, 2023, where Nicolas Dupain (President) and Vanessa Penelope (CEO) presented the Immersive Learning Guide.
• MetaminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 2023Meta provided support for the publication of the association's book 'Tout savoir de l'Immersive Learning' (L'avenir de l'éducation et de la formation professionnelle) published in September 2023. A representative of France Immersive Learning was invited to speak at Meta's Immersive Learning Symposium in Brussels in November 2023.
• CNAM (Conservatoire national des arts et métiers)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018CNAM is one of the founding members of France Immersive Learning. Thierry Koscielniak, Director of National Digital at CNAM, serves as President of the association. CNAM has been an early adopter of immersive technologies for training and provides institutional legitimacy to the association.
• AgefiphcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Agefiph is a founding member of France Immersive Learning. The association launched a working group on accessibility and disability in partnership with Agefiph in January 2024, aiming to identify solutions for facilitating access to immersive experiences for people with disabilities.
• NatixiscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Natixis is a founding member of France Immersive Learning, representing the banking and financial sector perspective in the immersive learning ecosystem.
• OrangecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Orange is a founding member of France Immersive Learning, contributing telecommunications and technology sector expertise to the ecosystem.
• Université Paris-Est Créteil (U-PEC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018U-PEC is a founding member of France Immersive Learning, representing higher education perspectives in the immersive learning ecosystem.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• European EdTech Alliance: Alliance of European national EdTech associations — directly comparable as a membership-association federation and serves a similar role to FIL but at the pan-European level rather than within France.
• EdTech France: French EdTech industry association that federates education-technology actors in France — directly comparable to FIL in mission, membership model, and ecosystem-animator role, though broader in scope (not limited to immersive modalities).
• The VR/AR Association (VRARA): Global membership association for the VR/AR ecosystem — directly comparable as a cross-sector XR membership body organising chapters, events, and industry research, though operating at global rather than France-only scale.
• XRA (XR Association): US-based XR industry trade association representing headset makers, content developers, and enterprise users — comparable as a peer XR membership organisation with policy advocacy, research, and working groups, though US-centric.

Broad incumbents

• Réseau Canopé: French public operator of the national educational network under the Ministry of Education — adjacent to FIL's educational-technology mission as the public infrastructure for pedagogical innovation, though it is a public agency rather than an independent membership association.
• France Digitale: Largest French tech and digital startup association — comparable as a French membership organisation federating an ecosystem, but operates at a much broader scope (all of digital) and at significantly larger scale than FIL's immersive-learning niche.
• ENGAGE XR (formerly Immersive VR Education): Commercial VR/AR education and training platform provider — operates in the same immersive-learning market FIL federates, but as a for-profit product company competing with FIL's solution-producer members rather than as an association.

Others

• EDUCATE (UCL Knowledge Lab): UCL-based EdTech accelerator and research network building an evidence-based EdTech ecosystem in the UK — comparable as an EdTech ecosystem-builder producing research and convening actors, though operating as an academic programme rather than an independent association.
• Digital Education Council: Global advisory body convening universities, governments, and EdTech companies on digital-education transformation — thematically aligned with FIL's observatory and policy-influence mission, though operating at multi-stakeholder advisory level rather than as an association.

Regional players

• EducAzur: French EdTech association in the Nice-Côte d'Azur region that co-organised FIL's Immersive Learning Day in April 2024 — directly comparable as a French EdTech association with similar regional-meetup model, but operating at sub-national scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@FILAsso2023
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/france-immersive-learning

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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