Forty years of building what didn't exist yet
I wrote my first code on a ZX81 at around eleven, and was soon coding games for friends because, in pre-internet Bordeaux, the games we wanted didn’t exist on the shelves. Forty years later, the instinct is the same. Along the way I pioneered 360° imaging in France, built cameras and software from scratch, filed patents, founded companies in Bordeaux and Dubai, and worked on projects from nuclear power plants to the Ariane 5 launch pad.
This site is the story of that journey: the projects, the inventions and the people I met along the way.
The Journey
Self-taught
ZX81, VG5000, Amiga: games for friends, then a first job in 3D in 1993
Into 360°
Discovering spherical imaging when it was still a pioneer’s craft
Doo Interactive
A home studio in Bordeaux that worked for ESA, Thales and Accor
Dubai
Patents, Doo Technologies, DooWORKS and XstreamGenerator
Strategy & marketing
Innovation consulting and leading marketing for Fibrenetix
Atlantic Venture Group
Bringing thirty years together under one roof
Case studies
Eight projects, told in full: what we built, how we built it, and what it led to.
From the archive
Four films from the pioneer years of 360° imaging, when every panorama was a small adventure.
In the press
What the French press wrote about Doo Interactive and 360° imaging in 2004.
Objectif Aquitaine
June 2004
Aquitaine Presse Service
February 2004
Flash Presse CCIB
March 2004
Web Magazine
2004
La Vie Économique
No. 1559 · 31 March 2004
In their words
He was this genius CTO coupled with a business mind. He is also very easy going and talented when it comes to building relationships.
Stephane and I worked together on several ground-breaking products, processes and patents related to the 360 degree immersive imaging industry, much before Google Street View became a household name!
Steph has assembled a great team of engineers, and between them they deliver great results, but clearly it is Steph's leadership and expertise that is the inspiration and motivation that makes it all happen.
As a solution supplier, Stephane was always very positive and ready to answer to all the questions we had as we were beginning our developments. Then, as our business started to grow, we established a successful collaboration in 360° technologies that we embedded in our products.
He is the technological heart of Doo Technologies and a pleasure to work with. He has an instinctive understanding of what we require making our job much easier.
Not only is he immaculate with detail, he has a deep understanding of marketing, partnerships and has a fantastic eye for creativity.
Today: Atlantic Venture Group
Today my work continues at Atlantic Venture Group, a Dubai-based technology consultancy and creative production house. For business enquiries, visit atlanticventuregroup.com.
