In recent years, Antoine Cardon, the co-founder of the French immersive content technology team EL-GABAL, revealed in private when communicating with the Cultural Content Policy Institute (TAICCA). It is a rare advantage in other markets. This time, Antoine Cardon was invited to participate in the 2021 Creative Content Conference (TCCF) International Forum of the Academy of Culture and Policy. The interview before the meeting asked him again what he thinks the advantages of Taiwan's immersive content industry. The story of "Breakfast Meeting in Soymilk Shop" is well known in the semiconductor industry .
One morning in February 1974, seven important Taiwanese officials including Sun Yunying, then Minister of Economic Affairs, and Gao Yushu, Minister of Transportation, were sitting around a soy milk shop in Nanyang Street, Taipei City, chatting over photo retouching service breakfast, and making a decision: Taiwan should develop a lot. Integrated Circuit (IC) technology. This seemingly ordinary breakfast meeting is regarded as the starting point of Taiwan's semiconductor industry. After telling the story, he said in a slightly envious tone: "I often think about this story.
It shows me how the "vision" and "action" possessed by the Taiwanese ecosystem can promote the development of technology into an industry. Just like the recent XR The content industry is also promoted from the Kaohsiung Film Festival first, and then taken over by the Academy of Cultural Affairs with state funds, which is unique in the world.” Why does Antoine Cardon value the XR content industry so much? He has been fascinated by VR technology since he was a teenager and has hidden his "creative soul" for more than 20 years: "Only in the XR virtual world can we have 'another body'.