NRW is Germany’s leading B2B hub and benefits from the current media hype surrounding Metaverse, which wants to bring XR out of the gaming niche and into the mainstream. According to the TH Köln study Cross Reality in Germany 2021, 380 XR companies, i.e. 35 per cent of those 1,353 operating in Germany, are based in NRW and currently still posting modest revenues, but all with a bright future – the industry gathered around the technologies of Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR) is young and optimistic about the future. The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW has been backing digital games and interactive content for the past 12 years and recently increased the annual funding volume to 3.5 million euros.
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XR in NRW
Funding of the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW: Digital Games and interactive content