The initial concept for Archistoire was first developed in Toulon (France) to allow the buildings to tell the story of this mediterranean naval base. The city center becomes a playground in which the user embarks on a journey to uncover architectural symbols and characteristics that testify of the past, present and even future history of the town.

Archistoire Toulon’s starting point is quite simple: Toulon is a pleasant place, representative of the French riviera and an ideal destination for tourists and cruise ships. But what makes the city’s beauty is hidden to many eyes and mainly known to experts that can interpret its characteristics.

With Archistoire Toulon, we aim to highlight the positive attributes of the city’s heritage and make them accessible to both local residents and visitors. Archistoire intends to provide a perfectly seamless and intuitive experience for the widest range of visitors that allows them, using their smartphone, to discover the treasures of the city at their own pace.

A full-scale experiment in a French city

Have you ever wished you could fully immerse yourself into the past when visiting a heritage site or a museum ? This is the aim of the concept developed for the “Abbaye de la Celle”, a major tourism site in the Var area (France) for all lovers of old stones and religious sites.

The concept of Archistoire Abbaye de la Celle brings the past to life through an immersive guided tour of the abbey: sounds, images and videos in overlay recreate the unique atmosphere back in the days where the monks’ led their daily activities, and reveal the construction phases of the building as well as the various purposes of the rooms that changed over time.

The challenge here is to create a truly innovative indoor multimedia guide that takes into account all operating issues, that apply to all museums, exhibitions, heritage or archaeological sites.

An immersive indoor guided tour

Work in progress!

With Archistoire Las Vegas, our objective is to demonstrate the replicability of our concept to other contexts, types of architecture and audiences. Archistoire Las Vegas will put a special emphasis on the entrainment aspect of our app, rather that on the learning experience.

Allow to see more than what is before our eyes: how the city was built, for what purpose, what it was like initially, where the various inspirations for the casino’s architecture came from… and tell amusing or unknown stories of what happened in the Entertainment Capital of the World. What happened in Vegas… should be shared with the world !

Give access to all that’s going on: allow visitors to know about all the available activities, plan their stay in Vegas, share their experience… to make the destination always more entertaining.

The ambition: an international experiment in 2018

Work in progress!