Quand le jeu vidéo est le catalyseur d'expérimentations théâtrales (2014-2019)

The meeting between the director and researcher Georges Gagner{é} and the digital artist and researcher Cédric Plessiet at Paris 8 University through experiments crossing live performance and video game led to the development of tools from game techniques video and dedicated to theatrical experimentation on a mixed stage involving physical actors and avatars. The genesis of AvatarStaging setup and AKN_Regie tool is detailed through the various research-creations on which they were formalized and used. AKN_Regie is a plugin of the videogame engine Unreal Engine, programmed in blueprint, and dedicated to real time 3D previsualization and avatar direction.