4X Technologies S.A
Overview
4X Technologies was a French company founded in 1997 by
Emmanuel Forsans and
Jérôme Larrieu. 4X was located in Paris and employed about 50 people at its peak. It specialized in the creation of middleware tools and is especially known for it
Phoenix3D engine, which later became the foundation for
Kylotonn Entertainment's Kt engine. Other tools include
4X Movie (movie compression for Windows, Macintosh, Dreamcast and Game Boy Advance games),
Phoenix VR (tools package for 360° photo-realistic environments immersion), and the
X3D engine.
In September 2000 the internal game development division
4X Studio was created. The company had a third division called 4X Productions, doing similar work as 4X Studio, but not geared towards the games industry.
The main company along with the divisions were closed in early 2003. Emmanuel Forsans went on to become the President of AFJV (Agence Francaise pour le Jeu Video), a video game agency.
Trivia
Contact information (2001)
4X Technologies
47, rue de Charonne
75011 Paris
France
Phone: 33 (1) 55 28 31 31
Fax. 33 (1) 47 00 51 01
Former website: www.4xtechnologies.com
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