This article is taken from Le
Figaro Histoire
“French Indochina, from the conquest to Diên Bien Phu”
. Discover in this issue the history of France's Asian century.
Ten o'clock. With the VR headset screwed onto your skull, the straps of the backpack hiding the computer adjusted, you will have to face a vast parking area of 500 m², lined from floor to ceiling with blue lines and symbols. Let's go to Eternal Notre-Dame
,
our first immersive exploration of the day, under the cathedral square. Immediately, the cabalistic signs disappear, replaced by a large nave empty of any seats. A character sketched in white chalk beckons us: this companion must serve as our guide. Outside, it's raining on the shiny cobblestones, on the roofs, on the craftsmen's lodges leaning against the foothills.
Here we are in the 12th century, in the middle of the construction of the cathedral. The effect is striking. We forget the fixed features of passers-by, the avatars of other explorers…