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Published on 15.07.2024 
Razer, a global group with American and Singaporean capital, is the market leader in gaming peripherals.
In 2022, it announced the acquisition of Interhaptics (Go Touch VR), a Lille-based startup that specializes in haptic* technologies.
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*Haptics: a technology that allows for the simulation of the real sense of touch when the user interacts with a digital product.
Far from wishing to relocate the know-how of this regional nugget, Razer is anchoring this high value-added technology in the Hauts-de-France digital ecosystem, thereby turning it into a growth driver.
Thanks to this investment, the start-up is now in a position to:
An investment with positive spin-offs for the region, since it will:
Also known as Interhaptics, Go Touch VR was co-founded by Eric Vezzoli, in 2017.
The start-up, which boasts a highly specialized, high value-added R&D team, is focusing its efforts on a breakthrough technology: centralizing the creation of haptic feedback and building an ecosystem that allows for the streamlined adoption of this cutting-edge technology.
In 2018, it won the BPI Innovation Competition, then revolutionized the haptics market in 2020.
To this end, it is actively involved in MPEG standardization, with its technology becoming the benchmark.
Razer was interested in us because we reinvented digital touch signal normalization. This gave us a worldwide resonance.
Eric Vezzoli, Associate Director Haptics CEO Interhaptics
At the end of his thesis at the University of Lille 1 in 2017, Eric Vezzoli and his co-founders decided to stay in France and found his company Go Touch VR.
A carefully thought-out decision influenced by:
We asked Eric Vezzoli why an international company should consider Hauts-de-France for its development.
Here’s what he said:
The Hauts-de-France region is located at the center of Europe, between London, Paris and Brussels, and is extremely well connected. You have access to highly qualified talent at a lower cost than in Paris, which is only 1 hour away. Finally, local stakeholders are at your disposal to help you create the right environmental conditions for your development.
Eric Vezzoli, Associate Director Haptics RAZER
At the end of its incubation period, Interhaptics began looking for its future premises.
The group wanted to integrate a central office in Lille, close to the two railway stations.
Thanks to its knowledge of the region and its real estate offer, NFI was able to propose different sites to the company.
It signed a lease with one of them a few months later.
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Every 3 years, Nord France Invest organizes an awards ceremony to highlight international companies that have made major investments in the region.
For the 5th edition, Razer won the Jury’s “Favorite”, a prize awarded to one of the companies that seduced the jury, outside the 4 categories.
The success of Go Touch VR SAS is a strong signal for the region. It proves that Hauts-de-France is home to technological nuggets.
The jury was particularly keen to highlight Razer’s determination to contribute directly to the development of this leading-edge R&D and digital ecosystem in the region.
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