There are version control systems that aren't text oriented. There's Autodesk Vault, for drawings and 3D designs. There's Alienbrain, which is for games, movies, and even automotive designs, where assets can include a game level, a movie clip, a 3D model, a motion capture session, and a fender. "Previews are available for several hundred file formats". There's even the new NVidia Omniverse, which is even fancier.