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Painting Practice: Plan V for visualisation
Bafta-winning design studio Painting Practice, with funding from Clwstwr, has developed a virtual studio app called Plan V that helps creative teams collaborate and make better, faster decisions about everything from set design to visual effects and script changes to...
Born in Bradford: Immersive VR
Born in Bradford is on a mission to improve livelihoods, health and social outcomes in Bradford through large-scale data research. The project has led to an art-science collaboration to build an immersive experience where this...
Creative Clusters: The Story So Far 2021
The Story So Far is a whirlwind tour of the progress during the last 12 months from the projects, organisations and clusters of the Creative Industries Clusters Programme. Funded by UK Research and Innovation, the Arts and Humanities Research Council launched the...
LiveAR: a prototype for immersive live performance
The StoryFutures Creative Cluster, based at Royal Holloway, University of London and its partner Nexus Studios have been working together to create an accessible toolkit to capture and stream live performances using augmented reality to reach audiences at home. We...
Rescape: a soothing escape for pregnant mothers and patients
Rescape are challenging the prevalence of opioids for pain relief by championing distraction therapy for pregnant mothers and other patients in pain. Experts in content creation, they are turning their expertise towards the medical sector to create psychological...
AWAYTOMARS: AI-driven fashion design
As the fashion sector comes to terms with the end of a formulaic era of production, (from creating a collection through to wholesale production) AWAYTOMARS, a collaborative design platform, in partnership with the Business of Fashion, Textiles and Technology Cluster...
Figment Productions: Hyper Reality Made Real
Award-winning digital media production company, Figment Productions, is on a mission to create premium immersive experiences using ‘hyper reality’. To do that, the team is developing new tools and practices that can help creative teams collaborate better, wherever...
AR360: Augmented Reality for Tourism
Belfast-based Yellow Design, a member of the Future Screens Northern Ireland (FSNI) creative cluster, is developing an augmented reality platform called AR360 that helps city councils share local stories with tourists via their smartphone. FSNI support for the work...
Live Cinema UK: 360° ambition
Part of the XR Stories cluster, Live Cinema UK is exploring the technology and storytelling skills needed to create and stage engaging narrative content for 360° screens. Working with an initial £30k funding stream they have collaborated on a full dome audio visual...
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