Using the word CreaTech is like referring to your dinner as SpagBol

Most coverage focuses on Meta, but a surprising number of startups and established companies alike are making smart glasses too. Read our full roundup here: www.uploadvr.com/everyone-is-...

Huge congratulations to Displace Studios and @psiconlab.bsky.social on being selected as a FINALIST for the Lumen Prize! Their project, supported by The Space - Replica - combines Dance, Mixed Reality and Volumetric Capture, allowing a performer to duet with her digital double. buff.ly/Ykav0rQ

Thinking outside the box is part of the joy of creating a digital project but what if something unexpected pops up 👀? Join our brilliant speakers Harmeet Chagger-Khan, @psiconlab.bsky.social & @louiseorwin.bsky.social to learn how to face challenges head on. Book: bit.ly/47kAkHE #DigitalInnovation

Great podcast featuring Depthkit creator and Scatter founder James George on digital storytelling and the emergence and role of volumetric capture. open.spotify.com/episode/3EyY...

ECSTATIC to announce we're a FINALIST for the Lumen Prize! With over 2,200+ submissions from 71 countries, amongst the most boundary-pushing, conceptually rich, & technically innovative work in the world, we are truly honoured for REPLICA to be chosen! lumenprize.org/2025-perform...

FINALLY found an amazing duplicate file finder and remover with awesome control and advanced features. Cleared 37GB of duplicate photos from my PC. Full Pro version was worth every penny, but you can try for free. www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/duplicatecle...

ECSTATIC to announce we're a FINALIST for the Lumen Prize! With over 2,200+ submissions from 71 countries, amongst the most boundary-pushing, conceptually rich, & technically innovative work in the world, we are truly honoured for REPLICA to be chosen! lumenprize.org/2025-perform...

What is the future of color perception? Will we genetically engineer ourselves to see so much more color than we do now? Join me for this week's Inner Cosmos: "What is color? Part 2: Why royals wear purple" eagleman.com/podcast/116 #brain #color

NEWS: Punchdrunk announce live-action video game experience 'LANDER 23' for September 2025 in Woolwich. www.immersiverumours.com/post/punchdr...

Learn about respiratory medicine while flying through a patient's lungs treating them in this VR app. Created for www.bioreme.net. Funded by EPSRC & NIHR (@nihr.bsky.social) BRC (at Manchester, @nottmnihr-brc-msir.bsky.social, Exeter, @imperialbrc.bsky.social) . More info : psiconlab.co.uk

LIVE NOW >> (Algo|Afro) Futures Antonio Roberts presents an hour of experimental music by people of colour from around the globe. Listen live Tuesdays at 10pm (UK Time) on brumradio.com #InBrumWeTrust #Birmingham

Please vote for BOM at the Women in Tech Awards! 🥳 ⭐️ Adanna Davis-Waite – Rising Star Award ⭐️ Louise Latter – Tech for Good - Louise Latter ⭐️ Karen Newman – Digital Transformation Champion Award ⭐️ Karen Newman – Innovator of the Year Vote 👉🏼 bit.ly/3UyiBVs

New job #ad: Creative Learning Director, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham. Salary: £50,000. #artsjobs

Calling all West Midlands Creatives! 💻 Learn @unrealengine.bsky.social, @blender.org, AI tools and Virtual Production with 100+ hours of hands-on training on our free 12-week course. Funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority and @artscouncilengland.bsky.social. Apply now: bit.ly/4goy5Vg

🔊 Content creators 🔊 @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social has teamed up with YouTube to launch Creator Incubator - a new 12-month diploma course to support the next generation of creators and digital producers. The course is free to all selected participants. Find out more ➡️ buff.ly/gFPiQW3

44% of performing arts freelancers earned less than the national living wage in the 2023-24 financial year, compared to 34% the year before in what is being termed a “crisis of low pay” in freelancing, according to a new survey.

As tributes are paid to the Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, we look back at the Home of Metal project that celebrated 50 years of the iconic band. In 2019, we supported @homeofmetaluk.bsky.social‬ Black Sabbath – 50 Years, at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery www.thespace.org/.../50-years...

Looking for an affordable, accessible green screen studio in the heart of Birmingham? That’s us, Hi! 👋🏼 Our Virtual Production Suite is self-contained with lift access. Equipped with camera tracking, lighting, and Rokoko motion capture suits. Find out more: bom.org.uk/virtual-prod...

#edfringe 2025 kicks off next week! 😁 If you’re coming for the first time, the festival might feel a bit overwhelming, so we’ve put together a list of 10 tips to help you get started 👇 www.edfringe.com/about-us/new... Feel like we’ve missed something? Add your tips in the comments!

2025 Flashback/ “Creating a space where artists can engage in critical conversations” – Mark Atkin (CPH:DOX Inter:Active 2025), by Agnese Pietrobon #Immersive #Creative #Storytelling

Just added to the Next Stage Immersive Summit: a session with Stephen Smith of Meow Wolf and Mike Stein of Niantic Spatial to talk about the newly announced collab between the two companies! It's happening August 1-3 in Pasadena & badges are on sale now: www.immersiveexperience.org/the-next-sta...

Early next week, we’ll open the final round of funding. If you’re thinking of applying and would like some support, you can join one of our free online sessions: Funding Info Webinar Thu 24 Jul, 16:00–17:00 Access Drop-In with Unlimited Mon 28 Jul, 16:00–17:00 Sign up: immersivearts.uk/events

Most artists belonging to the Artists’ Union England (AUE) are earning far below the UK median wage, according to a new report published by the union and artist-run organisation Industria.

Just under 90% of British adults say they fear the closure of music and arts venues will have a “serious and detrimental” effect on community life, according to a recent survey conducted by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO). #NewsInBrief

Don't miss: Arts Professional: Arts Pay survey 2025 from Arts Professional and Baker Richards. Tell us how you experience work in the arts - from pay, access and precarity to equity and workplace culture. Take part in our latest survey.

Learn about respiratory medicine while flying through a patient's lungs treating them in this VR app. Created for www.bioreme.net. Funded by EPSRC & NIHR (@nihr.bsky.social) BRC (at Manchester, @nottmnihr-brc-msir.bsky.social, Exeter, @imperialbrc.bsky.social) . More info : psiconlab.co.uk

If you’re looking for accessible and affordable virtual production in Birmingham, look no further than BOM. 💚 Our Virtual Production Suite is self-contained and fully equipped with a green screen, camera tracking, lighting and motion capture. More nfo 👉🏼 bit.ly/3Ghe5r4

@pcmcreative.bsky.social think I spotted you in the Uncanny Alley..!

"Celebrate excellence in XR at the 2025 FIVARS Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories, featuring the world's best new virtual, augmented, spherical video, and immersive dome experiences." @fivars.bsky.social #xr #vr #mr #ar #360film www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kaE...

𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣: 𝙎𝙤𝙛𝙩-𝘾𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙖 𝙇𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 New R&D work from our collaboration with Tom Dale Company and The Light Surgeons Come lie back, look up, and see what unfolds. 📍 The Place, London – 20 June (Today) ⏰ Open drop-in, 4–6pm 🎟️ Reserve for free at www.watermans.org.uk/events/artca...

New job #ad: Development Manager, Punchdrunk Enrichment, London. Salary: £37,500. #artsjobs

📣 Resource: Evaluating digital experiences. When you’re producing digital work, evaluation probably isn’t the top of your list. But it's the only way to measure impact. So where do you start?? Take a 👀 to find out: bit.ly/3zffKK1 #ArtsEvaluation #ArtsMarketing

Need some support? 💡 New for this year, @Julies_Bicycle are offering 1-to-1 sessions to help you input the right data, analyse it and take action. Sign up for 19-20 June 👇 buff.ly/YVnCE3J Sign up for 23-27 June 👇 buff.ly/9kZqOe4

We are pleased to announce that the next round of funding will go live in July and will be open for apps until the end of Sep 25. Awards will be announced in Jan 26, with funded projects starting in Feb 26. Read more: immersivearts.uk/news/updates-on-the-next-funding-round-opening-july-2025

Applications to CreaTech are open! R&D grants of £5k and £10k are available to West Midlands freelancers, micro-businesses and SMEs. Funding innovative ideas and concepts that use creative technologies to enrich the human experience.

I'm at SXSW London on Tuesday thanks to @vipstudio.bsky.social & Department for Business and Trade. Come along, say hi & find out about mixed reality, holographic performance, and AI! Find us at UK House, 7 Devonshire Square, London, EC2M 4YH #sxswLondon #VirtualProduction #ImmersiveTech #VR

Gave my freelance portfolio website a bit of an update... Too little info on the projects? Or tasty enough to encourage people to contact me? I do have some embedded video content I need to add back in so it's not 100% done yet... www.psiconlab.co.uk

Watch the trailer for our latest performance - REPLICA - an emotive Mixed Reality performance which uses immersive technology to display a virtual dancer who interacts with, and occupies the same space as a live performer - allowing her to duet with a digital double. www.displace.org.uk

New series of Love, Death & Robots is, sadly, pretty bad. At least "How Zeke Got Religion" is watchable and the best episode, but where is Alberto Mielgo? The Witness & Jibaro were next level! Proof somehow, that all the money & fancy anim in the world cannot save your terrible script

Watch the trailer for our latest performance - REPLICA - an emotive Mixed Reality performance which uses immersive technology to display a virtual dancer who interacts with, and occupies the same space as a live performer - allowing her to duet with a digital double. www.displace.org.uk

"Arts were more generously funded in some other parts of Europe... “There was an outcry recently in Berlin because of a threat to reduce the city’s arts funding to about €800m. The total we have for the whole of England is £450m." www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

The second wave of immersive institutions has arrived—how can traditional museums and galleries harness their power? www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/01/29/t... #vr #art #immersive

Internet friends (and future friends!): I'm putting together a talk about joyful weirdness on the web and was looking for examples of what other people have fallen in love with: Could I ask you to show me examples of weird, delightful, unexpected websites and webapps you've made or seen?

Slowly becoming convinced that maybe Meta did kill VR when they bought Oculus... despite the nice hardware... I tried to enjoy some vr tonight, including a Doja Cat concert in Horizons which was... abysmal. Randomly played The Under Presents from 2019 with 0 players and was more impressed. How sad

Read the article for an explanation of the major problems with the official Quest 3 scene meshing system, and why what Lasertag is pulling off is so important.

As part of our live hybrid festival OOTFest25 (UN)SEEN, we'll be hosting Innovation Lab 2, an immersive day of workshops, discussions & creative exploration at the intersection of AI & the performing arts. 📆 Sun 8 June, 9.30am-6pm 📍 Riverside Studios / online riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/o...

Applications are now open for Jerwood Art Fund Commissions grants, designed to support museums and galleries to commission artists, furthering their development while enriching public collections. All enquiries will be handled by @artfund.bsky.social, learn more 👇 www.artfund.org/professional...

Here you are my weekly roundup of the best #AR #VR news of the week: Today I talk about Ray-Ban Meta getting AI features, refurbished Quest 3S for $270, and the mesmerizing Italian strategy for the #metaverse (that says AR and VR started in 1992)! skarredghost.com/2025/04/30/r...