Last month we joined the International Communications Data and Digital Forensics (ICDDF) Event - a closed event hosted by the UK Home Office for senior leaders in law enforcement & intelligence. The goal - upskill ppl on the #XR risk landscape & discuss challenges www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

My last full Friday Funding Roundup… www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e... #funding #innovation

📣FRIDAY FUNDING FEATURE 📣 DEADLINE: JULY 7th ICURe Explore is a programme that gives you funding and expert mentoring to build a robust business case around your innovation. • £35K funding for salary and market discovery • 5-day commercialisation Bootcamp • Mentorship Apply now: lnkd.in/e4CApi8a

The Annwn Prize, dedicated to #XR storytelling in art, was announced yesterday at The Big Thing by @wmccmc.bsky.social 👏👏 Details here: www.wmc.org.uk/en/news-and-... @immersiveartsuk.bsky.social

We're pleased to share our learnings from our first funding call. We’ve learnt a huge amount through the process and we hope the collective feedback will support applicants to make stronger applications. www.immersivearts.uk/news/first-round-commentary-annoucement

Off to an amazing start with a PACKED house at ‘THE BIG THING’, the @immersiveartsuk.bsky.social first annual showcase event! #immersivetech #immersivearts @innovateuk.bsky.social

Next level evening on Monday at the 2025 @innovateuk.bsky.social Immersive Tech Awards!! #immersivetech #XR #spatialcomputing

To all of you #VR #XR creators out there, @raindance.org Immersive 2025 is going to be #EPIC! Set aside June to come experience cutting edge story-telling/living, meet the creators, get inspired & even share a kidney! www.raindanceimmersive.com/2025-awards

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Harvard’s putting up a fight from the academic sector. Where are our business leaders?? The silence is deafening. The latest No Mercy / No Malice: www.profgalloway.com/breaking-the...

Last week’s Friday Funding roundup! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

@thespacearts.bsky.social is currently commissioning digital creative work! £16K or £8K for audio only pieces Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

The UK Games Fund is open! £50-150K grants available! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

📣FRIDAY FUNDING ROUNDUP📣 This is my latest roundup of funding options that could be relevant for UK immersive tech companies… www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

Grand opening party for NewImages Festival in Paris tonight 💥 #immersivetech #AI #creativeindustries #innovation @newimageshub.bsky.social

This morning we announced the finalists for the 2025 Innovate UK Immersive Tech Awards 💥💥💥 www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

In Paris this week representing the UK on the French XR Business Tour with the PXN, French Immersive Studios, NewImages Festival & the CNC (Film France). #immersivetech #XR #creativeindustries #film #innovation

The @sxsw.com London Roadshow is on today in Gateshead at PROTO ⚡️⚡️ #SXSW #SXSWLondon #innovation #creativeindustries

📣FRIDAY FUNDING📣 DEADLINE: May 16 £150K + support The NIHR THRIVE programme, opening April 14th, offers funding with business mentorship & support to academics / clinical entrepreneurs building innovative health tech companies. Details here: lnkd.in/eJ9CCaXP www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

We're so excited to see Mother Nature in the wild! 🥳 Our video is currently on Ocean Outdoor's 45 loop screens around Brum city centre. Using the Rokoko suit and @unrealengine.bsky.social, it’s a hint of what to expect from Mother Nature VR which is currently in development...

Heading to Chatham on Sunday to speak at the A+E Lab #XR Sunday Social. The lab is an Art & Technology Hub curated by AΦE. Join us! aelab.uk/event/xr-sun...

I’ve been serving as an industry expert on an OECD advisory board for the past year. The first report just launched today… www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e... #immersivetech #XR #innovation

Job alert! We're looking for a talented 3D Designer with: • Strong expertise in Unreal Engine • Experience creating photorealistic backgrounds for Virtual Production • Based in the Netherlands • Available within the next two months If this describes you or someone you know, pls 📧: [email protected]

Can’t wait for this! Come join us in Bradford in June 😁

Absolutely love the work being done at Production Park in the UK! Their degree programmes at Academy of Live Technology are so unique & valuable for the students who regularly get poached for jobs before they graduate. Their model really works. www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

Congratulations @bomlab.bsky.social 👏👏👏 So proud to have been on the board of this organisation for many years. They keep going from strength to strength 👏 www.linkedin.com/posts/birmin...

Last week I joined my friend, Daniel Bedingfield, on stage at the AIMI Conference in Brighton for a chat about the future of #AI in the #music industry. We spoke about how AI is impacting the production process, the future of #liveperformance & fan engagement, and business processes.

📢 Calling @york.ac.uk researchers & technicians! We're running R&D residencies for University of York researchers & technicians. Apply by 21 March for an opportunity to conduct self-directed research or professional technical development from our immersive R&D lab. xrstories.co.uk/programme/rd...

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

A visit to Bournemouth Uni this week to get the run down on all of the #XR activity they have going on across the uni! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

I’m delighted to be joining FOV Ventures as a venture fellow this year. FOV has invested in 30+ companies to date. I look forward to working with them as they continue to invest in Europeans companies that are shaping the future of computing. #VC #venturecapital #spatialcomputing #AI

The XR Diversity Initiative, which I cofounded, is collaborating with the Wales Millennium Centre on a Creative Wales funded project for two years to upskill new Welsh #XR developers! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

The UK government funded CyberASAP programme has been spinning out cybersecurity companies from universities for the past 8 years! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

Friday Funding Roundup relevant for #immersivetech companies👏 Many are applicable cross-sector 🤘 www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

A great day at @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social #XR Student Industry Event! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

Honoured to be selected by UN Women UK to participate in the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women! The theme this year is: “For All Women and Girls – Equality. Rights. Empowerment.” Join us: unwomenuk.typeform.com/UNWUKCSW69 #CSW69 #genderequality #equalrights #womenintech

Belated celebration in Paris today w/ my good friend, Mariem. She successfully raised €1.5M for her startup ValueCo, which has created a platform to monetize sustainability - lnkd.in/dURAmUx3 👏👏👏👏👏👏 Fascinating workshop on the future of sustainable finance at Climate House today with her team!

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Great day at Jaguar Land Rover yesterday getting an overview of all of their #XR initiatives across the entire business. www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

The programme provides an an opportunity for creative businesses to step outside of their usual work environment, incubate new ideas and carry out productive research and development. Head over to our website to find out more and apply by 6 Feb: xrstories.co.uk/xr-stories-l...

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Awkward…. 😅😅

The DeepSeek inspired sell off is recognition the market is prioritizing investment over innovation.

checking in on deepseek

DeepSeek jailbreak

Some final reflections from #WEF25! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai

NEXT! Join us in Paris on February 6 for #ExperienceVision, a new 1-day event #XR #AI organized by @Othmanchiheb and his team at the legendary @LeGrandRex. We'll be on site! 👉 -20% on Explorer Pass with XRMUSTVISION 🤗 www.experiencevision.io

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