Immersive Technologies – Entrepreneurial Futures

Inspiring businesses to leverage immersive technologies through expert guidance and collaborative research

The Immersive Technologies strand of the Entrepreneurial Futures project offers dedicated support for enterprises in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to explore how immersive technologies – including augmented (AR), mixed (MR) and virtual reality (VR) and 360 Full Dome – can be used for innovation, audience engagement and problem-solving across a wide range of contexts and industries.

Our support includes:

Design Researcher in Residence (DRIR): A creative artist, designer, or developer stationed part-time within the partner organisation to co-create immersive solutions tailored to their needs. This collaboration, overseen by one of our expert academics, fosters research that integrates design methods for impactful outcomes.
Academic Consultancy: Access to specialist expertise from our academics to guide partners through challenges in adopting immersive technologies. Our academics offer informed advice and solutions to aid decision-making for virtual, augmented, or mixed reality applications.
Engagement events: opportunities for businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to learn how immersive technologies are being used within different sectors and how to access support from the University to make their own ideas a reality.

Get involved

Our DRiR and academic consultancy support is coming to an end.

However, you can still learn about immersive technologies by attending one of our upcoming events.

If you have any questions about these events, or further opportunities to collaborate with the University of Plymouth, please contact thebridge@plymouth.ac.uk.

Upcoming events

All events are free to attend, booking required.

Landscape Futures Workshops
Wednesday 26 February | various times | meet at Newquay library
Come and play-test a new smartphone app to explore Newquay's future.
For people who live or work in Newquay.

Immersive Storytelling in arts, culture and heritage
Wednesday 26 February | 9:15 - 16:30 | The Story of Emily
Experience Cornwall's newest premium attraction and gain exclusive behind-the-scenes insights and inspiration for designing your own immersive experiences.
For organisations based in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly.

Innovate Well: Designing immersive experiences for health and wellbeing
Friday 28 February | 10:30 - 15:00 | The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Explore the positive impact of immersive technologies through interactive demos and R&D insights from business leaders, artists and academic experts.
For organisations based in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly.

People in a cinema wearing accessible glasses to watch film with individual subtitles or BSL

SoundView Media

Facilites

Immersive Vision Theatre

Facilitating a range of learning, entertainment and research activities

3D printer, digital fabrication laboratory

Digital Fabrication and Immersive Media Laboratories

Technologies in virtual and augmented reality, robotics, 3D scanning and printing, and motion capture

Jill Craigie cinema

A high-spec space to exhibit film and moving image work, providing unique screenings for the University and wider community

Quorum: Cultural computation – enhancing audience engagement

Professor Mike Phillips shares insights as part of a previous REF impact case study, featuring previous interactive projects developed for the dome, as well as collaborations with the Tate Modern and in education using digital, data and AI.

Far South West Immersive

Far South West Immersive (FSWI) is a collective of universities, companies and organisations on a mission to make social good the focus of innovative research and development in immersive technologies.

Together, we will harness the region’s creativity, heritage and landscapes to tackle pressing real-world issues.

Find out more about Far South West Immersive.