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.

Open call for design researchers: apply now

Join the Entrepreneurial Futures research team as a Design Researcher in Residence.

Immersive Visualisation Suite, Babbage Building

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.