News from StoryFutures and StoryFutures Academy
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StoryFutures , September 8th 2023
StoryFutures Announces the Winner of the Connect XR Programme
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StoryFutures , July 17th 2023
StoryFutures is delighted to launch ‘StoryFutures Xperience', which will showcase VR experiences in leading independent cinemas and arts centres across the UK from Summer 2023 - Spring 2024. Venues including Chapter, Cardiff; Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre, Dundee; Queens Film Theatre, Belfast; Showroom, Sheffield and Depot, Lewes will receive specialist equipment and training from the StoryFutures team for audiences to enjoy a range of VR experiences, thanks to the support of the BFI, awarding National Lottery funding.
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StoryFutures , June 15th 2023
StoryFutures and the Department of Health Studies Royal Holloway, University of London invite creative companies with experience of storytelling using immersive technologies in the health and wellbeing sector, to take part in a ground-breaking Research & Development (R&D) collaboration.
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StoryFutures , June 13th 2023
The government has today, 13 June, announced that Royal Holloway, University of London, is the preferred bidder for the national Convergent Screen Technologies and performance in Realtime (CoSTAR) lab. This was announced as part of the government’s Creative Industries Sector Vision to maximise the potential of the UK creative industries and grow the economy.
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StoryFutures , May 25th 2023
StoryFutures: The National Centre for Immersive Storytelling, is delighted to announce the nine winning projects selected from the second round of our VR R&D National Showcasing Programme call.
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StoryFutures , March 28th 2023
StoryFutures announces another VR R&D Programme, this time nation-wide.
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StoryFutures , March 27th 2023
StoryFutures: The National Centre for Immersive Storytelling has partnered with Media Cymru to deliver a 2 day intensive hands-on AR Storytelling Lab using the learnings from the StoryFutures successful UK national immersive tour StoryTrails, and exploring the broad range of applications for AR as it starts to mature.
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StoryFutures , March 8th 2023
On Tuesday 7th March 2023, StoryFutures: The National Centre for Immersive Storytelling hosted a masterclass on The Evolution of Immersive Storytelling, with opening thoughts from Lord David Puttnam CBE and hosted by Becky Gregory-Clarke, Head of Immersive, StoryFutures.
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StoryFutures , February 27th 2023
Last month, five businesses joined us for our new VR R&D Showcasing Programme, to reversion their content for showcasing across the UK.
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