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![Hyper Luminal Games and Sugar Creative Awarded £35k To Be Part of Inclusive Design Accelerator Programme](https://www.storyfutures.com/uploads/images/_newsListingImage/63380/Main-image_220511_125318.jpg)
StoryFutures , May 11th 2022
Hyper Luminal Games and Sugar Creative awarded £35,000 to be part of Inclusive Design Accelerator programme in conjunction with InGAME and StoryFutures Academy
Read more![R&D in Virtual Production: Discovery Pilots Call](https://www.storyfutures.com/uploads/images/_newsListingImage/63598/AU3I4464.jpg)
StoryFutures , May 6th 2022
For creative and digital companies working in Virtual Production
Read more![The National Gallery launch "The Keeper of Paintings and the Palette of Perception"](https://www.storyfutures.com/uploads/images/_newsListingImage/61770/KoP-Listing-Image.jpg)
StoryFutures , April 5th 2022
The Keeper of Paintings and the Palette of Perception is The National Gallery’s first immersive augmented reality (AR) app. Suitable for ages 7–11, this free mobile-based experience uses AR technology to encourage children to explore the Gallery and learn about its paintings.
Read more![Asif Kapadia’s new VR animation Laika set to tour venues across the UK](https://www.storyfutures.com/uploads/images/_newsListingImage/Facebook-NewsFeed-Image-1200x1200-copy-2.jpg)
StoryFutures , March 17th 2022
The Oscar-winning filmmaker will host in-person Q&As following each VR presentation.
Read more![50 emerging creative professionals recruited to develop StoryTrails](https://www.storyfutures.com/uploads/images/_newsListingImage/220314-StoryTrails-Instagram-Feed-Post.jpg)
StoryFutures , March 15th 2022
Fifty of the next generation of UK creative talent have been recruited by StoryFutures Academy to help develop and deliver StoryTrails, a unique immersive storytelling experience for audiences in 15 town and cities across the UK as part of UNBOXED, the ground-breaking UK-wide celebration of creativity in 2022.
Read more![StoryFutures Academy Launches ‘Fireworks’ short film World Premiere and Masterclass](https://www.storyfutures.com/uploads/images/_newsListingImage/Fireworks_SF_0147.jpg)
StoryFutures , March 11th 2022
On Thursday 10th March 2022, StoryFutures Academy launched the world premiere and masterclass of short film Fireworks that uses cutting edge Virtual Production to tell its story.
Read more![Four Groundbreaking Immersive UK-Canadian Co-Production Prototypes Headed to SXSW](https://www.storyfutures.com/uploads/images/_newsListingImage/UCIE-sxsw-sq.jpg)
StoryFutures , March 2nd 2022
London, UK / Toronto, Canada, March 7, 2022 - Four immersive media prototypes developed as part of the first-ever UK-Canada Immersive Exchange will have their first public preview at the SXSW XR Experience in Austin, Texas from March 13-15, 2022.
Read more!['One Story, Many Voices', A StoryFutures Academy Immersive Audio Project with Imperial War Museums](https://www.storyfutures.com/uploads/images/_newsListingImage/56110/IWM-pic-1.jpg)
StoryFutures , December 16th 2021
Unseen objects, untold stories and unheard voices: Imperial War Museums’ ground-breaking new Second World War and The Holocaust Galleries open
Read more![Experience on Main Street: showcasing UK’s immersive innovators on the global stage](https://www.storyfutures.com/uploads/images/_newsListingImage/54892/DIT-news-article-listing-image-1600-x-1600-px.jpg)
StoryFutures , December 6th 2021
StoryFutures is collaborating with the Department for international Trade to tell the world about innovation in the UK’s immersive sector and among our cluster companies.
Read more![‘Fireworks’ Puts State-Of-The-Art Virtual Production at the Heart of Storytelling](https://www.storyfutures.com/uploads/images/_newsListingImage/54220/Still_01_©Wilder-Films.jpg)
StoryFutures , November 16th 2021
StoryFutures Academy supported groundbreaking short from director Paul Franklin is one of first UK films to be shot within an LED volume.
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