Advancing immersive projects in York and North Yorkshire

The XR Stories creative business residency programme has supported individuals and small businesses in York and North Yorkshire to explore state-of-the-art technologies, incubate ideas and elevate their immersive projects.

Running for the second consecutive year, the 2025 programme supported four creative projects:

• United by Design: Photogrammetry and Gaussian splatting workflow
• Geostories: Developing an immersive story world for an augmented reality audio app
• Debbie Harman: Developing an immersive visitor experience for the National Coal Mining Museum
• Desmond Clarke: Exploring live visuals for music performance

Using the XR Stories immersive technology research and development (R&D) lab as their own workspace, residents explored new approaches in a risk-free environment, with technical and R&D support from the XR Stories team.

XR Stories supported the residents to take their work out into the field, demonstrating how cutting-edge equipment and immersive technologies can be used in different environments to complement lab-specific work.

The residents also benefited from new connections and opportunities made possible through the XR Stories creative network. This included participating in a panel discussion at The Big Thing festival, and speaking at an XR Stories R&D event.  

Watch the XR Stories creative business residency video to find out more about the projects and the programme.

Subscribe to receive updates from XR Stories via our contact page to find out about future residency programmes and other opportunities.

Published on 3 December 2025