News
News and updates from the XR Stories team.
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XR Spotlight – Using Virtual Reality to tell stories
A roundtable exploring different perspectives on using VR to tell stories including advice for artists, and thoughts on where the industry is heading.
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R&D Funding Roundup – October 2024
A roundup of recent funding opportunities for researchers, companies and creatives working in the UK.
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XR Stories brings new immersive experiences to Aesthetica Short Film Festival
The team will provide specialist technical support and equipment to immerse visitors in new stories and perspectives.
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XR Stories Residency Diary: Real-Time Stories
Olivia Kitteridge and Joe Willis record their experiences as creatives-in-residence at XR Stories, working on a proof of concept for their immersive VR experience.
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XR Stories to lead new Creative Industries Policy Research Group
The new group will focus on influencing the development of our region's creative economy.
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XR Stories welcomes first immersive lab residents
Olivia and team used XR Stories’ facilities and state-of the art technology as their own workspace, undertaking R&D to progress a proof of concept for an immersive VR experience.
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University of York PhD Student wins best paper award
The paper explores how listener engagement with media is affected by environmental noise boosted through hear-through features on headphones.
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R&D funding roundup – August 2024
A roundup of recent funding opportunities for researchers, companies and creatives.
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XR Spotlight – Judi Alston and Andy Campbell
John Rose-Adams talks to Judi Alston and Andy Campbell, the people behind One to One Development Trust and Dreaming Methods.
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R&D Funding Roundup – June 2024
A roundup of recent research and development funding opportunities for researchers, companies and creatives.
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A Creative and Immersive Year in Enterprise at XR Stories
XR Stories will support Quinn McMahon to build his company, Point Reverie, an indie game development and work-for-hire studio.
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XR Stories takes on new role at 2024 Aesthetica Short Film Festival
XR Stories will co-programme the VR strand and run the VR lab for the BAFTA-qualifying short film festival.












