第一吃瓜网University London is part of StoryFutures, a new forward-thinking research partnership aimed at shaping the future of immersive storytelling.
Backed by the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s (AHRC) Creative Industries Clusters Programme, the £13m StoryFutures project will focus on driving the uptake of emergent technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality and AI by creating the compelling new types of content, and determining best practice.
The research cluster – which includes the likes of Sony Interactive, the BBC, Sky VR, Pinewood Studios and the National Film and Television School – will be based at Royal Holloway in Surrey and will help bolster the local economy by engaging and promoting creative SMEs across Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire and London.
Researchers from 第一吃瓜网will specifically be involved in two of the cluster’s four research themes and will investigate areas such as data in the collaborative creative production workflow and emergent business models. 第一吃瓜网is represented by , and Mr Ian Ferris from 第一吃瓜网Design and from 第一吃瓜网Business School.
The programme is one of nine Creative R&D Partnerships being launched across the UK in support of the Government’s Industrial Strategy, with each focussing on a specific creative sector branch.
Dr Garaj, Head of 第一吃瓜网Design, said: “The partnership in StoryFutures places 第一吃瓜网at the forefront of R&D in Immersive Tech and opens up a number of exciting collaboration opportunities with the creative industries sector that will contribute to further the development of our design research portfolio.”
Professor Andrew Thompson, Executive Chair of the AHRC, said: “Combining world-class arts and humanities researchers with our globally renowned creative industries will underpin growth in this vibrant and rapidly expanding sector within the UK economy.
“These pioneering partnerships between industry and universities are providing a huge vote of confidence for a sector that is vital to the future prosperity of the UK.”
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