FRAMERATE’s hypnotic imagery bears witness to landscapes in flux. The impact of human behaviour and the immense force of nature unfolds around you across an array of screens. FRAMERATE invites you to observe in another way. To think and feel in another time scale: geological time, seasonal time, tidal time. To contemplate change and the pace of change. This is a space where your perspective might shift. ScanLAB Projects is an award-winning creative studio that digitises the world, transforming temporary moments and spaces into compelling immersive experiences, artworks and films. The studio’s work has featured at major film festivals, been broadcast internationally and exhibited at world-leading arts institutions. FRAMERATE is commissioned by SXSW and is part of the Future Art and Culture programme produced by British Underground with the support of Arts Council England. Development was supported by Innovate UK’s AotF Programme. FRAMERATE is an exclusive preview of a larger body of installation-based work due to be launched across late 2022/2023. Find out more about the FRAMERATE project.

UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK started with £120m of public investment into an ambitious programme intended to celebrate creativity in all its forms, delivered in partnership between all four UK governments. A groundbreaking R&D process resulted in 10 acts of boundary-defying mass public engagement that exist at the intersections of science, technology and art. As the UK becomes a lab for this huge experiment in creativity, what can it teach us about the role of creative collaboration in shaping the future?

Martin Green CBE, Chief Creative Officer, UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK

Our Place in Space sends us into the stars to find new perspectives on our planet and ourselves through an epic 10km sculpture trail. About Us is a thrilling multimedia ride through 13.8 billion years of our history starting with the Big Bang. StoryTrails is a journey through time that uncovers hidden histories using immersive technology. UNBOXED panellists explore how these creative experiences can give audiences a sense of their place in the world and their role in its future.

Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, CEO & Co-Founder, Stemettes

Oliver Jeffers, Artist / Author , Our Place in Space

Prof James Bennett, Director, StoryFutures

Sam Hunt, Programme Director, UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK

Dreamachine is an immersive experience designed to explore the limitless potential of the human mind that creates vivid illusions, kaleidoscopic patterns and explosions of colour unique to each participant. Tour de Moon reimagines our lunar satellite as symbol of radical imagination, giving rise to digital and live adventures unlike anything seen before. UNBOXED panellists discuss collaborating across neuroscience, music, architecture, nightlife and technology to create new experiences that allow for profound engagement on a mass scale.
 

Ayanna Blair-Ford, Assistant Creative Director, Tour de Moon

Jen Crook, Director, Collective Act / Dreamachine

Jon Hopkins, Composer / Musician , Dreamachine

Katie Popperwell, Senior International Producer, UNBOXED Creativity in the UK

FRAMERATE’s hypnotic imagery bears witness to landscapes in flux. The impact of human behaviour and the immense force of nature unfolds around you across an array of screens. FRAMERATE invites you to observe in another way. To think and feel in another time scale: geological time, seasonal time, tidal time. To contemplate change and the pace of change. This is a space where your perspective might shift. ScanLAB Projects is an award-winning creative studio that digitises the world, transforming temporary moments and spaces into compelling immersive experiences, artworks and films. The studio’s work has featured at major film festivals, been broadcast internationally and exhibited at world-leading arts institutions. FRAMERATE is commissioned by SXSW and is part of the Future Art and Culture programme produced by British Underground with the support of Arts Council England. Development was supported by Innovate UK’s AotF Programme. FRAMERATE is an exclusive preview of a larger body of installation-based work due to be launched across late 2022/2023. Find out more about the FRAMERATE project.

What is the future of spatial records of the earth? Created from thousands of daily 3D scans and billions of precisely measured points, FRAMERATE invites you to observe change on a spatial and temporal scale unknown to the human eye or traditional cameras. Find out more about the FRAMERATE project.

Anetta Jones, Senior Producer, ScanLAB

Matt Shaw , Director and Co-Founder, ScanLAB Projects

meriko borogove, Executive Producer, ScanLAB Projects

Will Trossell, Director and Co-Founder, ScanLAB Projects

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Surround Vision are bringing sustainability to the Metaverse with an innovative documentary format that merges VR filmmaking, 3D photogrammetry and animation. Brighter Future, which was showcased to World leaders at COP26 in Glasgow aims to unite and inspire a global audience. This session takes you through VR production methodology and the vision of Metaverse distribution aimed at global impact and engagement using current and future platform design. Find out more about Brighter Future.

Richard Nockles, Director, Surround Vision

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UK-Canada Immersive Exchange is a new immersive talent development and co-production fund for creative practitioners and producers, supported by UK-Canada Immersive Exchange, supported by Arts Council England, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada Media Fund, CFC Media Lab, StoryFutures Academy and UK Research and Innovation.

These international AR, VR and immersive audio co-productions focused on developing new immersive narrative experiences across two territories during COVID-19.

Learn about a curated selection of completed XR prototype projects and possible funding and collaboration opportunities to bring them to market. The AR, VR and immersive audio initiatives are created by a community of innovators in immersive storytelling from both Canada and the UK.

This event will be held in Manchester A at the Fairmont Hotel.

Mx Chi Thai, Founder, Last Conker Limited

Dustin Harvey, Creative Director, XOST (Secret Theatre, Halifax)

Laura Mingail, Program Co-Lead, UK-Canada Immersive Exchange (Canada), Archetypes & Effects

Ms Leonie Rae Gasson, Multi Reality Performance & VR Director, Produced Moon

Persis Jadé Maravala, Artistic Director, ZU-UK

Sandra Rodriguez, Creative Director / Scholar, Voulez-Vous / MIT

Based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Dream was an experiment into how audiences can experience and interact with live performance remotely using the latest in motion capture. This session led by the performers reveals the technical processes and tools used to create Dream.

James Turnbull, Producer , RSC

Maggie Bain , Actor , RSC

Sarah Perry, Movement Director , RSC

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INTERCHANGE is a next-generation Metaverse experience designed for an audience to jump through a physical portal into a virtual world. Audiences can follow favourite fictional characters into a story world and experience real-time interactions with the system using mixed reality technologies to bridge the virtual/physical divide. In this session the team will tell the story of the project and demonstrate the portal leap experience, showing how an adventure unfolds. Find out more about INTERCHANGE.

Caroline White, Business Developer , Prox & Reverie

Martin Taylor, Director and Co-Founder, Prox & Reverie

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Lost Origin is a unique live immersive adventure fusing technology and performance. Audiences weave their way through themed rooms working as undercover investigators to crack a mystery. It is the first major integration of Magic Leap technology and mixed reality physical & digital interaction in a large scale theatrical setting. In this session the director, set designer and technologist tell the story of the production revealing the challenges and opportunities of creative cross-discipline collaboration. Read more about the story behind Lost Origin.

Alice Helps, Freelance Set Designer

Dani Parr, Creative Director, Almeida Theatre

Stephen Stewart, CTO, Factory 42

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StoryTrails is a UK-wide project giving creative practitioners access to film archives (including the BBC and BFI) and cutting-edge immersive technologies from Niantic in one of the biggest people’s history projects ever undertaken, as part of UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK. This workshop explores how the StoryFutures team are developing formats and a ‘kit of parts’ for creatives new to immersive storytelling, enabling them to realise the possibilities of lidar scanning, augmented reality and installation media. Read more about the project.

Angela Chan , Head of Inclusion / Doctoral Researcher, StoryFutures, Royal Holloway, University of London

Prof James Bennett, Director, StoryFutures

What is the future of spatial records of the earth? Created from thousands of daily 3D scans and billions of precisely measured points, FRAMERATE invites you to observe change on a spatial and temporal scale unknown to the human eye or traditional cameras. In this session ScanLAB Projects introduces the family of FRAMERATE immersive artworks, along with the tools, research, and methods they have created over the past two years. Read more about FRAMERATE.

Anetta Jones, Senior Producer, ScanLAB

Matt Shaw , Director and Co-Founder, ScanLAB Projects

meriko borogove, Executive Producer, ScanLAB Projects

Will Trossell, Director and Co-Founder, ScanLAB Projects

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This session will show how Charisma Entertainment took the multi-million dollar CGI model of The Justice League’s Steppenwolf and repurposed it into a real-time immersive experience ready for the Metaverse. Discover the techniques the team used to adapt 3D character models into game engines and learn how the latest developments in AI are changing the world of 3D design, animation, video games and storytelling itself. Read more about the Steppenwolf work.

Ben Salili-James, CTO, Charisma AI

Guy Gadney, Founder & CEO, Charisma AI

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Based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Dream was an experiment into how audiences can experience and interact with live performance remotely using the latest in motion capture. This session led by the performers reveals the technical processes and tools used to create Dream.

James Turnbull, Producer , RSC

Maggie Bain , Actor , RSC

Sarah Perry, Movement Director , RSC

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“The Big Fix Up” and “Fix Up the City” are two interactive storytelling experiences created by a consortium of Sugar Creative, Potato and Tiny Rebel Games alongside Wallace & Gromit producer, Aardman. Join the project team to take a deep dive into the origins, creation, and delivery of these unique experiences as they discuss the challenges of using emerging technologies, and the real potential of trans-media storytelling to make immersive entertainment experiences that work. Find out more about ‘The Big Fix Up’ project.

Jamie Innes, Product Director, Potato

Will Humphrey, Director & Head of Creative Innovation, Sugar Creative

Watch “On Demand”

Lost Origin is a unique live immersive adventure fusing technology and performance. Audiences weave their way through themed rooms working as undercover investigators to crack a mystery. It is the first major integration of Magic Leap technology and mixed reality physical & digital interaction in a large scale theatrical setting. In this session the director, set designer and technologist tell the story of the production revealing the challenges and opportunities of creative cross-discipline collaboration. Read more about the project.

Alice Helps, Freelance Set Designer

Dani Parr, Creative Director, Almeida Theatre

Stephen Stewart, CTO, Factory 42

Watch “On Demand”

“The Big Fix Up” and “Fix Up the City” are two interactive storytelling experiences created by a consortium of Sugar Creative, Potato and Tiny Rebel Games alongside Wallace & Gromit producer, Aardman. Join the project team to take a deep dive into the origins, creation, and delivery of these unique experiences as they discuss the challenges of using emerging technologies, and the real potential of trans-media storytelling to make immersive entertainment experiences that work. Find out more about ‘The Big Fix Up’.

Jamie Innes, Product Director, Potato

Will Humphrey, Director & Head of Creative Innovation, Sugar Creative

Watch “On Demand”

Based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Dream was an experiment into how audiences can experience and interact with live performance remotely using the very latest in motion capture. This session led by the performers reveals the technical processes and tools used to create Dream.

James Turnbull, Producer , RSC

Maggie Bain , Actor , RSC

Sarah Perry, Movement Director , RSC

Panel discussion about where the latest gaming and theatre technologies are taking live performance.

Prof Andrew Chitty, Challenge Director, UK Research and Innovation

Leah Kurta, Innovation Lead, i2Media Research

Martin Taylor, Director and Co-Founder, Prox & Reverie

Sarah Ellis, Director of Digital Development , RSC

In this session ScanLAB Projects introduces the family of FRAMERATE immersive artworks, along with the tools, research, and methods they have created over the past two years. Read more about FRAMERATE.

Anetta Jones, Senior Producer, ScanLAB

Matt Shaw , Director and Co-Founder, ScanLAB Projects

meriko borogove, Executive Producer, ScanLAB Projects

Will Trossell, Director and Co-Founder, ScanLAB Projects

StoryTrails is a UK-wide project giving creative practitioners access to film archives (including the BBC and BFI) and cutting-edge immersive technologies from Niantic in one of the biggest people’s history projects ever undertaken, as part of UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK. This workshop explores how the StoryFutures team are developing formats and a ‘kit of parts’ for creatives new to immersive storytelling, enabling them to realise the possibilities of lidar scanning, augmented reality and installation media. Find out more about StoryTrails.

Angela Chan , Head of Inclusion / Doctoral Researcher, StoryFutures, Royal Holloway, University of London

Prof James Bennett, Director, StoryFutures

Our Place in Space sends us into the stars to find new perspectives on our planet through an epic sculpture trail and interactive AR. About Us is a thrilling multimedia ride through 13.8 billion years of our history. StoryTrails uncovers hidden histories using immersive technology. Martin Green speaks to Oliver Jeffers, Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon and Angela Chan to explore how these creative experiences can give audiences a sense of their place in the world and role in its future.

Angela Chan , Head of Inclusion / Doctoral Researcher, StoryFutures, Royal Holloway, University of London

Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, CEO & Co-Founder, Stemettes

Martin Green CBE, Chief Creative Officer, UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK

Oliver Jeffers, Artist / Author , Our Place in Space

INTERCHANGE is a next-generation Metaverse experience designed for an audience to jump through a physical portal into a virtual world. Audiences can follow favourite fictional characters into a story world and experience real-time interactions with the system using mixed reality technologies to bridge the virtual/physical divide. In this session the team will tell the story of the project and demonstrate the portal leap experience, showing how an adventure unfolds. Find out more about INTERCHANGE.

Caroline White, Business Developer , Prox & Reverie

Martin Taylor, Director and Co-Founder, Prox & Reverie

This session will show how Charisma Entertainment took the multi-million dollar CGI model of The Justice League’s Steppenwolf and repurposed it into a real-time immersive experience ready for the Metaverse. Discover the techniques the team used to adapt 3D character models into game engines and learn how the latest developments in AI are changing the world of 3D design, animation, video games and storytelling itself. Find out more about the project.

Ben Salili-James, CTO, Charisma AI

Guy Gadney, Founder & CEO, Charisma AI

The immersive economy is already big business and is set for exponential growth. In a fast-changing environment, how do we equip the creative and cultural industries with the skills, knowledge and networks they need to prosper and forge the immersive landscape of the future? Panellists from the UK, Canada and Brazil/Africa will share international insights on skills needs and priorities and will explore different approaches to skills development and knowledge exchange.

Prof James Bennett, Director, StoryFutures

Laura Mingail, Program Co-Lead, UK-Canada Immersive Exchange (Canada), Archetypes & Effects

Lyara Oliveira, Audiovisual Artist, Professor and Researcher

meriko borogove, Executive Producer, ScanLAB Projects

Simon Mellor, Deputy Chief Executive, Arts Council England

“The Big Fix Up” and “Fix Up the City” are two interactive storytelling experiences created by a consortium of Sugar Creative, Potato and Tiny Rebel Games alongside Wallace & Gromit producer, Aardman. Join the project team to take a deep dive into the origins, creation, and delivery of these unique experiences as they discuss the challenges of using emerging technologies, and the real potential of trans-media storytelling to make immersive entertainment experiences that work.

Jamie Innes, Product Director, Potato

Will Humphrey, Director & Head of Creative Innovation, Sugar Creative

Lost Origin is a unique live immersive adventure fusing technology and performance. Audiences weave their way through themed rooms working as undercover investigators to crack a mystery. It is the first major integration of Magic Leap technology and mixed reality physical & digital interaction in a large scale theatrical setting. In this session the director, set designer and technologist tell the story of the production revealing the challenges and opportunities of creative cross-discipline collaboration. There is lots more about Lost Origin to see here.

Alice Helps, Freelance Set Designer

Dani Parr, Creative Director, Almeida Theatre

Stephen Stewart, CTO, Factory 42

Surround Vision are bringing sustainability to the Metaverse with an innovative documentary format that merges VR filmmaking, 3D photogrammetry and animation. Brighter Future, which was showcased to World leaders at COP26 in Glasgow aims to unite and inspire a global audience. This session takes you through VR production methodology and the vision of Metaverse distribution aimed at global impact and engagement using current and future platform design. See more about Brighter Future.

Richard Nockles, Director, Surround Vision

Meet the hosts and participants of the UK Immersive Takeover for networking drinks and live music from our special guests, Los Bitchos. Hosted by Arts Council England, British Council, British Underground, UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK, Audience of the Future / UKRI. Register to attend this event.