Broadcast: Funding secured for 20 immersive projects

Digital Catapult and Arts Council England have selected 20 ‘cultural experiences’ using extended reality immersive technology (XR) to receive funding, mentorship and technical support to “realise new forms of art, storytelling and entertainment.”….

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The Indian Express: The other Dalrymple and the 5 partitions that hold clues to many present strifes in Asia

Two and half years back Sam Dalrymple, along with a group of volunteers from India and Pakistan, began an ambitious project. Project Dastaan took the young scholar of Sanskrit and Persian to the nooks and corners of South Asia, first to interview survivors of the Partition, and then to find their homes on the other…

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XRBeat: 20 Startups Selected for CreativeXR’s Third Accelerator

Back in March Digital Catapult and Arts Council England launched the application call for their third CreativeXR startup accelerator. Looking for 20 companies to help fund and develop their projects, this year’s assortment of applicants have now been chosen.

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Digital Catapult: Digital Catapult and Arts Council England announce 20 teams joining latest round of CreativeXR

CreativeXR, the programme from Digital Catapult and Arts Council England to support the creation of new cultural experiences using immersive technology (XR), will go ahead as planned in 2020, providing much-needed investment in the creative industries. A record 260 teams applied to join CreativeXR’s third round which asked applicants to come up with original immersive…

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