FutureScope - Heritage XR Programme Briefing Event - Digital Catapult

About the event

FutureScope – Heritage XR is a four month programme designed to drive innovation, original ideas and advanced digital technologies into the UK heritage sector.

Join programme partners Digital Catapult, Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival and Wired Sussex, to hear about the opportunities the programme provides to UK creative organisations.

At this briefing event, we will provide everything you need to know to join the programme, what we are looking for and to give you the opportunity to have your questions answered directly by Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival.

Why should you attend?

During this briefing event, Digital Catapult and Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival will dive into an overview of the programme, the benefits of joining as a participant and provide guidance on how to apply and the selection process.

In particular, attendees will:

Find out more about the cultural history of the Royal Pavilion Estate, in particular the Corn Exchange and how your products could provide a new way for diverse audiences to interact and engage with heritage sites
Understand how the programme provides a range of benefits including £20,000 demonstrator funding, technical and business support, plus workshops to support your development process
Be able to ask any key questions you have and understand what success looks like on the programme

Who should attend?

The programme has been designed for startups, scaleups, digital artists, creative studios, developers and consortia with already or near commercialised experiences, products and/or installations.

Applicants should want to experiment with 5G or other advanced digital technologies to develop interactive or immersive experiences for the Brighton Pavilion Royal Estate.

Agenda

10:30 – Introduction to Digital Catapult and the Heritage XR Programme
10:45 – Introduction to Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival and the Corn Exchange
11:00 – Q&A
11:30 – Introduction to Wired Sussex and Innovation in the Heritage sector
11:45 – Wrap up and call to action
12:00 – Close

Applications for the programme will open on Monday 14 November 2022 – interested organisations can register to attend the briefing event below.

Heritage XR Programme

FutureScope Heritage XR is a four-month programme designed to drive ideas and innovation using advanced digital technologies within the UK heritage sector.

The COVID-19 pandemic forced heritage institutions to innovate and adapt the ways in which they told their stories. Now Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival is looking at how advanced digital technologies can be used within their refurbished sites to engage audiences in new and original ways.

Brighton Dome is part of the Royal Pavilion Estate, and the programme goal is to identify three interactive and engaging experiences through which its rich cultural history can be shared. Part of the refurbished Brighton Dome site will have state of the art 5G connectivity, and BDBF would like to explore how this, and other technologies, can be used to deliver new interactive or immersive experiences to retell their fascinating heritage stories.

Successful applicants will receive £20,000 in funding, and will be able to experiment with 5G and other advanced digital technologies as they take the UK’s immersive creativity to a new level. This is an exciting opportunity to work with one of Brighton’s famous historic landmarks.