Innovation in Future Convergent Media and Virtual Production Technologies: Reporting from XR Network+ Workshops 2023/4

Published as: Willment, N., Murphy, D., Terras, M., Black, S. R., & Mothersdale, G. (2024). A Research Agenda for Innovation in Future Convergent Media and Virtual Production Technologies: Reporting from XR Network+ Workshops 2023/4. XR Network+ White Paper. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13890675

“XR and VP technologies stand at a pivotal point nationally and internationally, at a time when the UK is leading in this field with significant R&D and commercial investment in facilities, with a high level of industry interest, and engagement.”

This white paper, emerging from XR Network+ workshops conducted across the UK in 2023/24, begins to establish a comprehensive research agenda within the field of Extended Reality (XR) technologies, with a specific focus on Virtual Production (VP). Led by the University of York and supported by the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), XR Network+ brings together academic and industry insights from UK innovation communities in order to support R&D for new XR products, services, technologies, and processes. The national XR Network+ workshops, held at several partner UK universities including the University of Edinburgh, the University of the Arts London, Cardiff University, and Ulster University, gathered data and insights regarding how innovation in XR and VP can be best supported, including current opportunities and barriers.

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