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14-15 May 2025
Olympia Grand Hall
London

MPTS
23 Nov 2020

Dimension unveils XR studio

Jake Bickerton - Broadcast
The facility enables all genres to create futuristic mixed reality sets

Dimension has launched an XR (eXtended Reality) studio, enabling the creation of innovative virtual sets, mixing AR and real life, for events, dramas, broadcasts and live performances.

It worked in collaboration with tech partner 80six on the development of the studio, which was first used during this year’s Future of Film Summit, for host’s Alex Stolz’s opening keynote.

The studio combines LED screen technology; video game engines; camera-tracking and disguise servers, to enabling futuristic innovations such as ‘beaming in’ humans for holographic interviews and AR visualisations.

It’s based in Slough, around 10 mins from Pinewood Studios.

Through the use of LED screens as part of the set, the performer or host can see and interact with the content around them in a natural way, with realistic light provided by the LED screens. Scenes designed and built in Unreal Engine or in Notch, can be virtually extended into a 360 degree world.

Dimension co-founder Simon Windsor, said: “It’s an exciting time for storytellers as XR and emerging virtual production techniques fuel a new era for content creation. We’re seeing growing demand and our partnership with 80six unleashes exciting innovations for virtual entertainment production.

Jack James, director at 80six, added: “Dimension have an awesome heritage in creating high-quality, immersive virtual worlds, and their real-time team have been pushing the possibilities within virtual production for a while. It’s great to partner on the XR studio to deliver new creative possibilities together.”

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