Speaker: Damian Murphy (University of York)
Wed 28th Feb 2024 12:00 – 13:00 UK time. This seminar will be an hybrid event: in Peel 109 on campus with online access via this Teams link.
Abstract:
In 2018 the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council invested more than £50m in the Creative Industries Cluster Programme, supporting economic growth in nine locations around the UK through collaborative, University-led R&D, targeted at specific sectors of the creative industries. XR Stories is one of these programmes. It is led by the University of York and supports targeted R&D in next generation immersive and interactive digital storytelling for the Yorkshire and Humber region, representing more than £6m people and 600 businesses across film, TV, games and related media. Over the last four years XR Stories has delivered more than 110 projects, 16 studentships, and 80 internships, and delivered training and support for startups and individuals wanting to break into technology-driven creative storytelling. This includes a new £1.25m investment in a business facing lab facility within our city centre to act as a front door to future collaboration with our University researchers. This presentation will highlight some of the highlights, successes and learnings from this project – including those with a more audio focus! – and look to what is emerging next to support creative sector R&D, both within our region, and across the UK.
Biography:
Damian Murphy is Professor in Sound and Music Computing at the AudioLab in the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology at the University of York, UK, where his research focuses on the development and creative application of immersive audio and virtual acoustic modelling. He is an active sound artist, and the Director of the XR Stories Creative Industries R&D Partnership and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council XR Network+ project, both exploring the next generation of convergent immersive and interactive media technologies for the UK’s creative industries and wider digital economy.