Innovate UK Immersive Tech Network connects you to content, applications, services and solution providers, along with buyers and customers of immersive tech in the UK.

About Innovate UK

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is the UK’s innovation agency. It works to create a better future by inspiring, involving and investing in businesses developing life-changing innovations. Its mission is to help companies to grow through their development and commercialisation of new products, processes and services, supported by an outstanding innovation ecosystem that is agile, inclusive and easy to navigate.

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Immersive Tech Awards

The 2025 Innovate UK Immersive Tech Awards are now open! These awards are an incredible opportunity for UK students in the XR industry, judged by an expert panel, with prizes including paid internships with industry partners Arup, Soluis, Storylab ARU, ARCADE, and Wales Millennium Centre. There's also a Career Breakout Showcase for early-career non-students. Find out more and start your entry today. Deadline 16 March 2025.

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Upcoming Immersive Tech Network events

Redefining Professionalism in Creative Tech: Ida Meet Up, Nottingham

Nottingham

Calling all women, non-binary, and trans people working in, or aspiring to work in, immersive technologies! Join the Ida Network for our meet-up in Nottingham, hosted by the Ida and the University of Nottingham’s VIP Studio. This event connects creative practitioners with funders and investors to explore and redefine what it means to be a professional in the rapidly evolving field of immersive tech. Funded by The Create Growth N2 Project and Innovate UK’s Immersive Technology Network.

Latest news

Innovate UK Immersive Tech Awards 2024 Highlights
17 October 2024

The 2024 Innovate UK Immersive Tech Awards brought together some of the brightest talents in immersive technology from across the UK, and showcased the remarkable work of finalists.

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Collaboration Drives Success at XR Hack London 2024
9 October 2024

The XR Hack London 2024, held from 14-16 August at PwC’s offices, was an extraordinary showcase of talent and innovation, with 11 teams walking away as winners and a total of £17,880 in prizes distributed.

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Innovate UK Immersive Tech Network Announces Four New Working Groups and Co-Chairs
25 September 2024

We are extremely pleased to announce the formation of four new working groups.
The new Immersive Tech Network Working Groups have been established to create a unified voice that positions the UK as an international leader in immersive technology.

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