Immerse UK’s Lunchtime Live webinars  are designed to support our premium members by offering bite-sized, interactive sessions to connect you with experts to address key challenges and opportunities facing the UK’s immersive tech sector.

Learn more and join the conversation by signing up to join our February webinars, including:

XR and healthcare – working with the NHS webinar

Wednesday 12 February | 13:00-13:45

Join us and XR healthcare experts Ross O’Brien & Sarah Ticho to find out more about the opportunities and challenges of developing immersive innovations to address healthcare and wellbeing issues. We will also explore the current state of the digital healthcare sector and offer an insight into working with the NHS.

During this webinar, we will discuss:

  • The variety of ways VR can be used in healthcare;
  • The realities of working with the NHS;
  • Questions on registering as a medical device;
  • Hospices vs hospitals;
  • Financial sustainability

Read more about this webinar and register

Immersive Tech & Cultural Heritage – storytelling for emotional engagement

Wednesday 19 February | 12:30-13:30

Digital cultural heritage interpretation, including VR and AR, had expanded over the last few years in an effort to attract diverse audiences and engage them more deeply.

In this webinar, we will be joined by Maria Economou, Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage at the University of Glasgow and the Hunterian Museum to explore how digital cultural heritage interpretation, including VR and AR, has expanded over the last few years in an effort to attract diverse audiences and engage them more deeply.

We will also discuss how this remains challenging and address issues, such as the role of emotional engagement and digital storytelling when balancing facts and fiction, and the challenges of connecting meaningfully real objects and sites with users’ lives today.

Read more about this webinar and register

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Immerse UK premium members get FREE access to all our events and webinars, plus exclusive access to our premium members-only webinars!

Additionally, premium membership also gives you the chance to become part of the great UK showcase, including individual and company listings in The Directory, connecting and finding live projects through the R&D Projects Board, as well as accessing business development & funding resources – and much more. Read more and sign up today.

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