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OVERVIEW   We’ve been long-term fans of Make Real. Known for state-of-the-art immersive experiences, their projects explore new ways of working, learning, and playing. In Autumn 2018, we teamed up with Make Real, providing marketing support in preparation for a period of massive business growth. We’re excited to...

We’ve had the pleasure of working with the Sheffield International Documentary Festival team for the past few years, supporting on-the-ground at the event and on tour with the Alternate Realities team.   This was our second year of providing support for the tour. This time, we ventured...

We worked alongside the amazing Surround Vision team to help craft a new strategy for their current and upcoming 360 content. We’ve always been big fans of Surround Vision’s projects so we were thrilled to work alongside their talented staff.   In the time that we worked...

In June 2018, Virtual Umbrella was hired by Parable to deliver community screenings of their immersive documentary, ‘Grenfell: Our Home’.   The experience focuses on peoples' lives before the fire of 14th June 2017 and has been described as ‘an essential VR documentary’.   ‘Rather than dwell on the...

Here at Virtual Umbrella, we've always been big fans of the work that goes on at The Old Market (TOM) in Brighton. The annual #TOMtech festival brings together a fantastic programme of events exploring art and emergent technologies. And their ‘Labs’ workshop series gives creatives...

This year, Virtual Umbrella was approached by the VR Curator of Raindance Film Festival, Mária Rakušanová, to help present their 2018 virtual reality showcase: ‘The Raindance Gallery of Immersive Stories and Interactive Worlds’. Following on from our work with a number of other film festivals,...

In September 2018, Virtual Umbrella was approached by an international broadcasting company to provide external assistance with testing virtual reality marketing materials.   As with any testing project, our first port of call was to identify a number of testers who owned the correct hardware and ensure...

In May 2018, the Open City Documentary Festival team asked Virtual Umbrella to support them in the production of the ‘Expanded Realities’ showcase. Dedicated to ‘new visions of documentary storytelling’, this special festival line-up focused on ‘innovative and exciting cross-media projects’ and was hosted at...

For the second year in a row, Virtual Umbrella was invited to help organise & manage the immersive strand of the Sheffield International Documentary Festival: 'Alternate Realities'.   Focusing on 'immersive and interactive story worlds that challenge documentary form', the programme brings together some of the world's best...

The Philharmonia Orchestra is constantly finding fresh, new ways for audiences to experience the magic of classical music, making bold steps in the world of VR. Having experimented with the tech since 2016, they've built up a selection of excellent VR pieces based on their...