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Following our previous work with the Imperial War Museum demoing Easter Rising: Voice of a Rebel VR, we were invited to run a virtual reality activation at their Duxford Airshow.   The airshow is a spectacular event at IWM Duxford, bringing the Battle of Britain to life...

At this year’s Digital Construction Week, Immerse UK partnered up with i3P to create an exciting pitch challenge. The session allowed 8 SMEs to come up with VR/AR solutions to problems posed by Heathrow Airport, Kier Group, and CH2M for the chance to win funding...

This year Merge VR decided to have an on-site showcase at WiredLive in London, demoing their headsets and the Merge Cube. It was essential that they could call on staff who they trusted to embody the Merge VR brand and maximise the impact of their...

In late 2017, we were contacted by a member of the marketing team for a prestigious London theatre company. Their plan was to use a 360 interactive tour of their venue to boost attendance as part of their corporate sponsorship program, but they weren’t sure...

Unrest VR Unrest VR is virtual companion piece to the award-winning documentary, Unrest, exploring the devastating impact of M.E. Contrasting the painful solitary confinement of a bedroom world with the kinetic freedom of an inner dreamscape, the experience asks an important question: when you can’t leave...

Across September 2017, James from Virtual Umbrella worked alongside the Open City Doc Festival team at UCL University to produce a VR documentary showcase as part of the wider documentary festival.   Designed to create an open space in London to nurture and champion the art of...

In 2017, we worked in partnership with Captivate Consulting to run the virtual reality activations for Gucci’s pre-Fall campaign. Supplying an experienced crew of five staff to facilitate demos of their experience, 'Soul Scene', it was our role to help showcase this exciting immersive technology...

In late 2016, Virtual Umbrella worked alongside Fuse and other partners to run an experience day for staff and consumers at LinkedIn as part of the San Miguel ‘Rich List’ campaign. The project involved activations at Somerset house and Carlsberg’s two head offices in Northampton...

In August 2016, the VU Team headed to Edinburgh to build and run the tech hub and VR cinema at the Edinburgh Digital Entertainment Festival.     This year we’re back, and bigger than ever! Now known as FuturePlay, the event brought huge domes filled with the very...

In 2017, Virtual Umbrella was hired by one of the top four auditing firms to curate and organise virtual reality demonstrations at a number of key events, including high profile partner meetings and the annual directors’ meeting. This involved demoing the Oculus, HTC Vive, and...