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Virtual Umbrella are proud to have supported the release of 'Windlands 2' from Psytec Games, acting as on-site technicians and demo staff at their special game launch event at the Loading Bar in London.   Billed as 'Play Windlands 2 and #MeetTheDev', the evening was a unique...

Virtual Umbrella provided support for All Seeing Eye at the Unreal Developing Beyond competition hosted at BAFTA. One of our technicians was on site to make sure that everything ran smoothly for their team, allowing them to have dedicated time to network and talk to...

Virtual Umbrella was introduced to the ICRC via Sheffield Documentary Festival Curator, Dan Tucker. ICRC were running a digital day for their staff and invited parties. Working alongside the great ICRC team and 4 content creators, Dan Tucker and VU staff headed to Geneva to run two rooms...

Virtual Umbrella was approached by Polar Black Events on behalf of a national law firm to create a VR activation for a 250th celebration event at Somerset House, London. The team asked us to help curate content and provide technical support across the evening.   We had the...

Virtual Umbrella was approached by our long time friends at Curiscope to provide marketing support for the launch of their VR experience 'Operation Apex'.   Working alongside their fantastic in-house staff, we helped to create and build the marketing assets needed for the launch, reached out...

Virtual Umbrella’s founders regularly guest lecture at a variety of universities across the UK. Just before Christmas, Solent University invited the VU team to facilitate and run a VR workshop for their students.   We were asked to give a day-long guest workshop on ‘An Introduction to VR’. It...

Virtual Umbrella was asked to work alongside Blue Hire LTD as VR technicians for the launch of Sky VR’s ‘Hold the World’ experience, held at the Natural History museum.   The VU team helped install and oversee over 20 custom-made Oculus Rift stations amongst the ancient...

Virtual Umbrella was approached by a leading global investment firm to arrange a VR Safari with a twist. 20 executives were invited for a ‘VR Dinner’ at a luxury hotel venue in London to try out a variety of VR and AR experiences. The hands-on...

This year at SXSW, our MD, Bertie, was invited to run one of the event’s largest installations -  Beethoven’s Fifth (from the UK’s Philharmonia Orchestra) at the VR Cinema.   It was particularly exciting to be part of such a vibrant immersive technology ecosystem at SXSW. VR...

In late 2017 Virtual Umbrella was approached by one of the world’s biggest experiential marketing companies for some expert support with one of their projects.   Their work involved facilitating a leading energy company in their use of a VR experience exploring the power of seismic technology....