Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
A public crowdfunding campaign has been launched in a "race against time" to save the historic Dumbarton Studios from being sold for private property development and lost to the creative industries forever. The site, which has been the production home for iconic Scottish shows like River City and Take the High Road, is being sold …
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RESET 2025: Dreaming of a career in animation, visual effects (VFX), or games? A unique opportunity has landed in Scotland, offering paid, hands-on traineeships starting in July 2025 – even if you have no existing industry experience. This is the RESET 2025 programme, funded by Screen Scotland via the BFI National Lottery Skills Cluster Fund …
The CoSTAR Enterprise and Commercialisation team has launched a call for applications for its CoSTAR Ideate programme, offering a unique opportunity for early-growth businesses to scale their intellectual property (IP). This programme, delivered through the national CoSTAR Network, provides access to cutting-edge facilities, creative and technological expertise, and world-leading research, tailored to the specific growth …
Scotland's creative industries are set for a major boost with the launch of CoSTAR - a new £9 million virtual production studio, designed to drive research, innovation, and economic growth in screen, games, immersive, and performance sectors. Abertay University officially opened the CoSTAR Realtime Lab at Water’s Edge in Dundee on Tuesday, marking the start …
On Tuesday 22 October 2024, join XR Network+ at Abertay University's Cyber Quarter to hear about opportunities for collaboration, innovation and funding for researchers, companies and creatives across Scotland. XR Network+ is a project led by the University of York that brings together academia and industry across the UK to deliver research and innovation in …
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Dundee's new CoSTAR R&D lab is part of UKRI’s Convergent Screen Technologies and performance in Realtime (CoSTAR) programme
Scottish Games Week 2022, a week-long, Scotland-wide series of events dedicated to the videogames ecosystem takes place in October 24-28 2022
InGAME has partnered with Creative England to sponsor six Scottish games businesses to join the Accelerate: Games Programme.
The DI4D HMC system is a new high fidelity facial capture camera which works in tandem with full-body motion capture, achieving full performance capture of multiple actors simultaneously.
Here For You is a new, collaborative promotional short, produced by Scotland's screen sector, to highlight the wealth of talent and skill available across the country.