All learnings

Below you will find reports on areas of research led by the RSC, our fellows and artists and our partners exploring areas such as immersive technologies, motion and performance capture, game engine development and virtual production.

As an Independent Research Organisation, The RSC has received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to upgrade our facilities in order to conduct research and development.

Funded by UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

A photo of a lighting desk and laptops with time codes, R&D at Ericsson's 5G testbed

5G Standalone

InteractionSystems DesignTheatre

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A photo of the composer Sarah Angliss reflected in a TV screen, which displays the text "I asked, "Who has put public hair on my feelings of inferiority.

AI as a tool for performance

AIPerformanceTheatre

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A photo of acomputer mock up of a set on the royal shakespeare theatre, with projected text as captions embedded within the set.

Creative Captions

ARPerformanceSystems Design

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A photo of an actor preparing for performance, wearing a motion capture suit.

Digital embodiment

CaptureCreative ProducingImmersivePerformanceTheatre

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A photo of a table with colourful lego blocks in front of a screen with MINECRAFT written on it.

Minecraft as a storytelling platform

ARCaptureCharacterCo-creationImmersivePerformance

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A photo of a still of a 3D image of a trainer, covered in paint.

Photogrammetry

CaptureImmersive

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A photo of a CGI image of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre frontage, Stratford Upon Avon

Virtual model box

TheatreXR

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