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Some big news from @sifted.eu recently at #SiftedSummit! Thank you so much for this honour 🙏 #womenintech #womeninSTEM

📣FRIDAY FUNDING ROUNDUP📣 lnkd.in/p/eVCnG3U9

Apply for the new CoSTAR National Lab Funding call! Details here: lnkd.in/p/d5Ff8Nez

Congratulations to the second cohort of @immersiveartsuk.bsky.social funded artists!! #ImmersiveArt #ImmersiveTech #CreativeIndustries

Great to see Govt publish the evidence base underlying their advice on screen time usage for under 5 year olds. Will outline the headline things they flag (just pulling from their subheads, but to save you looking at the full report) www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Loved supporting our #GeoAIFestival at Space Comm Expo Europe! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

3D Gaussian Splatting with Self-Constrained Priors for High Fidelity Surface Reconstruction Takeshi Noda, Yu-Shen Liu, Zhizhong Han tl;dr: depth maps+TSDF grid->distance field->prior->bandwidth->Gaussians closer to surface arxiv.org/abs/2603.19682

On the latest episode of the Equity podcast, we recapped CEO Jensen Huang’s GTC keynote and debated what it means for Nvidia’s future.

Funding for female founders…. www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

Looking forward to this conversation with British Council. They will introduce the 'Arts and Technologies in China: Connecting Futures' report and Tom Millen and I from @immersiveartsuk.bsky.social will share learning from a recent trip to Beijing and Shanghai. www.eventbrite.com/e/online-rep...

The Baby factory Is Closed (TBFIC) is written and directed by Deepa Mann-Kler, produced by Eva Robinson and executive produced by Liz Rosenthal premiering and at @sxsw.com 2026. schedule.sxsw.com/films/2242192

A few weeks ago Expand-funded artists Sharon Clark, and Jack H. hosted the first public performances of The Whale at Frameless in London. 🥳 Read more about it here: immersivearts.uk/news/the-whale-up-close-a-first-look

📣FRIDAY FUNDING SPOTLIGHT📣 VIVERSE CREATOR FUND DEADLINE: ROLLING @viverse.com www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

Immersive artists, there’s still time to enter the @viverse.com x @openbrush.app Art Jam. 🎨 Create a 3D artwork in Open Brush inspired by the theme “What makes you feel at home?” and publish it to VIVERSE for the chance to win from a $7,500 prize pool. Any VR headset can enter! Link in comments

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Great to see the @immersiveartsuk.bsky.social funded project The Whale on at Frameless in London last week! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

FRIDAY FUNDING ROUNDUP… www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

Last week we launched the Innovate UK Immersive Tech Network West Yorkshire Régional Hub! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

DEADLINE: MARCH 15 CreaTech Frontiers Accelerator… www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

Fascinating report launched by Kinda Studios on the intersection of neuroscience, tech, sound & wellbeing 💡 www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e... #ImmersiveTech #SpatialAudio #NeuroTech

Fascinating report launched by Kinda Studios on the intersection of neuroscience, tech, sound & wellbeing 💡 www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e... #ImmersiveTech #SpatialAudio #NeuroTech

Join us tomorrow at Production Park! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

Tomorrow morning I'll be at the AI Breakfast Club at Barclays Eagle Labs hosted by Twin Path Ventures in partnership with Google and NVIDIA. This edition of the breakfast club will be exploring #PhysicalAI and the accelerating world of #Robotics. Details here: luma.com/8h9y1h64

Some excellent highlights from The Big Creative UK Investment Summit hosted by @creativeuk.bsky.social with support from @innovateuk.bsky.social last week! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

Join me next Friday in London to view the @immersiveartsuk.bsky.social funded project ‘The Whale’ at Frameless! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e... #ImmersiveArt #ImmersiveTech

Funding call from the European Space Agency! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

I’m heading to Japan this week for the InnovateHER conference co-organised by Fleurinary & Prospera Women. I’ll be joining a panel discussion Nov 6th at the Tokyo Innovation Base! If anyone is in Tokyo this week and would like to connect, please reach out 🎉 #womenintech #innovation #Japan

Last month we joined the International Communications Data and Digital Forensics (ICDDF) Event - a closed event hosted by the UK Home Office for senior leaders in law enforcement & intelligence. The goal - upskill ppl on the #XR risk landscape & discuss challenges www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

My last full Friday Funding Roundup… www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e... #funding #innovation

📣FRIDAY FUNDING FEATURE 📣 DEADLINE: JULY 7th ICURe Explore is a programme that gives you funding and expert mentoring to build a robust business case around your innovation. • £35K funding for salary and market discovery • 5-day commercialisation Bootcamp • Mentorship Apply now: lnkd.in/e4CApi8a

The Annwn Prize, dedicated to #XR storytelling in art, was announced yesterday at The Big Thing by @wmccmc.bsky.social 👏👏 Details here: www.wmc.org.uk/en/news-and-... @immersiveartsuk.bsky.social

We're pleased to share our learnings from our first funding call. We’ve learnt a huge amount through the process and we hope the collective feedback will support applicants to make stronger applications. www.immersivearts.uk/news/first-round-commentary-annoucement

Off to an amazing start with a PACKED house at ‘THE BIG THING’, the @immersiveartsuk.bsky.social first annual showcase event! #immersivetech #immersivearts @innovateuk.bsky.social

Next level evening on Monday at the 2025 @innovateuk.bsky.social Immersive Tech Awards!! #immersivetech #XR #spatialcomputing

To all of you #VR #XR creators out there, @raindance.org Immersive 2025 is going to be #EPIC! Set aside June to come experience cutting edge story-telling/living, meet the creators, get inspired & even share a kidney! www.raindanceimmersive.com/2025-awards

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Harvard’s putting up a fight from the academic sector. Where are our business leaders?? The silence is deafening. The latest No Mercy / No Malice: www.profgalloway.com/breaking-the...

Last week’s Friday Funding roundup! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

@thespacearts.bsky.social is currently commissioning digital creative work! £16K or £8K for audio only pieces Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

The UK Games Fund is open! £50-150K grants available! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

📣FRIDAY FUNDING ROUNDUP📣 This is my latest roundup of funding options that could be relevant for UK immersive tech companies… www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

Grand opening party for NewImages Festival in Paris tonight 💥 #immersivetech #AI #creativeindustries #innovation @newimageshub.bsky.social

This morning we announced the finalists for the 2025 Innovate UK Immersive Tech Awards 💥💥💥 www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

In Paris this week representing the UK on the French XR Business Tour with the PXN, French Immersive Studios, NewImages Festival & the CNC (Film France). #immersivetech #XR #creativeindustries #film #innovation

The @sxsw.com London Roadshow is on today in Gateshead at PROTO ⚡️⚡️ #SXSW #SXSWLondon #innovation #creativeindustries

📣FRIDAY FUNDING📣 DEADLINE: May 16 £150K + support The NIHR THRIVE programme, opening April 14th, offers funding with business mentorship & support to academics / clinical entrepreneurs building innovative health tech companies. Details here: lnkd.in/eJ9CCaXP www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

We're so excited to see Mother Nature in the wild! 🥳 Our video is currently on Ocean Outdoor's 45 loop screens around Brum city centre. Using the Rokoko suit and @unrealengine.bsky.social, it’s a hint of what to expect from Mother Nature VR which is currently in development...

Heading to Chatham on Sunday to speak at the A+E Lab #XR Sunday Social. The lab is an Art & Technology Hub curated by AΦE. Join us! aelab.uk/event/xr-sun...

I’ve been serving as an industry expert on an OECD advisory board for the past year. The first report just launched today… www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e... #immersivetech #XR #innovation