Immersive tech partnership takes a leap into the future

Annie and Matthew stand and smile in front of the innovative Light Adelaide screens.

Left - right: Immersive Media Students听Onnie Chan and听Matthew Hall in the Light Adelaide space.听Photo: The 成人大片.

An exciting new partnership between the 成人大片 and Light Adelaide, the city鈥檚 new home for creativity and hospitality, will see the boundaries of immersive reality stretched beyond the imagination.

Students and researchers from the University鈥檚 Immersive Media program will work with Light Adelaide at the cutting-edge of immersive technology to build the interactive and visual experiences of the future.

鈥淚mmersive technology is rapidly evolving to create an entirely new category of experience. Light Adelaide, with its innovative LED screen array, has the potential to revolutionise the way we create and interact with digital content,鈥 says the 成人大片鈥檚 Steve Cook, Senior Lecturer and Head of the Realities Extended Business Unit in the School of Humanities.

鈥淐ollaborative interactive art, virtual production, live hybrid performances, interaction design research, and product/asset visualisation, are just some of the areas we plan to experiment with in our partnership.

鈥淧reviously, students have not had access to create public-facing dynamic experiences using this kind of technology 鈥 but now we have it right here in the Adelaide CBD.鈥

鈥淚mmersive technology is rapidly evolving to create an entirely new category of experience. Light Adelaide, with its innovative LED screen array, has the potential to revolutionise the way we create and interact with digital content."Steve Cook, Senior Lecturer and Head of the Realities Extended Business Unit in the School of Humanities, the 成人大片.


Nick Dunstone, co-founder of Light Adelaide, is excited about what the partnership could create.

鈥淪ophie and I started Light Adelaide to give Australia鈥檚 creative community access to this new wave of technology 鈥 which we see as a key part of the future of creative expression and storytelling,鈥 says Mr Dunstone.

鈥淒ynamic immersive spaces provide extraordinary opportunities for artists to perform in any virtual environment鈥 be it a real or imagined space. The LED walls 鈥渄rop away鈥 to become extensions of the physical room 鈥 and ultimately provide a new dimension to engage audiences and tell stories.

鈥淲e saw an immediate fit for the work being produced by the talent at the 成人大片, which will demonstrate what this kind of technology is capable of.鈥

Many of the University鈥檚 recent graduates from the immersive media technology program are being snapped up by local employers for their world-class software and design skills.

鈥淲e have established our own Realities Extended Business Unit at the University because there is an insatiable demand for these kind of skills, not just in Adelaide but around the country and abroad,鈥 said Mr Cook.

Onnie and Matthew stand infront of Light Adelaide's screen.

Left - right: Immersive Media Students听Onnie Chan and听Matthew Hall in the Light Adelaide space.听Photo: The 成人大片.

Onnie Chan is a student in the Masters of Immersive Media program at the 成人大片 who moved to South Australia specifically to study this degree.

鈥淭he partnership between the 成人大片 and Light Adelaide will open doors to more career opportunities,鈥 she says.

鈥淟ight Adelaide is more than just a virtual production studio; the interactive nature of the space can give students a greater opportunity to research and experiment different concepts and ideas.鈥

About Light Adelaide

Light Adelaide is a not-for-profit organisation and registered charity designed to be a beacon for creativity while maintaining a focus on the wellbeing of its people. It is a space where creativity, technology and hospitality blend to create breathtaking, innovative experiences. consists of a number of hospitality and immersive venues including award-winning restaurant and immersive performance space .

About the 成人大片鈥檚 Realities Extended business unit

brings cutting-edge immersive technology and research services to business, government and industry. By fostering an exceptional pool of talent from within our Immersive Media Technology educational programs together with 成人大片 research groups and key industry partners, Realties Extended designs and develops Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, Augmented Reality, as well as web-based 3D and 2D content.

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