FACILITIES
Located on campus at Production Park, the £7m+ XPLOR building and its specialist equipment will be used to deliver a support programme targeting SMEs across the live events industry, covering specialisms such as music, TV, film, sports, corporate events, theatre and arts.
XPLOR WILL INCLUDE:
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Large scale design/prototype spaces suitable for testing, modelling and building both physical and virtual environments.
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Multi-use space suitable for SME workshops, presentations and meetings.
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Workshop space equipped with specialist equipment in areas such as rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing.
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Pre-visualisation suites where new products, stage sets and other large structures can be built and modelled virtually, together with systems control, prior to full manufacturing.
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Design space where scenic artists and creative businesses can try new techniques including automation, augmented reality and virtual reality tools.
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Centre for Virtual Production - the first Extended Reality facility in Yorkshire and one of the best-equipped spaces of its kind in the North of England.
OPENING AUTUMN 2022