Welcome to our first seasonal blog of the year from January to March 2026! Here we share immersive art experiences that explore different art forms through creative technologies, aiming to ignite your curiosity and imagination.

Here is a selection of highlights happening across the UK.

Wales

Earths to Come – Cardiff
Running until Sunday 11 January 2026

Earths to Come is a virtual journey, guided by spatialised sound and immersive animation, into the profound depths of a love poem. Painterly, pencilled moving images, interweave with original vocal music conjuring a sense of intimate presence to find vastness and insularity in the simplicity of an 8-line poem by Emily Dickinson.

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Scotland

Phanto Spectra – Dumfries
Thursday 15 – Saturday 17 January 2026

The Phanto Spectra invites you on an intimate journey through time, place and imagination. Inspired by the ghost-illusion shows once brought to Dumfries by the Biddall and Codona families in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this immersive experience rekindles the wonder of the town’s Rood and Spring Fairs – traditions woven deep into the cultural life of Dumfries.

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London

Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley: THE DELUSION
Running until 18 January 2026

A new video game commission and multiplayer immersive experience from Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley that explores themes of polarisation, censorship and social connection. THE DELUSION combines satire and absurd humour with cooperative gaming and participatory theatre to explore the real-world impacts of societal division. 

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South West of England

The Everyworld Exhibition – Bristol
Friday 23 January – Monday 12 April 2026

With VR, giant inflatables, feature films, projections, sketchbooks and more – this season explores family, the creative spirit, grief and togetherness. With a multimedia exhibition alongside a series of events and films in the cinema from the Kötting family.

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East of England

ART // TECH // PLAY LIVE Producers’ Edition: What the T*ch?!! – Cambridge
Thursday 5 February 2026

Now in its fifth year, the annual Producers’ edition of ART // TECH // PLAY LIVE explores how artists and producers are making and distributing shows and projects that engage creative technologies to deliver novel public experiences. Led by Rosalind Coleman (Punchdrunk, Circa Contemporary Circus), they will share a snapshot of the current state of play for project progression and what it means for artists, producers, venues, and audiences across the UK.

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Northern Ireland

RENDER Festival – Belfast
Thursday 12 – Friday 13 February 2026

A unique evening event, celebrating creative craft and artistry in a fully immersive two-day festival exploring the space between Creativity and Technology. Ignite your imagination with inspiring speakers from the worlds of Film, Gaming, Animation, Immersive, and more! We are delighted to announce that three of our funded artists will be showcasing some of their work.

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North of England

Bassam Issa Al-Sabah – Liverpool
Running until Sunday 22 February 2026

Explore Bassam’s dreamlike worlds of animation, film, and sculpture in THE MISSION IS THE END, THE END IS ALL I WANT! (2025). This new immersive exhibition offers visions of resistance, transformation and queer possibility.

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Marshmallow Laser Feast: Of the Oak – West Bretton (near Wakefield)
Running until Sunday 15 March 2026

This winter, step into the Chapel to discover Of the Oak, an immersive sound and video experience by internationally acclaimed artist collective Marshmallow Laser Feast. Using LiDAR scanning, ground-penetrating radar, CT-scanned soil samples, and thousands of photographs, Marshmallow Laser Feast have created a remarkable “digital double” of Kew Gardens’ majestic Lucombe Oak.

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Uk-based with a Meta Quest headset

Our Verity McIntosh our Director and Principal Investigator has shared a blog of her favourite narrative-driven immersive experiences available on the Meta Quest store.

Read Best of the Quest 2026