As part of a wider initiative to increase awareness of the potential of Virtual Reality (VR) technology in research and teaching, the University of Bristol (led by BVI’s Andrew Calway) has been instrumental in establishing a city-based laboratory designed to foster activity in VR across the region.

The Bristol Virtual Reality Lab (BVRL) is a collaboration with Opposable Games, Watershed, We The Curious and the University of the West of England (UWE). Its mission is to provide a hub of expertise and collaboration on all aspects of VR and the related areas of Augmented and Mixed Reality (AR/MR).

Bringing together local start-ups and developers, larger corporations and organisations and those involved in teaching and research at the two Universities, the Lab provides a forum for networking, collaboration, ideas generation and impact, for both commercial and research oriented activities. The Lab is located in the centre of Bristol and provides space for up to 40 researchers, developers and designers.