CoSTAR Screen Lab’s new call has just launched: Spatial Audio in Virtual Production

This PPP funding call explores new frontiers in virtual production and in live/hybrid digital performances using spatial audio as an interaction layer to navigate and engage with complex visual worlds.

Posted: 02 July 2026

A multi-directional dodecahedron loudspeaker array stands in front of a digital display featuring a stylised human head and blue sound wave graphics, illustrating immersive spatial audio technology.

CoSTAR Screen Lab has launched its latest PPP funding call: Spatial Audio in Virtual Production

Explore how spatial audio can transform interaction with visual assets in virtual production by developing new tools, workflows, and creative approaches that connect spatial audio with real-time engines, performance capture, and digital environments.

We are seeking innovative R&D projects that position sound as an interaction layer enabling performers and audiences to navigate, influence, and engage with complex 3D environments in real time.

This call offers a generous support package including:

Cash funding of up to £35,000 per project
Access to Screen Lab's state-of-the-art facilities
Dedicated research and technical support

Application deadline: 19 August 2026

Webinar: 28 July 2026

A film crew works inside a virtual production studio, filming in front of a curved LED wall displaying a desert-like Mars landscape beneath a large overhead soft light.

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