Catherine Allen @_CatherineAllen

AR/VR consultant & CEO at @LiminaImmersive specialising in responsible innovation. Ex BBC. Children’s BAFTA winner 2014. Hon. doctorate, University of Warwick liminaimmersive.com UK Joined September 2008

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Catherine Allen @_CatherineAllen

2 months ago

✨ Our Family Guide to Virtual Reality is now live! ✨ Commissioned by Meta and written by me as part of the Reality Labs advisory council. If there’s a VR headset in your home, you’ve got one of the most powerful immersive tools ever made. This guide shows you how to make the…

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Catherine Allen @_CatherineAllen

6 months ago

A clear sign of mainstream appeal - VR headsets are now in the UK’s ONS official ‘inflation basket’ tracker theguardian.com/business/2025/… Our research shows about 6% of households own a VR headset

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Catherine Allen @_CatherineAllen

6 months ago

Our talk for MIT on safety, policy and human rights in virtual & mixed reality is now published online! opendoclab.mit.edu/presents/verit… Thank you @veritymcintosh for being a brilliant co-presenter, as always - dream team!

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Sheffield DocFest @sheffdocfest

7 months ago

⏰Reminder that our deadline for VR entries closes in just over two weeks! 🌍 We’re looking for the best pieces of work that explore the intersection between art, technology and documentary. 🏆All selected works are eligible for our VR Award sheffdocfest.com/virtual-realit…

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Catherine Allen @_CatherineAllen

9 months ago

Do you have a Meta Quest VR headset and a child/children aged 10+? We are offering £75/$100 vouchers to a retailer of your choice in return for a 45 min research conversation about your experiences. The conversations are part of our research for a family guide I am writing for…

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Catherine Allen @_CatherineAllen

10 months ago

My latest article for The Space 😀

Fiona Morris @FionaMorris_

10 months ago

My latest article for The Space 😀

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Catherine Allen @_CatherineAllen

10 months ago

My latest article for The Space! What do audiences want from immersive experiences?

The Space @thespacearts

10 months ago

My latest article for The Space! What do audiences want from immersive experiences?

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Catherine Allen @_CatherineAllen

11 months ago

Applications are now open for Immersive Arts funding! As an advisory board member I think it’s a great fund to be applying to, and also brilliant for the uk cultural sector 💫

Immersive Arts UK @ImmersiveArtsUK

11 months ago

Applications are now open for Immersive Arts funding! As an advisory board member I think it’s a great fund to be applying to, and also brilliant for the uk cultural sector 💫

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Catherine Allen @_CatherineAllen

11 months ago

Our Risks and Opportunities in the Metaverse paper, commisioned by the Council of Europe is out! This includes a draft resolution they wrote in response to the report. My coauthor, @veritymcintosh and I were invited to provide a briefing on the opportunities and threats that…

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Catherine Allen @_CatherineAllen

12 months ago

What do audiences really want from immersive experiences? My latest article for The Space is out! Here’s a snippet, focussing on the first step: recognising how precious audiences’ leisure time is, and how something technologically new (and therefore a bit strange) can be a…

The Space @thespacearts

12 months ago

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Catherine Allen @_CatherineAllen

12 months ago

I’m back after maternity leave! I now have a lovely, happy little 7 month old boy 🥰 Limina news is that I am now hireable as an individual contractor as well as through a Limina consulting project. Do get in touch if you want to chat further about this. My focus is on both…

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The XR Research Digest @XrDigest

a year ago

How are women represented in VR video games? New original research found male characters were four times more frequent and 30% of female characters were sexualized. doi.org/10.1007/s11199… #vr #xr #virtualreality

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Asha Easton @AshaMarie18

a year ago

We're one week away from the 2024 #IUKImmersiveTechAwards! Tickets are almost sold out. Register ASAP to secure your spot! iuk.ktn-uk.org/events/2024-in… #immersivetech #spatialcomputing #XR #VR #AR @IUK_Immersive @innovateuk

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The XR Research Digest @XrDigest

a year ago

Can #VR improve depression treatments? New research shows XR-enhanced behavioral activation is as effective as traditional methods for major depressive disorder, opening doors for innovative telemedicine applications. doi.org/10.2196/52326 #xr #spatialcomputing

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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye

2 years ago

13/ SOULPAINT is really amazing body mapping & embodied experience that guides you through painting your emotions. Really excellent VR design transform something like an open-ended TiltBrush experience into a much simplified bespoke creative experience helping you reflect inward.

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tipatat @tipatat

2 years ago

One week with the #AppleVisionPro and I can't stop thinking thinking about potential killer apps for it. Here's a list of some of the apps I most want to see (and reach out if you are working on any on them and want some funding from @TheVRFund) :

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UploadVR @UploadVR

2 years ago

BREAKING: Meta's AR/VR division achieved its highest quarterly revenue ever following Quest 3's launch, more than $1 billion for the first time: uploadvr.com/meta-quest-3-l…

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Catherine Allen @_CatherineAllen

2 years ago

Excited to be on the advisory board for this new immersive fund & programme The programme is such a great opportunity for the immersive arts sector

Arts and Humanities Research Council @ahrcpress

2 years ago

Excited to be on the advisory board for this new immersive fund & programme The programme is such a great opportunity for the immersive arts sector

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The Space @thespacearts

2 years ago

And we're underway with our webinar on ethical risks and safeguarding around digital projects. Thanks to @_CatherineAllen, @RichCCollard and Andrew Bravin of media lawyers Sheridans. You can catch the webinar on our YouTube playlist shortly. youtube.com/playlist?list=…