Immersive Heritage
Bringing the past to life through immersive technology​
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We help heritage organisations, museums, environmental groups, and community projects create powerful digital experiences that reveal stories hidden in landscapes, buildings, and archives. Our work blends historical research with the latest in immersive capture, enabling audiences to explore history in new and meaningful ways.
Using Green Screen Capture
Working With You
Every project begins with understanding your story, your audience, and the impact you want to make. We work closely with partners to design Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality experiences that are accessible, authentic, and grounded in solid research.
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Our immersive tools include 360° cameras, volumetric film capture, drones, photogrammetry, spatial audio, and game engines. Whether capturing historic spaces, reconstructing lost architecture, or creating interactive educational content, we focus on using the right technology to enhance the story, not overshadow it.
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We believe heritage has the power to inspire, educate, and create positive change. Our goal is to help communities reconnect with the places and histories that shape who they are.
SERVICES
Working With You
We offer a range of immersive heritage services designed to meet the needs of museums, cultural institutions, artists, councils, and community groups.
Virtual Reality Experiences
Fully interactive VR worlds built in Unity or Unreal, offering historical reconstructions, guided tours, and interactive storytelling.
Augmented Reality for Heritage Sites
Mobile and tablet based AR experiences that overlay lost architecture, add interpretation, or create interactive visitor trails.
Photogrammetry and 3D Reconstruction
Drone, DSLR, and close range photogrammetry for capturing objects, landscapes, and historic buildings in high detail.
Still from VR Film Firehouse
360 Degree Storytelling
Capture and production of immersive 360 video for museums, festivals, and education. Ideal for transporting audiences into real historic spaces.
Image right from VR Film Resurgence featured at dementia cafes in the UK.
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Read about the project here: https://www.avimmerse.com/resurgence-vr
Volumetric Film and Hologram Capture
High fidelity holographic style recordings of performers, historians, and community storytellers using green screen or volumetric rigs.
Image above from VR Film Petrichor featured at the Lowrey theatre and showcased nationally.
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Read about the project here: https://www.avimmerse.com/petrichorvr
Workshops and Skills Training
Hands on sessions teaching young people, community groups, and schools how to create VR art, scan objects, and build immersive stories.
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The below images are from training workshops designed and delivered to The University of Manchester and Ludus Dance.
Why Heritage Organisations Work With Us
Research led and historically grounded
Our immersive work is informed by archaeological evidence, archival material, and historical analysis. We treat every project with care and accuracy.
Expertise across multiple technologies
From volumetric film to drone mapping, we select the right tools based on your story and audience.
Flexible for different budgets
We work with small community groups through to large organisations and can scale projects accordingly.
Community focused approach
We believe heritage belongs to everyone. Our projects often involve community workshops, memory collection, local voices, and co creation.
Read more about the Warrington Castle project: https://warringtoncastle.co.uk/
Proven impact and national recognition
Our work has been featured at Manchester Science Festival, Manchester Histories Festival, Bradford 2025 schools programmes, and multiple cultural events.
Read more about the Bradford Project here
Our Approach
Every heritage project is different, but our process stays constant.
Research and Discovery
High fidelity holographic style recordings of performers, historians, and community storytellers using green screen or volumetric rigs.
Build and Development
We assemble your experience in Unity or Unreal Engine, blending art, interactivity, and historical context.
Capture and Production
Using drones, 360 cameras, photogrammetry, audio, and green screen capture, we collect the material needed to tell your story.
Immersive heritage Captures: Orkney
Aerial Image of a Ring Fort (Fairy den) in County Sligo Ireland
Delivery and Activation
We support exhibitions, festivals, school programmes, and public installations, ensuring the experience lands with maximum impact.
Featured Heritage Projects
The Virtual Museum – Fireground AR and VR Experience
An augmented and virtual reality project developed in collaboration with the Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum. This experience recreates the historic Control Room at Rochdale Fire Station and brings to life stories, equipment, images, and emergency call procedures through digital interpretation.
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The Virtual Museum allows visitors to explore heritage content interactively on both iOS and Android devices. Built using immersive storytelling techniques and informed by archival research, it forms part of a wider programme celebrating the region’s firefighting history.
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View the full project here: https://www.avimmerse.com/thevirtualmuseum
Aerial Image of Rochdale Firestation (Fireground)
The Megalithic Explorer – AR Heritage App
An augmented reality experience that brings prehistoric Britain to life using drone survey, 3D scanning, aerial mapping, and immersive storytelling. The Megalithic Explorer allows users to step through virtual portals and explore ancient landscapes from anywhere in the world.
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The project combines high resolution drone imagery, 360 captures, photogrammetry, and AR design to recreate standing stones, sacred sites, and prehistoric environments. Developed as a mobile app, it introduces audiences to heritage in an interactive and educational way, blending accurate landscape capture with imaginative storytelling.
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View the full project here: https://www.avimmerse.com/megalithicexplorer-ar
Video trailer and image captured on site
Archaeological Drone Surveys – Ireland and the UK
Drone photogrammetry and aerial imaging of historic sites including ring forts, prehistoric landscapes, and castle earthworks. These surveys provide foundations for 3D reconstruction, VR interpretation, and visual records for ongoing research.
An ancient Irish cairn burial
Bradford 2025 Schools Programme
Workshops teaching students how to 3D scan objects, clean models in Blender, and experience their creations in Virtual Reality. Delivered as part of the Bradford 2025 City of Culture schools activity, giving young people hands on creative technology skills.
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Beneath Hay Bluff – Film, Folklore, and Heritage Collaboration
A creative film and digital heritage project exploring the landscape, stories, and communities around Arthur’s Stone in the Black Mountains. Produced in collaboration with English Heritage and the University of Manchester, Beneath Hay Bluff blends documentary filmmaking with immersive visual techniques to highlight the deep connections between land, memory, and myth.
The project includes aerial cinematography, landscape photography, community interviews, and heritage storytelling woven into a reflective film experience. It showcases how digital media can reinterpret ancient places and connect modern audiences with the past in an emotional and visually striking way.
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Community interviewee 'Shane'
Who We Work With
Museums, Local authorities, Environment and heritage organisations, Artists and creative groups, Universities, Schools and youth groups, Festivals and public events, Community projects, Historical societies, Archaeology teams
Book a Discovery Call
If you are exploring how immersive technology can bring your heritage project to life, we would love to hear from you.
Contact us to arrange a discovery call and start shaping your experience.