What we do

The QUT XR Screen Futures Hub brings together cutting-edge digital capabilities, technology and research for immersive digital screen and digital performance futures.

QUT is building an international reputation as a creative solutions provider through our innovative use of emerging extended reality (XR) technologies. We offer expertise and state-of-the-art facilities for partnerships with industry, government and research.

The XR Screen Futures Hub has world-class expertise in filmmaking, animation, game design and interaction, spatial sound and music technology, holographics, virtual and digital performance, and cultural preservation.

Key capabilities include:​

  • Design and construction of digital assets
  • Virtual production
  • Immersive/interactive media
  • Photogrammetry
  • Digital preservation
  • Digital performance
  • Virtual simulation
  • Motion capture for video games and animations
  • Robotics and automated image capture
  • Virtualisation and data visualisation
  • Screen and virtual simulation and training
  • Interactive extended realities
  • Cyber scanning
  • Digital performance capture. ​

​​The QUT campuses in Brisbane’s CBD and Kelvin Grove are also sought after film locations for live-action drama.

Real world applications

The Hub offers flexibility for a range of teaching, learning and research simulations, with applications for diverse industries including:

  • Film, television and gaming
  • Galleries, libraries, museums and cultural institutes
  • Education
  • Health, health futures and rehabilitation
  • Mining
  • Military
  • Digital doubles.