Imagine a future where live performances transport you to entirely new worlds, blurring the lines between what's real and what's digital. CoSTAR Live Lab, a groundbreaking research and development facility powered by University of York research, is helping to drive this transformation.
CoSTAR Live Lab empowers artists, directors, and tech innovators to experiment with exciting new ways to create, completely reimagining what's possible in live performance.
Live Lab is part of the £75.6m CoSTAR Network of laboratories that are developing new ideas and technologies to ensure the UK stays at the cutting edge of the creative industries. We are based at Production Park in Wakefield, UK - Europe's largest hub for companies servicing the live events and film & TV industries.
The Lab's facilities feature dedicated spaces for advancing live performance systems and user experience across screen, stage, and the metaverse.
Our facilities include:
- User Experience Laboratory
- Acoustically isolated Network Performance Labs
- ‘Future Venues’ main stage experimental performance space
- High resolution motion capture systems (marker-based and markerless)
- Immersive audio and visual provision throughout all spaces
- VR and XR displays and technologies
- Biometric data capture systems
- LED Virtual Production Volume
- High Performance Computing infrastructure
- Private 5G network
