Seeking Consortium Partners or Consortium of Similar Topic, AI in Creative Industries & Intangible Heritage Preservation via XR (HERITAGE-03 / 2027 ICH topic)

We are an immersive experience company founded in 2017, building AI enabled XR experiences at the intersection of live performance, emotionally intelligent technology and audience research. Fully vertically integrated across capture, post production, encoding, platform delivery and end user distribution, we operate across a range of immersive formats - from live performance capture to AI driven interactive experiences. Since 2017 we have also been building a living archive of fully immersive 360 VR recordings of live performance across the UK. We are seeking consortium partners or a consortium to join for proposals under the following topic:

Track A - HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-HERITAGE-03

AI Integration in CCSI Work Practice: Catalysing Innovation and Competitiveness

Project Concept Ideation

We have direct, applied experience integrating AI into creative production workflows - including AI generated agents, emotionally responsive avatars and automated post production pipelines. We propose a project focused on how these tools can be adopted responsibly, effectively and sustainably by small and mid sized cultural organisations across Europe.

The performing arts and broader creative sector faces a critical inflection point with AI. The risk is not only that large institutions adopt AI while smaller ones are left behind, but that the tools being developed often fo not reflect the operational realities, values or creative practices of the cultural sector at all. This project would address that gap - producing practical frameworks, tested methodologies and validated toolkits for AI adoption in CCI contexts.

What LIVR Brings

· A live, deployable XR platform that can function as research infrastructure, running experiments, piloting new formats and collecting data at scale without reliance on third party tools

· Emotionally intelligent agent systems capable of responding dynamically to user behaviour, developed and deployed in high stakes real world settings including a rehabilitation programme with the Singapore Prison Service and an infection prevention training solution for Singapore General Hospital

·       Hands on knowledge of AI integration into creative production pipelines at working SME scale, including automated post production and AI driven interactive experience design

· Direct relationships with cultural sector organisations navigating these questions in practice, available as co design and testbed partners

· Genuine SME perspective on the commercialisation pathway, adoption barriers and business model implications of AI in cultural contexts

Partners We Are Looking For

· Academic partners in digital humanities, heritage studies, AI ethics, cultural policy or human computer interaction

· Cultural heritage institutions, national archives, museums, performing arts bodies, intangible heritage registries, in EU member states

· Policy adjacent organisations with links to EU cultural policy, creative economy strategy, or national heritage framework

· Technology partners with complementary expertise in AI, archival systems, metadata standards, or accessibility

· A lead academic or research institute with Horizon Europe consortium coordination experience