UK Advanced Screens Industry
Explore the UK’s Advanced Screens sector and the companies transforming how we create and experience content. From real-time 3D to spatial computing, this RTIC maps the technologies driving the next wave of immersive media. Download our free snapshot report today.
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What is the Advanced Screens industry?
The Advanced Screens sector brings together companies applying advanced digital technologies within the creative industries. It covers a wide range of specialisms including real-time 3D rendering, virtual production, motion capture, spatial audio, holography, and AI-generated content.
These technologies are increasingly used in areas such as film and TV production, gaming, live performance, fashion, and cultural heritage. They support the creation of immersive and interactive experiences, often blending digital and physical environments in real time.
Despite growing rapidly, this part of the economy is poorly represented in traditional datasets. Existing classifications are often too generic or outdated to capture the full range of companies working in this space. To address this, we developed a new Real-Time Industrial Classification (RTIC) in partnership with BOP Consulting.
The RTIC offers a more accurate view of the sector as it exists today. It includes companies working across verticals such as motion capture and virtual production, AR and VR for entertainment, digital fashion, volumetric capture, and spatial computing.
Advanced Screens sector summary
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Here are the key facts about the Advanced Screens sector. The sector has a turnover of £2.8bn currently, has received £408.9m of investment and the sector is growing at 36.6% per year.
Advanced Screens verticals
Our industry data goes deep. See the top verticals and specialisms making waves in the UK Advanced Screens industry today.
Our Advanced Screens RTIC is made up of 9 individual verticals. The top verticals in this sector include AR/VR for Entertainment And Spatial computing, and VFX , 3D rendering and CGI. You can find out more about the verticals by downloading our RTIC report, or by signing up for a free trial of The Data City platform.
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RTIC0101 Advanced Screens *New 1369 companies
The RTIC includes companies specialising in creative industries applications of advanced screen-based technologies, with a physical presence in the UK and a focus across immersive media, real-time content creation, and interactive digital environments. This RTIC has been developed through a collaboration between The Data City and BOP Consulting in 2025. This RTIC includes firms working with virtual production, volumetric capture, spatial audio, real-time 3D rendering, holography, and large-scale projection—developing the enabling technologies that underpin next-generation experiences in film, gaming, live performance, digital fashion, and virtual heritage. It excludes generalist creative industries and media producers that do not apply advanced digital technologies in their workflows, as well as applications of these technologies outside of the creative industries (e.g. 3D scanning in advanced manufacturing or the extractive industries).
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Advanced Screens: 3D Scanning And Digital Asset Capture226 companies
Companies involved in scanning real-world assets for VFX, gaming, AR/VR, digital fashion, museums and cultural heritage and digital twins.
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Advanced Screens: AI-Generated Content And Machine Learning42 companies
AI-assisted animation, deepfake VFX, voice synthesis, procedural world-building, and generative music, dialogue, and NPCs (Non-Playing Characters).
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Advanced Screens: AR/VR for Entertainment And Spatial computing691 companies
Companies developing interactive exhibits, virtual museum tours, games, theatre, AR fashion & heritage applications , Digital overlays and sensors for blending digital and physical environments to create immersive experiences.
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Advanced Screens: Digital Fashion And Metaverse55 companies
Companies developing simulated textiles for fashion design, digital clothing in metaverse & gaming – AI-assisted pattern generation ,Virtual showrooms for fashion brands and digital try-ons.
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Advanced Screens: Holography And Volumetric Displays45 companies
Companies developing holographic performances & interactive 3D projection mapping.
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Advanced Screens: Live Event Lighting And Video Synchronization46 companies
Companies developing digital lighting control systems and real-time data feeds from video projections for immersive performances; LED wristband audience synchronization
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Advanced Screens: Motion Capture And Virtual production194 companies
Companies involved in real-time facial/body capture ,Virtual Production and LED displays
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Advanced Screens: Spatial Audio And Immersive Sound60 companies
Companies developing 360-degree sound and binaural audio for AR/VR, site-specific theatre, gaming and exhibitions.
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Advanced Screens: VFX , 3D rendering and CGI485 companies
Companies working on VFX , 3D rendering and CGI for the creative sector
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Advanced Screens industry growth
Based on a growth rate of 36.6%, we expect that this sector could be worth £2.8bn by 2026. Below you can see our forecast of the growth of the sector.
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