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# UK's CoSTAR Pays $134,000 for Instant 3D Replays and Switchable Live Camera Views
- URL: https://scrolletta.com/2026/10/13/costar-live-lab-intelligent-venues/
- Published: 2026-10-13T07:11:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-14T15:49:58.000Z
- Description: The UK's creative technology network funds three live-event prototypes, from photorealistic sports replays to audience-chosen camera angles.
- Author: Scrolletta
- Tags: Frontier, CoSTAR, Gracia AI, Happaning, Manchester Collective, University of York, #pool-2026-10-14, #ai-generated

CoSTAR's Live Lab gives three small UK companies more than £100,000 (\~$134,000) in total plus technical support to build tools for "intelligent venues", which its call defined as adaptive, data-driven environments that sense, interpret and react in real time, including through AI-driven control of stage, sound and lighting systems. Volumetric video company Gracia AI builds an "Intelligent Venue Replay" workflow for near-real-time photorealistic 3D replays of live sport from multi-camera feeds, London's Happaning a navigable multi-view format, ViiVid, that lets audiences switch viewpoints during a live event, and Manchester Collective an interface gathering audience interaction data from several sources. The projects run from October 2026 to January 2027; CoSTAR is funded through UK Research and Innovation and delivered by its Arts and Humanities Research Council, and Live Lab is led by the University of York.

**Primary**: [CoSTAR, announcement, 13 October 2026](https://www.costarnetwork.co.uk/latest/pound100k-randd-boost-three-uk-tech-innovators-selected-to-transform-the-future-of-live-events?ref=scrolletta.com), [CoSTAR, Live Lab Intelligent Venues call](https://www.costarnetwork.co.uk/calls/livelab-intelligentvenues?ref=scrolletta.com)