Alchemy Immersive

Alchemy Immersive is a London-based immersive factual-entertainment studio creating virtual, augmented and mixed-reality experiences for cultural, educational and broadcast contexts. Launched in 2014 as Atlantic Productions’ dedicated virtual-reality arm under the name Alchemy VR, it now operates within the wider Atlantic Studios group and develops spatial stories that combine live action, CGI, interactive design and scientific subject matter.

Immersive production

The studio’s work spans VR, AR, MR and spatial computing, with capabilities including stereoscopic 3D and 8K production, photogrammetry, volumetric capture, 3D sound, audio localisation and interactive storytelling. Its services include headset application development for platforms such as Meta Quest, Apple Vision Pro and Magic Leap, mobile AR experiences, and technology integration for museum and touring exhibitions.

Alchemy Immersive has a particular focus on natural history, science and cultural heritage. It has collaborated with partners including Sir David Attenborough, the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum Group, Samsung, Meta Quest, Sky News and the British Royal Household to translate factual subjects into immersive formats.

Selected work

• David Attenborough’s First Life VR — an immersive Cambrian-period documentary created for the Natural History Museum.
• David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef Dive VR — a 360-degree underwater experience.
• Space Descent VR with Tim Peake — a permanent Science Museum virtual-reality attraction based on a Soyuz capsule re-entry.
• Micro Monsters with David Attenborough — a five-part immersive macro 3D VR series for Oculus TV.
• Museum Alive AR with David Attenborough — a photogrammetry-driven mobile application that places extinct creatures in users’ environments.
• Kingdom of Plants with David Attenborough and David Attenborough’s Conquest of the Skies — 3D 8K and VR 180 documentary series presented at Venice Immersive.
• The Coronation: An Immersive AR Experience — a WebAR experience featuring photogrammetric Crown Jewels models.

Its work brings factual filmmaking together with emerging display platforms and location-based experiences, creating projects for headset ecosystems, museums, broadcasters, educational institutions and themed-entertainment settings.