Our Immersive Arts Bootcamp: Immersive Development is designed for creative practitioners to develop their existing digital skills to enhance their career pathway within the creative digital industries.
This is an intermediate skill level bootcamp for participants aged 19+.
This course equips students with the essential skills to develop interactive and visually compelling immersive experiences using Unreal Engine 5. Participants will develop 3D skills in Unreal Engine 5 and Blender and focus on industry-standard workflows, integrating AI content generation and virtual production suitable for VR, gaming, extended reality and immersive arts projects.
This course is free and made possible through funding from WMCA, however participants must live within the West Midlands. Places are limited, and priority is given to applicants who are unemployed or under-employed, from a Government Priority Place within the West Midlands, from an ethnic minority, neurodivergent or have another disability.
Through this programme participants’ professional portfolios will be improved and developed whilst working with our industry team.
Participants are required to complete 100 hours of guided training over 12 weeks which culminates in an Immersive Arts Bootcamp Showcase which will allow students the opportunity to share their projects and network with the creative and immersive industry. We also provide follow-up career support from our immersive team for 6 months after the course ends.
The goal of this bootcamp is to help participants gain new skills and reach positive outcomes through career advancement and job opportunities following the course.
There are two Bootcamps scheduled for 2025 – 2026.
Applications for the following bootcamps are now open:
September – November 2025
- 01/09/25 – 24/11/25
- Sessions every Monday
- Start on Monday 1st September 2025
- Drop-in sessions every Wednesday.
- Finish on Monday 24th November 2025
- 10.00am – 6.00pm
January – March 2026
- 05/01/26 – 20/03/26
- Sessions every Monday
- Start on Monday 5th January 2026
- Drop-in sessions every Wednesday.
- Finish on Monday 30th March 2026
- 10.00am – 6.00pm
Weekly sessions cover:
- Introduction to Unreal Engine 5
- 3D Modelling
- Texturing and Materials
- FAB and Megascans
- Sound and Music
- Lighting
- Blueprint scripting
- User Interface (UI)
- Animation
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Virtual Production
- Portfolio development
Image credits. Screenshots of former bootcamp final projects.
2. Nneka Ezemuzue – The Wait, 5. Lezan Mawlood – Fragmened Realms, 7. Jessica Alice Brown – Lotus Coffee, 9. Neil Forrest – The Box
Immersive Development
This year, we’re including new modules to cover AI and virtual production. With the rise of AI, we’ll be looking at how it can be used as a tool to improve workflow for virtual production and game development.
Learn more about virtual production and with access to our virtual production suite, you’ll learn how to blend physical and virtual worlds in real time, master motion capture technology and explore performance capture to bring digital characters to life.
These cutting-edge technologies will enable participants to create more dynamic and realistic immersive experiences.
Industry support
BOM’s industry team will continue to support participants for the next 6 months with introductions to key people from industry through individual and bespoke career pathway programmes with the aim to secure promotions and paid work opportunities for all participants.
Please note:
- This is an intermediate skill level course
- Each participant must commit to 100 hours of training under WMCA requirements.
- If you are employed or self-employed, we may require proof of employment to meet WMCA requirements.
- This course is free and fully-funded by WMCA and a requirement is for all participants to gain a positive outcome following the course, this includes new job opportunities or workplace advancements.
- If you are employed or self-employed, we may require proof of employment such as a bank statement. This is to meet our WMCA funding requirements and is strictly confidential.
To register your interest, please click on the selected dates below and complete the application.
September – November 2025 Bootcamp Application
January – March 2026 Bootcamp Application
Please email the Bootcamp team if you have any further enquiries: learning@bom.org.uk
Cover art by former Immersive Arts Bootcamp participant: Lezan Mawlood @lezandesigns