Immersive Arts Bootcamp
A 12-week bootcamp teaching Immersive Skills using Unreal Engine
Bring your creative project to life using Unreal Engine
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.
Over 100 hours of guided training
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.
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.
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.
BOM’s industry team will support participants 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.
Weekly Sessions
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
Apply for our Immersive Arts Bootcamp
Applications are open for the dates below:
January – March 2026
- Start date, week beginning 05/01/26
- Sessions once a week
- Additional weekly drop-in sessions
- Finishing week commencing Monday 30th March 2026
- 10.00am – 6.00pm
Important Information
- This is an intermediate skill level course
- Each participant must commit to 100 hours of training under WMCA funding requirements.
- Due to WMCA funding requirements, your eligibility will depend on your postcode.
- 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 requires all participants to gain a positive outcome following the course, including new job opportunities or workplace advancements.
APPLICATIONS OPEN
To register your interest, please click on the selected dates below and complete the application.
January – March 2026 Bootcamp Application
Please email the Bootcamp team if you have any further enquiries: learning@bom.org.uk
