One to One Development Trust
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One to One Development Trust is an award-winning arts organisation who use digital technologies to work with communities/organisations producing innovative and immersive creative projects about the environment, heritage and health and wellbeing.
09/04/2026
Back from Pittsburgh's Sona Immersive Storytelling Festival and can reflect on bringing our Revealed projects (Pit Camp, Triptych & Rollerbird) to the US.
The themes of our work resonated strongly with audiences and we were particularly impressed how the work was presented with the Triptych projection being screened in an intimate sound proofed projection space which worked really well.
The VR Lab was excellent with Pit Camp being one of several selected experiences audiences could chose to watch on VR head sets, the team running the VR Lab were super efficient and it had great kit. It was SOLD OUT for all 3 days!
Chloe - our lovable augmented reality canary from the Rollerbird video game made some good impact too with appearances throughout the Festival, selfies with audiences, and also popping up at local heritage sites. It was even suggested by an attendee (with lots of audience support) that we make her into a 'plushie' to help market the game and raise funds.
The best bit of the festival was meeting the other artists, seeing some amazing work and getting to know people from other creative organisations in the city and beyond.
Winning the History and Heritage Storytelling Award was a lovely suprise.
We used the opportunity of being in Pittsburgh to explore the labour history of the area through the mining and steel industries, with meetings with different people and visting lots of places.
Our trip to the Festival was made possible with a travel bursary from Creative Export a funding strand of West Yorkshire Combined Authority supported by the Mayor of West Yorkshire
We are delighted to have been awarded a WYCA Unlimited Micro Capital Grant grant for investment into accessible digital equipment that will strengthen our inclusive creative programmes across Wakefield in 2026 and beyond. The new technology, including adaptive gaming controllers, VR headsets, touchscreen display, projection equipment and lightweight filming tools, has been carefully selected to increase participation, creative independence and audience access for disabled artists and participants.
Made possible by an Unlimited Micro Capital Grant thanks to funding by West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
