Movement-led Immersive
Performance Technology
We create experiences shaped by movement.
Mercurial is a movement-led creative technology company combining more than 20 years of choreography and performance experience with in-house expertise across immersive technology, XR, motion capture, games and interactive experience design.
We create original work and collaborate with cultural organisations, games studios, universities and research partners to develop experiences where movement shapes how people play, participate and interact.
From the first movement idea through to the technology that brings it to life, our creative and technical teams develop the experience together.
EXPERTISE
Movement Tech
Built Together
We create original work in-house and help partners build experiences that people
shape through movement.
Our in-house practice brings choreography, movement direction and performance together with XR, motion capture, game development and interactive technology. This integrated approach allows movement and technology to develop alongside each other throughout the creative process, from early R&D and prototyping through to production, testing and delivery.
Immersive & Interactive Experiences
We design and develop movement-led XR, VR and interactive experiences that respond to the people inside them.
Consultancy & Collaboration
We support organisations developing immersive and movement-led work through creative consultancy, technical development, workshops and collaborative R&D.
Movement direction for
XR and games
We bring choreographic expertise to character movement, player interaction, performance and embodied experience design.
Research and development
We collaborate with universities, researchers and creative partners to explore new applications for movement, immersive technology and interactive experience design.
Motion-capture
We choreograph and direct movement for motion capture, bringing together performer expertise and an understanding of how physical movement translates into digital environments.
Movement-led creative technology
We develop technology around the physical experience, connecting movement, interaction and digital systems from the earliest stages of development.
Movement expertise for XR & Mocap
From original XR work to movement direction, motion-capture consultancy and creative R&D, Mercurial helps organisations make movement meaningful, usable and integral to the experience.
FEATURED PROJECT
embodyXR
A movement-led VR experience exploring how young people can understand and respond to anxiety through movement, sound, story and responsive worlds. The project brings together choreography, VR interaction, creative technology, wellbeing insight and research collaboration. Players use movement to affect the world around them, making the body part of the interaction rather than an afterthought.