# Reality Emulator - Immersive Platform

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [University of Bristol](/buyers/university-of-bristol/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Mechdyne Europe Limited
- Award value: £1,600,000
- Tender value: £1,600,000
- Award date: 28 July 2023
- Published: 4 September 2023
- Contract start: 19 August 2023
- Contract end: 31 January 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 55a79de3-7d37-4628-b9dc-284b440f4092-677516
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-59ae527d-cbb9-4228-8e9c-e9102d7b23a4

## Description

The University of Bristol's Digital Futures Institute \(BDFI\) is creating the Reality Emulator \(RE\): a unique coordinated physical and virtual environment providing the capability to study complex technical and sociotechnical systems at different scales, in different contexts, and at different stages\. A key requirement of the RE is the use of diverse datasets generated in real-time, over time, historically and at scale, that can be emulated, integrated and synthetically scaled to provide conditions for prospective research on digital innovation and intervention\. The University is advising of the award of contract for the Immersive platform of the Reality Emulator\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/55a79de3-7d37-4628-b9dc-284b440f4092-677516)