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Paintworks firm named as Future Leaders
Sun & Moon Studios is a full-service animation, design and software production house based in the Paintworks on Bath Road, who were named earlier this year as one of Creative England’s Future Leaders – chosen by a panel of creative industry judges for their services to creativity and innovation.
The company creates bespoke content for all media and digital platforms, ranging from TV animation and corporate films to smartphone games and educational apps.
Founded in 2008, many of the games produced by Sun & Moon Studios are aimed at children with special needs. It was the eye-gaze technology – a device that allows users to control a PC with their eyesight – that impressed the judges, enabling children who would otherwise have difficulties playing games, to use the company’s software with ease.
Their inclusive Eye Gaze Foundation (in partnership with Inclusive Technology) has been specially designed to meet the needs of teachers, therapists and carers working with students with physical and intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, visual impairment, autistic spectrum disorder and communication difficulties.
A unique package of 18 carefully graded, fun and meaningful activities is designed to assess and teach attention and looking skills, and can be used by anyone trying eye gaze for the first time.
For more information, visit www.sunandmoonstudios.co.uk