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digital gaming to artificial intelligence, companies choosing to build their foundations there are going from strength to strength.


Guildford as a games location was kicked off by Peter Molyneux in the 1980s and is known worldwide as the “Hollywood of Games”. Molyneux’s and others’ successes led to today’s concentration of creative and programming talent centred on Guildford, with 1000+ games developers working in some 70 studios, and still innovating. Rocketdesk has established the world’s first 5G-enabled games hub. VR games are growing in popularity.


Making the most of the opportunities available within the hub, the University of Surrey’s Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP) has joined with UK Interactive Entertainment and the law firm Charles Russell Speechlys to launch the Galvanising Guildford Games Group. Forums like this, linking the University’s technology academics to local games gurus, are critical in pushing the boundaries of technology needed to produce the games people want to play.


Leading the way in the journey into space, SSTL, a global leader in baby satellites, is currently building 23 satellites and is a key manufacturer in the EU’s Galileo programme. Other space companies are joining them in Guildford – eg Earth-i is offering high-definition, full colour video imaging from space, planning the world’s first such constellation, for sectors as diverse as financial services, farming and clean energy.


5G makes Guildford’s offering to businesses completely unique. The technology has become a catalyst for national innovation with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s


regional test bed projects across the country. Surrey’s campus at Stag Hill is a 5G testbed, and it will soon be linked to other testbeds around the world. Players in the testbed include major telecommunications companies like BT, Vodafone, Huawei, EE and more. As pioneers in 5G technology, the University of Surrey was home to Europe’s first 5G controlled car demonstration. 5G will continue to unlock much more; for example, enabling machine intelligence as it becomes the driver of AI for machine to machine transactions.


A number of companies on the Surrey Research Park and elsewhere in Guildford are well advanced in using Blockchain and artificial intelligence. One of the local companies utilising the technology is Coinmode, for payment systems for


games and e-sports. The University is creating another major testbed for these new developments. A huge part of this is to do with the technical ability found in Guildford as a tech hub: the skills needed to build games engines are the same ones needed to drive 5G, generate AI solutions and distributed ledger technologies, such as blockchain, and connect satellite constellations. This all links up to create a turbocharged tech ecosystem.


Here we are in a beautiful part of the world, surrounded by the glorious green of the English countryside. Companies have all they need at their fingertips, with creative, smart, open and forward- thinking people, limited only by the power of their own imaginations.


Guildford attracts and develops industry experts that can bring research ideas and concepts into fruition, contributing billions to both the UK economy and our society. With the key elements to develop a tech hub combined with huge existing success stories, the town will only continue to thrive as a world-leading centre for innovation.


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THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018


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