Q. The Digital Studio at the Student Life Building

What and where is the Digital Studio?

The Digital Studio is based on the first floor of the Student Life Building hosting a number of new and emerging technologies to LJMU staff and students. The idea behind the Digital Studio is to support students in exploring and developing digital skills and enhancing digital creativity. The studios include 3D printing and scanning, virtual and augmented reality, Microcomputing kits, podcasting and video editing suites. It also houses a number of high specification computers including Apple iMacs along with Windows PCs with i9 processors and dedicated graphics cards. The Digital Studio is supported by the Library IT Support team who are there to provide advice and guidance on how to use the equipment.  

Digital Studio equipment  

• Ultimaker S5 3D Printer with Air Manager
• Ultimaker S3 3D Printer (x2)
• SOL 3D Scanner
• Matter and Form 3D Scanner
• Microsoft Hololens 
• HTC VIVE Pro 
• Meta Quest 2 and 3 VR Headsets
• Podcasting suites with dedicated microphones and sound mixer
• Video editing suites with HD camera/monitor and large display screen
• Apple iMacs Retina 5K 27 inch (2020), i5 6 core processors, AMD Radeon Pro 5300 4GB graphics, Dual Screen
• Apple iPad Pros (2020)
• HP Z4 Windows 10 desktops with i9 Processors, 32GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, Dual Screen
• Raspberry Pi starter kits
• Arduino starter kits and Inventors kit
• BBC Microbit kit
• Canon Legria HFR806 HD Camcorder
• Adobe Creative Cloud including Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Rush and Audition

How to use the Digital Studio

To use the Digital Studio equipment or for advice please contact DigitalStudio@ljmu.ac.uk

Please note: This mailbox is only for correspondence relating to the Digital Studio and is not always monitored.

For anything else, please Contact the Library.