Selected Work

Illustration of people engaging in virtual reality gaming and digital activities, with VR headsets, a laptop, gaming controllers, and geometric shapes on the table, set against a colorful background.

HoloGen designs and delivers creative technology programmes that help young people, educators and communities explore, create and build with emerging technologies.

From multi-school game-design programmes and international XR initiatives to immersive arts projects and new models of virtual youth engagement, this selected work demonstrates how those ideas are put into practice.

SELECTED WORK 01 · GAME DESIGN

Roblox Raising Producers

A multi-school game-design programme with The Digital Hub.

MAKE THE GAME. TELL THE STORY.

Illustration of children working together on a creative project with digital and geometric elements, including pathways, cubes, and figures, in a colorful, abstract style.

A sustained creative learning programme helping primary-school children move from content consumers to confident producers through game design and Roblox Studio, while developing online-safety awareness, digital resilience and positive digital citizenship.

Dublin · Roblox Studio · Game Design · Creative Coding

10 schools · Nearly 400 children · Shortlisted for the 2026 Irish Life Creativity in the Community Award

Developed and delivered with The Digital Hub

SELECTED WORK 02 · IMMERSIVE ARTS

ARt Walls

A cross-border youth arts and emerging-technology programme

Three young artists creating digital and traditional art in a dark studio. One girl with a bun kneels and paints on a large canvas, a boy with virtual reality goggles draws on a digital screen, and another person with curly hair holds a tablet, all surrounded by colorful geometric shapes, paint supplies, and art tools.

FROM WALLS TO WORLDS.

Transforming urban wall spaces in Dublin and Belfast into interactive public galleries, co-created with young people through physical art, immersive media and augmented reality.

Dublin + Belfast · Youth co-creation · Interactive public art

Selected for the 2025/26 Innovation in Storytelling Development Fund

Supported by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and Animation Ireland, with Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet and Eirmersive.

SELECTED WORK 03 · INTERNATIONAL XR

DISCVR — The Clubhouse Network

Building creative tech opportunities across an international youth network

LOCAL CREATIVITY. GLOBAL CONNECTION.

Illustration of diverse people engaging in a technology and science workshop, with virtual reality, laptops, tablets, and digital graphics representing creativity and innovation.

An international partnership supporting educators and young people to explore creative digital and emerging technologies, with XR as a key strand alongside game design, digital arts, coding and creative making.

XR · Game Design · Creative Coding · Digital Arts · Educator Development

Global network · Youth-led creativity · International delivery

Delivered with The Clubhouse Network

SELECTED WORK 04 · FOUNDATIONAL PRACTICE

Virtual Youth Engagement Pilot

An early national model for meaningful youth work in virtual environments

YOUTH WORK WITHOUT WALLS.

Illustration of people in virtual reality headsets engaging in activities related to science, space, and creativity in a colorful, imaginative environment with floating geometric shapes and cosmic elements.

Beginning in 2019, Barry Haughey spearheaded the development and delivery of an early national virtual youth-work pilot. More than 100 young people participated in facilitated social VR spaces designed to support connection, creativity and meaningful youth engagement.

2019–2022 · 100+ young people · National delivery

Awarded support through Meta’s Immersive Learning Programme

SELECTED WORK 05 · CULTURE & CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY

Roundhouse London

Creative technology programmes for young people and young adults at one of the UK’s leading cultural venues

Digital illustration of a diverse group of young people engaging in creative activities involving technology, virtual reality, and digital art, with a cosmic, abstract background.

CREATE IT. BUILD IT. SHARE IT.

Hands-on programmes introducing young people and young adults to game design, Roblox Studio, VR graffiti and digital street art through creative experimentation and collaborative making.

Young people + young adults · Multiple creative programmes · London delivery

Game Design · Roblox Studio · VR Art · Digital Street Art

Delivered with Roundhouse London

SELECTED WORK 06 · CREATIVE EXPLORATION

XR Creators Lab

A hands-on introduction to creative digital and emerging technologies

EXPLORE. EXPERIMENT. CREATE.

An intensive creative lab giving young people opportunities to explore immersive art, game design, 3D creation, animation, creative coding and AI-supported making.

Multiple creative pathways · Practical experimentation · Youth-led creation

XR · Games · 3D Design · Animation · Creative Coding · Creative AI

Designed and delivered by HoloGen

FROM CONSUMERS TO CREATORS

WHAT COULD WE BUILD TOGETHER?

HoloGen works with schools, youth services, cultural organisations and international partners to turn emerging technologies into meaningful creative experiences.

Whether you are developing a pilot, commissioning a programme or looking for new ways to support people as active creators of technology, let’s start a conversation.

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