What we do
Alongside AV Design and consultancy, we are also Senior TouchDesigner developers building real-time visuals, interactive installations and generative content for brands, venues and audiences worldwide.
Conference talk
Recursive Digital at the UK’s first TouchDesigner Conference
A short 15-minute presentation from our team on how we use TouchDesigner and Unreal Engine together, and what that combination unlocks for live, real-time installations.
Capability
From flagship retail to international flagship venues, if it runs on TouchDesigner, we’ve probably built it.
Recursive Digital is a UK design studio with 20+ years of award-winning work in audiovisual, lighting, acoustics and interactive content. TouchDesigner sits at the centre of how we build live, real-time experiences, from generative LED content and projection mapping to interactive installations driven by sensors, cameras and audience input.
We work with global brands, retail flagships, museums and venues. We’re hands-on at every stage: we design the system, write the TouchDesigner networks, integrate the hardware, and stay through commissioning and on-site sign-off.
Real-time generative visuals & LED content
Interactive installations & sensor-driven experiences
Projection mapping & large-scale displays
Show control & live event AV
Custom hardware & protocol integration (DMX, OSC, MIDI, NDI)
Computer vision & tracking pipelines
Bespoke GLSL shaders & Python extensions
Commissioning, on-site delivery & long-term support
Under the hood
How we build in TouchDesigner.
Anyone can wire up a few TOPs. Building installations that run unattended for years in front of the public is a different discipline. This is what senior TouchDesigner development looks like in practice.
GLSL & compute shaders
When built-in operators run out of headroom, we write our own: custom GLSL materials, compute-shader particle systems and image pipelines that hold frame rate at LED-wall resolutions.
Python extensions & pipelines
Structured, versioned Python throughout: extensions for clean architecture, integrations with APIs, databases and scheduling, and tooling so content teams can update shows without touching a network.
Multi-machine & large canvas
Synchronised multi-node playback for large canvases and distributed installations, with frame-accurate sync across machines and clean failover behaviour when hardware misbehaves.
Protocols & hardware I/O
DMX and Art-Net into lighting, NDI and SDI for video, OSC and MIDI for show control, serial and network links into sensors, PLCs and bespoke microcontroller hardware. If it speaks a protocol, we can talk to it.
Computer vision & tracking
Full skeletal tracking, depth cameras, LiDAR and IR systems feeding real-time interaction, engineered for uncontrolled public spaces with changing light and constant footfall.
Built for 24/7 operation
Watchdogs, automated recovery, scheduled start-up and shut-down, remote diagnostics and logging. Our installations are owned by their venues, not babysat by their developers.
Working with us
Hiring TouchDesigner developers?
If you are looking for a TouchDesigner studio for hire, this is what we do. Brands and venues hire us direct to design and build complete interactive experiences; experiential agencies hire us as their real-time development partner, under their banner or alongside their team.
Engagements run from a single installation or event through to retained development across a programme of work. You get senior developers only, UK-based with global delivery, backed by the AV, audio and hardware engineering to take a project from concept to a commissioned system.
Most projects start with a short conversation about the brief and honest advice on whether TouchDesigner is the right tool for it. If it is not, we will tell you, and tell you what is.
Selected work
Recent TouchDesigner projects.
Why Recursive Digital
A UK studio that designs the system, writes the code, and stays through delivery.
UK-based, globally delivered
Headquartered in the UK, with TouchDesigner installations delivered across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia. The team travel wherever you need us to make it happen.
20+ years, multi-award-winning
Two decades of designing audiovisual, lighting, acoustic and interactive systems for some of the most demanding brands and venues in the world. We are uniquely placed to understand how all of this goes together, and to overlay the magic layer experience over the top.
End-to-end, not just code
We don’t hand off. Our TouchDesigner work sits inside a wider AV, lighting and content system that we design, integrate and commission ourselves.
Common questions
Working with us on TouchDesigner.
What kinds of projects do we take on?
Permanent installations and temporary activations: flagship retail, museums and visitor attractions, brand events, product launches, exhibition stands, concert visuals, architectural LED, and one-off interactive pieces. We work direct to brand, alongside experiential agencies, and as part of larger AV integration teams.
How do we engage?
From a creative brief to a finished system. Concept and creative technology consulting, full TouchDesigner build, hardware specification, on-site commissioning, training your team, and long-term support. Engagements run from a few weeks for an event to multi-year programmes for permanent venues.
What does TouchDesigner integrate with?
DMX/Art-Net for lighting, NDI/SDI for video, OSC/MIDI for show control, sensors and tracking systems (LiDAR, depth cameras, IR), Unreal/Notch for content pipelines, and bespoke microcontroller hardware. Whatever the brief needs, we’ll specify and integrate it.
Are you available for ongoing support?
Yes. Many of our TouchDesigner installations run 24/7 in retail and venue contexts. We provide remote monitoring, content updates and on-site support contracts to keep them performing for years after delivery.
Can we hire you for a single project or a short engagement?
Yes. Plenty of our work starts as a single project: one installation, one event, one prototype. There is no minimum engagement, and a first project is usually the best way to find out how we work.
Do you provide white-label TouchDesigner development for agencies?
We do. Experiential and creative agencies regularly bring us in as their TouchDesigner development partner, working under their banner or alongside their team. We are comfortable in either role and discreet in both.