The company achieved the Innovations Award at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in 1996, in recognition of unique technologies developed for real-time, multi-user 3D game environments, and won the Wolverhampton Small Business of the Year title and the City of Birmingham Award for excellence in animation, both in 1998. In 1999, Synthetic worked with Iron Maiden, developing the computer game Ed Hunter and designed graphics and memorabilia for the band's The Ed Hunter Tour world tour. The company closed in 2012 after the death of Kevin from prostate cancer.[2]
1985: Bulmer and Copestake form Synthetic Dimensions.
1998: SDSynthetic Dimensions wins the Small Business of the Year Award.
1999: Synthetic Dimensions floats on Ofex with a market valuation of £11 million.