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I teach on the Master of Business Informatics programme and supervise master's theses. I've also put 40 of my lessons online. They're free and you don't need an account.
Before lecturing I was a technical lead at 99X in Sri Lanka. I still build things, and I use those projects as examples in class.
I did my PhD at HIT Lab NZ and I'm now a postdoctoral researcher there. My work is on multiplayer AR games, presence in VR and motion sickness.
ICT Campus is A/L ICT exam prep in Sinhala and English. Campus Ready is a short course for the months before university. Publish With Me is research supervision for students who want to write a paper.
I give talks and workshops on AR game design and immersive tech, mostly at game developer events, research conferences and universities in New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Slides and demos from recent ones are online.
From classes, MOOCs and workshops in Sri Lanka and New Zealand.
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I'm Dr. Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe — a Postdoctoral Researcher at HIT Lab NZ (University of Canterbury), Senior Lecturer at Yoobee College of Creative Innovation, and the founder of ICT Campus, an online A/L ICT classroom for Sri Lankan students. I hold a PhD in Human Interface Technology, with a dissertation on designing multiplayer location-based AR games that connect remote players and places.
Some of my research is done with industry partners. Earlier I co-founded NavitaZ VR Labs under the MIT Global Startup Labs programme and served as Platform Lead for the Software Engineering strand of Sri Lanka's first large-scale MOOC platform, scaling it to 150,000+ registered learners. I also taught at the University of Moratuwa's Faculty of Information Technology, and spent four years as Technical Lead & Senior Software Engineer at 99X Technology.
A/L ICT exam prep in Sinhala & English.
From A/L results to your first lecture.
12 weeks, in Sinhala →I did my PhD at the University of Canterbury, I teach postgraduate students in New Zealand, and I came here from Sri Lanka myself. Tell me where you are and where you want to go — the more you share, the more useful my reply will be.
Taught or research master's — choosing a programme, entry requirements, costs and scholarships.
Finding a supervisor, shaping a research proposal, and doctoral scholarships.
Independent guidance from me personally — not on behalf of any university, and not immigration advice. For costs, courses and scholarships, PathFinder is also free to use.
Applying for 2027? Scholarship deadlines at UC, Auckland and Waikato fall between now and 30 November: see the dates and amounts.
Book a chat, invite me to speak, read the blog or ask a question on the forum, all at yasassri.me/app.
30–45 min on education, research or career guidance — no charge.
My talks, a speaker kit, and how to invite me.
Writing on HCI, AR/VR, software engineering and education.
Ask questions, help peers, and stay connected as a community.
Three areas I keep coming back to.
Multiplayer AR games that let people in different places play together.
How people feel present in VR, and what causes motion sickness.
User studies on how people play, feel and work together in these systems.
A multiplayer location-based AR system we designed and tested with an industry partner, looking at how players experience and represent faraway places together.
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From this year. The slides and demos are still online.
Past Event
Past Event
Past Event
Past EventTalks, research visits and outreach.
NZGDC 2026 · Auckland
On stage at the New Zealand Game Developers Conference with what three multiplayer AR games and 128 players taught me about playing together from apart — and six rules for building the next one.
Slides, six rules & papersWhen I'm not researching AR or teaching, I'm usually somewhere new with a camera. Follow along on Instagram @yasassri.me.
Research, teaching, software and the occasional talk.
Papers in AR, XR and HCI, from study design to journal and conference publications.
Learn more →Master's courses in information systems, databases and project management, plus capstone and thesis supervision.
Learn more → For prospective students →Immersive prototypes and web products, built with Unity, OpenXR and the usual web stack.
Learn more →Workshops, talks and consulting on immersive tech, XR user research and teaching. We agree the scope up front.
Work with me →For an immersive or learning project, a team workshop, a keynote or a research collaboration — see how I work, or just say hello.
Dr. Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe is an augmented reality researcher, university lecturer and software engineer based in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is a Postdoctoral Researcher at HIT Lab NZ (University of Canterbury) and a Senior Lecturer at Yoobee College of Creative Innovation.
His research focuses on location-based augmented reality (AR), spatial computing and human-computer interaction (HCI) — in particular multiplayer AR games that connect remote players and places, some of it with industry research partners.
He is a Senior Lecturer at Yoobee College of Creative Innovation, teaching postgraduate information systems and project management, including the Master of Business Informatics (MBI) programme across the Auckland and Christchurch campuses. See his guide for prospective students for programme details.
He has designed and built HouseScout (a property-intelligence dashboard for Christchurch home buyers), PathFinder (a planning platform for Sri Lankan students applying to postgraduate study in New Zealand) and Faro (a machine-learning flight-fare timing assistant). See the Products page.
Organisations can request a discovery call on the Work With Me page, event organisers will find talks and a speaker kit on the Speaking page, and anyone can use the contact page for research collaborations, mentorship and general questions.
Yes. For organisations he offers an XR Opportunity Sprint, immersive UX and playtest evaluation, and EdTech advisory; hands-on team workshops on topics from web security and Agile to machine learning and AI-assisted building; and keynotes on multiplayer AR, spatial computing and workplace conflict. Engagements are scoped with a fixed fee agreed up front and run remotely worldwide or in person in New Zealand.
