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Postdoctoral Researcher · Senior Lecturer

Yasas Wickramasinghe

Dr. Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe, augmented reality researcher and lecturer

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Location-based AR & spatial computing research — turned into things people can actually use.

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AR · XR · HCI research at HIT Lab NZ in collaboration with Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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About Me

If You're SERIOUS About Immersive Technology, I'd Love to Collaborate.

I'm Dr. Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe — a Postdoctoral Researcher at HIT Lab NZ (University of Canterbury) and Senior Lecturer at Yoobee College of Creative Innovation. I hold a PhD in Human Interface Technology, with a dissertation on designing multiplayer location-based AR games that connect remote players and places.

My work is conducted with industry partners including Sony Interactive Entertainment (Japan) and Niantic, Inc. Earlier I co-founded NavitaZ VR Labs under the MIT Global Startup Labs programme and led Sri Lanka's first large-scale MOOC platform.

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Dr. Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe at his PhD graduation, University of Canterbury
What I Explore

3 Frontiers My Research Pushes Forward

Where spatial computing meets human behaviour — backed by peer-reviewed work and real industry deployment.

Location-Based AR

Designing multiplayer AR experiences that meaningfully connect remote players to real-world places.

Spatial Computing & XR

Studying how immersive interfaces reshape cognition, trust, and decision-making in shared spaces.

Player Experience & HCI

Evaluating how people feel, behave, and collaborate inside the systems we design and deploy.

Selected Work

From Lab to Real Impact — Research That Ships.

A player wearing a headset to experience a location-based augmented reality game
Entertainment Computing · Elsevier · 2025

Representing Remote Locations with Location-Based AR Game Design

A multiplayer location-based AR system, designed and evaluated with Sony Interactive Entertainment, exploring how players experience and represent distant real-world places together — published across leading HCI venues.

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What I Do

Research, Teaching & Building That Lasts.

Bridging rigorous academic research with hands-on engineering and high-engagement teaching.

Research & Publications

Peer-reviewed work in AR, XR and HCI — from study design and experimental platforms to journal and conference papers.

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Teaching & Supervision

Master's-level courses in information systems and project management, plus capstone and thesis supervision — gamified and high-engagement.

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XR & Software Development

Building immersive prototypes and production systems with Unity, OpenXR and Niantic Lightship — drawing on a senior engineering background.

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Talks & Consulting

Speaking and advising on immersive media, spatial computing strategy, and translating emerging XR research into product.

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What Collaborators & Students Say

Dr. Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe collaborating with HIT Lab NZ and Sony Interactive Entertainment research partners
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Yasas brings rare range — the rigour of a researcher and the instincts of a builder. His work on location-based AR genuinely advanced how we think about connecting remote players, and his teaching makes complex ideas click for students.
Research & Industry PartnersHIT Lab NZ · Sony Interactive Entertainment
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Let's Take Your Immersive Idea to the Next Level.

Whether it's a research collaboration, a guest talk, or building the next spatial experience — I'd love to hear from you.

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