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On stage, in the field & in the news.

Upcoming talks and workshops, invited talks, international research collaborations, media appearances, and community outreach — moments where augmented reality research meets real people and places.

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Upcoming Events

NZGDC 2026 speaker flyer — Designing Shared Worlds Across Distance: Lessons from Multiplayer AR Game Research, with speaker Yasas Wickramasinghe, 1 October 2026, Auckland
1 October 2026, 3:00 – 3:30 PM · NZ International Convention Centre, Auckland

NZGDC 2026 — Designing Shared Worlds Across Distance

I'm speaking at NZGDC 2026 (30 Sep – 3 Oct, Auckland) on “Designing Shared Worlds Across Distance: Lessons from Multiplayer AR Game Research” — covering real-time connections across distance, bridging places and people, and designing for presence, engagement and trust in multiplayer AR.

NZGDC 2026Conference TalkMultiplayer AR Research
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Recently Delivered

CODE with WIE 2026 Workshop 01 flyer — Architecting the Augmented Tomorrow, with speaker Dr. Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe, 11 July 2026, via Google Meet
11 July 2026, 9:00 AM · Online via Google Meet

CODE with WIE 2026 — Workshop 01: Architecting the Augmented Tomorrow

I led Workshop 01 of CODE with WIE 2026, hosted by IEEE Women in Engineering Sri Lanka — exploring the technologies shaping the future and how innovation is transforming tomorrow's world, drawn from my research in immersive technologies, software product engineering and game design.

Past EventIEEE WIE Sri LankaWorkshop
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In the Spotlight

Dr. Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe and HIT Lab NZ researchers presenting at the Interactive Content Design Lab, Tohoku University, Japan
8 December 2025 · Sendai, Japan

Research Visit to Tohoku University — Building an NZ–Japan AR Collaboration

In December 2025, Prof. Rob Lindeman and I (HIT Lab NZ, University of Canterbury) visited the Interactive Content Design Lab at the Research Institute of Electrical Communication (RIEC), Tohoku University. We presented our research on location-based augmented reality and immersive interaction, and explored a joint research project bridging New Zealand and Japan — connecting two leading labs working at the frontier of spatial computing and human–computer interaction.

International CollaborationHIT Lab NZ × RIECInvited Visit
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Presentation and discussion at the Interactive Content Design Lab, RIEC, Tohoku University
HIT Lab NZ and Interactive Content Design Lab researchers during the collaboration visit at Tohoku University
Research collaboration session between HIT Lab NZ and Tohoku University
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Talks & Media

Official Falling Walls Lab Aotearoa New Zealand 2024 cohort collage of all nineteen participants, with Dr. Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe pictured at the bottom right
11 September 2024 · Aotearoa New Zealand

Selected for Falling Walls Lab Aotearoa New Zealand 2024

I was one of nineteen researchers and innovators chosen from across Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific to pitch a breakthrough idea in just three minutes at Falling Walls Lab Aotearoa New Zealand 2024, organised by Royal Society Te Apārangi. My pitch — “Breaking the Wall of Loneliness through Play” — explored how location-based augmented reality games can bring people together and ease loneliness through shared experiences.

FinalistRoyal Society Te Apārangi3-Minute Pitch
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Official Falling Walls Lab Aotearoa New Zealand 2024 cohort collage of all nineteen participants, including Dr. Yasas Sri WickramasingheFalling Walls Lab
Royal Society Te Apārangi · 2024

Breaking the Wall of Loneliness Through Play

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Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe presenting on the AR game development panel at NZGDC 2023, alongside fellow panelistsNZGDC 2023
YouTube · Panel

The First Annual NZGDC AR Game Dev Rant

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Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe's three-minute Falling Walls Lab pitch videoWatch
YouTube · 3-min pitch

Falling Walls Lab — My 3-Minute Pitch

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NZGDC 2023 livestream frame showing a location-based AR demo — a forest scene with an AR character and the prompt ‘Find the Ground to collect Grass!!’
New Zealand Game Developers Conference · 2023

Talking AR Game Design on the National Stage

I joined a panel of New Zealand augmented reality developers for the first-ever AR Game Dev Rant at NZGDC — a candid, fast-paced conversation about what it really takes to design and ship location-based AR experiences, alongside Evie, Melanie and Devi.

PanelAR Game DesignCommunity
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Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe presenting ‘Creating Sharable Spaces with Lidar’ at NZGDC 2023, with the audience in the foreground Creating Sharable Spaces with Lidar
Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe on stage with fellow panelists Evie, Melanie and Devi at the NZGDC 2023 AR Game Dev Rant On stage with the panel
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Outreach & Community

Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe delivering a technical workshop on immersive technology to a packed room of studentsWorkshops
Since 2015 · Talks & Workshops

Tech Talks, Lectures & Awareness Sessions

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Visitors trying virtual reality at an exhibition booth built by Yasas Sri WickramasingheVR Platform
Project · VirtualExpo

VirtualExpo — Bringing Exhibitions Online in VR

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Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe demonstrating an augmented reality prototype to an audienceFollow
X / Twitter · @sri_yasas

Field Notes & Updates on AR / XR

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From the timeline

A moment, shared.

A snapshot from the journey in immersive technology — straight from my X (Twitter) feed, where I share updates from the lab, talks, and life in AR/XR.

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