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386        <span class="eyebrow">1 October 2026, 3:00 – 3:30 PM · NZ International Convention Centre, Auckland</span>
387        <h3 style="font-family:var(--serif); font-size:clamp(24px,3vw,34px); font-weight:400; line-height:1.25; margin-top:18px;">NZGDC 2026 — Designing Shared Worlds Across Distance</h3>
388        <p style="color:var(--text-dim); font-weight:300; margin-top:16px;">I'm speaking at NZGDC 2026 (30 Sep – 3 Oct, Auckland) on <em>“Designing Shared Worlds Across Distance: Lessons from Multiplayer AR Game Research”</em> — covering real-time connections across distance, bridging places and people, and designing for presence, engagement and trust in multiplayer AR.</p>
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402        <span class="eyebrow">16 – 18 November 2026, talk time TBC · RIEC, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan</span>
403        <h3 style="font-family:var(--serif); font-size:clamp(24px,3vw,34px); font-weight:400; line-height:1.25; margin-top:18px;">VRST 2026 — Presenting on VR Presence and Motion Sickness</h3>
404        <p style="color:var(--text-dim); font-weight:300; margin-top:16px;">I'm presenting my paper, <em>“The Role of Display Type and Camera Perspective in Shaping VR Presence and Motion Sickness,”</em> at the 32nd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2026), held at the Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan — the same lab I visited on a research collaboration trip last year. My presentation slot is still to be confirmed by the organisers.</p>
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412        <img src="assets/images/events/icitr-2026-workshop-01-card.jpg" alt="ICITR 2026 Workshop 01 — Designing Shared Worlds Across Distance: What Multiplayer AR Research Taught Me, with Dr. Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe of the University of Canterbury; date and time to be announced, online session, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2400" height="1800" />
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415        <span class="eyebrow">Date &amp; time to be announced · Online session · ICITR 2026, University of Moratuwa</span>
416        <h3 style="font-family:var(--serif); font-size:clamp(24px,3vw,34px); font-weight:400; line-height:1.25; margin-top:18px;">ICITR 2026 — Workshop 01: Designing Shared Worlds Across Distance</h3>
417        <p style="color:var(--text-dim); font-weight:300; margin-top:16px;">I'm leading Workshop 01 of ICITR 2026 — the 11th International Conference on Information Technology Research (1–2 December 2026), organised by the Information Technology Research Unit at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. <em>“Designing Shared Worlds Across Distance: What Multiplayer AR Research Taught Me”</em> explores the design and development of location-based multiplayer AR games, and how augmented reality becomes a core gameplay mechanic that connects remote players through shared immersive experiences. The date and time are still to be confirmed by the organisers.</p>
418        <div class="tags"><span class="tag gold">Date TBA</span><span class="tag">ICITR 2026</span><span class="tag">Workshop</span><span class="tag">Online</span></div>
419        <a class="link-arrow" style="margin-top:22px;" href="https://icitr.uom.lk/workshops/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the ICITR workshop programme ↗</a>
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435        <img src="assets/images/events/ieee-entrepreneurship-arvr-sri-lanka-2026.png" alt="IEEE Entrepreneurship Sri Lanka Section flyer — From Research to Reality: AR/VR Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Sri Lankans, with speaker Dr. Yasas Wickramasinghe, 22 September 2026, via Zoom" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1131" height="1600" />
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438        <span class="eyebrow">22 September 2026, 3:30 PM (SLST) · Online via Zoom</span>
439        <h3 style="font-family:var(--serif); font-size:clamp(24px,3vw,34px); font-weight:400; line-height:1.25; margin-top:18px;">From Research to Reality — AR/VR Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Sri Lankans</h3>
440        <p style="color:var(--text-dim); font-weight:300; margin-top:16px;">I spoke at an IEEE Entrepreneurship, Sri Lanka Section session on the AR/VR startup landscape and the entrepreneurship opportunities open to Sri Lankan innovators — how AR/VR research can become real-world entrepreneurial opportunities. Open to anyone interested in entrepreneurship in AR/VR.</p>
441        <div class="tags"><span class="tag gold">Past Event</span><span class="tag">IEEE Entrepreneurship</span><span class="tag">Talk</span><span class="tag">AR/VR Startups</span><span class="tag">Online</span></div>
442        <a class="link-arrow" style="margin-top:22px;" href="app/#/invite">Invite me for a similar talk →</a>
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449        <img src="assets/images/events/code-champ-2026-workshop-07-ar-game-development.png" alt="Code Champ 2026 Workshop 07 flyer — Augmented Reality and Game Development, with speaker Dr. Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Canterbury, 20 August 2026, via Zoom" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1045" height="1045" />
450      </div>
451      <div>
452        <span class="eyebrow">20 August 2026, 8:00 – 9:30 PM (SLST) · Online via Zoom</span>
453        <h3 style="font-family:var(--serif); font-size:clamp(24px,3vw,34px); font-weight:400; line-height:1.25; margin-top:18px;">Code Champ 2026 — Workshop 07: Augmented Reality and Game Development</h3>
454        <p style="color:var(--text-dim); font-weight:300; margin-top:16px;">I led Workshop 07 of Code Champ 2026 — <em>“Code Your World”</em> — organised by E3 (Computer Science) with the Committee for Popularization of Science (CPS), SLAAS and the IEEE Computer Society Sri Lanka Chapter. The session covered augmented reality and game development, drawn from my research into location-based multiplayer AR. The browser-based AR demo built for the workshop is still online — you can try it on your phone.</p>
455        <div class="tags"><span class="tag gold">Past Event</span><span class="tag">Code Champ 2026</span><span class="tag">Workshop</span><span class="tag">Online</span></div>
456        <p style="margin-top:20px;"><a class="btn btn-solid" href="ar.html">Try AR on your phone <span class="arrow">→</span></a></p>
457        <a class="link-arrow" style="margin-top:22px;" href="app/#/invite">Invite me for a similar workshop →</a>
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463        <img src="assets/images/events/code-with-wie-2026-workshop-01-architecting-augmented-tomorrow.jpg" alt="CODE with WIE 2026 Workshop 01 flyer — Architecting the Augmented Tomorrow, with speaker Dr. Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe, 
46311 July 2026, via Google Meet" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="1280" />
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466        <span class="eyebrow">11 July 2026, 9:00 AM · Online via Google Meet</span>
467        <h3 style="font-family:var(--serif); font-size:clamp(24px,3vw,34px); font-weight:400; line-height:1.25; margin-top:18px;">CODE with WIE 2026 — Workshop 01: Architecting the Augmented Tomorrow</h3>
468        <p style="color:var(--text-dim); font-weight:300; margin-top:16px;">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.</p>
469        <div class="tags"><span class="tag gold">Past Event</span><span class="tag">IEEE WIE Sri Lanka</span><span class="tag">Workshop</span></div>
470        <a class="link-arrow" style="margin-top:22px;" href="app/#/invite">Invite me for a similar workshop →</a>
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476<!-- 03 — FEATURED: Tohoku research visit -->
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481      <h2>In the <em>Spotlight</em></h2>
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486        <img src="assets/images/news/tohoku-visit-2.jpg" alt="Dr. Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe and HIT Lab NZ researchers presenting at the Interactive Content Design Lab, Tohoku University, Japan" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1600" height="899" />
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489        <span class="eyebrow">8 December 2025 · Sendai, Japan</span>
490        <h3 style="font-family:var(--serif); font-size:clamp(24px,3vw,34px); font-weight:400; line-height:1.25; margin-top:18px;">Research Visit to Tohoku University — Building an NZ–Japan AR Collaboration</h3>
491        <p style="color:var(--text-dim); font-weight:300; margin-top:16px;">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.</p>
492        <div class="tags"><span class="tag gold">International Collaboration</span><span class="tag">HIT Lab NZ × RIEC</span><span class="tag">Invited Visit</span></div>
493        <a class="link-arrow" style="margin-top:22px;" href="https://www.icd.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/en/2025/4322/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the lab announcement ↗</a>
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498      <div class="feature-media"><img src="assets/images/news/tohoku-visit-1.jpg" alt="Presentation and discussion at the Interactive Content Design Lab, RIEC, Tohoku University" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1600" height="899" /></div>
499      <div class="feature-media"><img src="assets/images/news/tohoku-visit-2.jpg" alt="HIT Lab NZ and Interactive Content Design Lab researchers during the collaboration visit at Tohoku University" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1600" height="899" /></div>
500      <div class="feature-media"><img src="assets/images/news/tohoku-visit-3.jpg" alt="Research collaboration session between HIT Lab NZ and Tohoku University" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1600" height="899" /></div>
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513    <!-- Featured: PSR Vlog podcast appearance -->
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515      <div class="feature-media yt-facade" style="aspect-ratio:16/9;" data-yt="LDi8ajhKbDQ" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-label="Play video: New Zealand Software Jobs — PSR Vlog podcast conversation on the NZ IT industry">
516        <img src="assets/images/news/psr-vlog-nz-software-jobs-podcast.jpg" alt="Dr. Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe and a fellow guest seated in a podcast studio for the PSR Vlog episode on New Zealand software jobs, paid internships and game development opportunities" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1280" height="720" />
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520        <span class="eyebrow">PSR Vlog · Podcast Appearance</span>
521        <h3 style="font-family:var(--serif); font-size:clamp(24px,3vw,34px); font-weight:400; line-height:1.25; margin-top:18px;">New Zealand Software Jobs — Talking IT Industry Realities with a Friend</h3>
522        <p style="color:var(--text-dim); font-weight:300; margin-top:16px;">I joined a friend on the <em>PSR Vlog</em> podcast for a candid, Sinhala/English conversation about the state of the IT industry in New Zealand — the shrinking pool of paid internships, where the real openings in game development are showing up, and what it actually takes to break into software jobs here right now.</p>
523        <div class="tags"><span class="tag gold">Podcast</span><span class="tag">NZ IT Industry</span><span class="tag">Software Jobs</span></div>
524        <a class="link-arrow" style="margin-top:22px;" href="https://youtu.be/LDi8ajhKbDQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Watch the full episode ↗</a>
525      </div>
526    </div>
527
528    <!-- Featured: Falling Walls Lab 2024 cohort -->
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531        <img src="assets/images/news/falling-walls-cohort-2024.jpg" alt="Official Falling Walls Lab Aotearoa New Zealand 2024 cohort collage of all nineteen participants, with Dr. Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe pictured at the bottom right" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1400" height="797" />
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534        <span class="eyebrow">11 September 2024 · Aotearoa New Zealand</span>
535        <h3 style="font-family:var(--serif); font-size:clamp(24px,3vw,34px); font-weight:400; line-height:1.25; margin-top:18px;">Selected for Falling Walls Lab Aotearoa New Zealand 2024</h3>
536        <p style="color:var(--text-dim); font-weight:300; margin-top:16px;">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 — <em>“Breaking the Wall of Loneliness through Play”</em> — explored how location-based augmented reality games can bring people together and ease loneliness through shared experiences.</p>
537        <div class="tags"><span class="tag gold">Finalist</span><span class="tag">Royal Society Te Apārangi</span><span class="tag">3-Minute Pitch</span></div>
538        <a class="link-arrow" style="margin-top:22px;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DXYHzQtAYlb/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the post on Instagram ↗</a>
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541
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544      <a class="article-card reveal" href="https://youtu.be/LDi8ajhKbDQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
545        <div class="article-cover" data-num="—00"><img class="cover-img" src="assets/images/news/psr-vlog-nz-software-jobs-podcast.jpg" alt="Dr. Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe on the PSR Vlog podcast discussing New Zealand software jobs" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1280" height="720"><span class="cat">Podcast</span></div>
546        <div class="article-body">
547          <span class="src">PSR Vlog · Podcast</span>
548          <h3>New Zealand Software Jobs — IT Industry Talk</h3>
549          <span class="read">Watch the episode →</span>
550        </div>
551      </a>
552
553      <a class="article-card reveal" href="https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/funds-and-opportunities/falling-walls-lab/alumni-falling-walls-lab-new-zealand/2024-falling-walls-lab-aotearoa-new-zealand-alumni/yasas-sri-wickramasinghe-breaking-the-wall-of-loneliness-through-play" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
554        <div class="article-cover" data-num="—01"><img class="cover-img" src="assets/images/news/falling-walls-cohort-2024.jpg" alt="Official Falling Walls Lab Aotearoa New Zealand 2024 cohort collage of all nineteen participants, including Dr. Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1400" height="797"><span class="cat">Falling Walls Lab</span></div>
555        <div class="article-body">
556          <span class="src">Royal Society Te Apārangi · 2024</span>
557          <h3>Breaking the Wall of Loneliness Through Play</h3>
558          <span class="read">View the alumni feature →</span>
559        </div>
560      </a>
561
562      <a class="article-card reveal" style="--d:.05s" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj7ZjsN-ue4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
563        <div class="article-cover" data-num="—02"><img class="cover-img" src="assets/images/news/nzgdc-2023-panel.jpg" alt="Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe presenting on the AR game development panel at NZGDC 2023, alongside fellow panelists" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2822" height="2026"><span class="cat">NZGDC 2023</span></div>
564        <div class="article-body">
565          <span class="src">YouTube · Panel</span>
566          <h3>The First Annual NZGDC AR Game Dev Rant</h3>
567          <span class="read">Watch the panel →</span>
568        </div>
569      </a>
570
571      <a class="article-card reveal" style="--d:.1s" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdsVisqJIFM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
572        <div class="article-cover" data-num="—03"><img class="cover-img" src="assets/images/news/falling-walls-talk.jpg" alt="Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe's three-minute Falling Walls Lab pitch video" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1280" height="720"><span class="cat">Watch</span></div>
573        <div class="article-body">
574          <span class="src">YouTube · 3-min pitch</span>
575          <h3>Falling Walls Lab — My 3-Minute Pitch</h3>
576          <span class="read">Watch the pitch →</span>
577        </div>
578      </a>
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585        <img src="assets/images/news/nzgdc-2023-stream.jpg" alt="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!!’" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2306" height="1297" />
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589        <span class="eyebrow">New Zealand Game Developers Conference · 2023</span>
590        <h3 style="font-family:var(--serif); font-size:clamp(24px,3vw,34px); font-weight:400; line-height:1.25; margin-top:18px;">Talking AR Game Design on the National Stage</h3>
591        <p style="color:var(--text-dim); font-weight:300; margin-top:16px;">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.</p>
592        <div class="tags"><span class="tag">Panel</span><span class="tag">AR Game Design</span><span class="tag">Community</span></div>
593      </div>
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601          <img src="assets/images/news/nzgdc-2023-lidar-talk.jpg" alt="Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe presenting ‘Creating Sharable Spaces with Lidar’ at NZGDC 2023, with the audience in the foreground" loading="lazy" style="width:100%; height:100%; object-fit:cover;" decoding="async" width="2782" height="1568" />
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605          <img src="assets/images/news/nzgdc-2023-panel.jpg" alt="Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe on stage with fellow panelists Evie, Melanie and Devi at the NZGDC 2023 AR Game Dev Rant" loading="lazy" style="width:100%; height:100%; object-fit:cover; object-position:center 30%;" decoding="async" width="2822" height="2026" />
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613<!-- 03 — Outreach & Community -->
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623        <div class="article-cover" data-num="—04"><img class="cover-img" src="assets/images/news/tech-talks.jpg" alt="Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe delivering a technical workshop on immersive technology to a packed room of students" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="4076" height="1536"><span class="cat">Workshops</span></div>
624        <div class="article-body">
625          <span class="src">Since 2015 · Talks &amp; Workshops</span>
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627          <span class="read">See the outreach →</span>
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630
631      <a class="article-card reveal" style="--d:.05s" href="https://ambitious-island-00aac2400.azurestaticapps.net/project-page-virtual-expo.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
632        <div class="article-cover" data-num="—05"><img class="cover-img" src="assets/images/news/virtual-expo.jpg" alt="Visitors trying virtual reality at an exhibition booth built by Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2000" height="1469"><span class="cat">VR Platform</span></div>
633        <div class="article-body">
634          <span class="src">Project · VirtualExpo</span>
635          <h3>VirtualExpo — Bringing Exhibitions Online in VR</h3>
636          <span class="read">Explore the project →</span>
637        </div>
638      </a>
639
640      <a class="article-card reveal" style="--d:.1s" href="https://twitter.com/sri_yasas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
641        <div class="article-cover" data-num="—06"><img class="cover-img" src="assets/images/news/tech-talks-demo.jpg" alt="Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe demonstrating an augmented reality prototype to an audience" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2048" height="1168"><span class="cat">Follow</span></div>
642        <div class="article-body">
643          <span class="src">X / Twitter · @sri_yasas</span>
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645          <span class="read">Follow along →</span>
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656        <p style="color:var(--text-dim); font-weight:300; margin-top:20px; font-size:15px;">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.</p>
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699    function play() {
700      var id = el.getAttribute('data-yt');
701      var frame = document.createElement('iframe');
702      frame.src = 'https://www.youtube.com/embed/' + id + '?autoplay=1&rel=0';
703      frame.title = el.getAttribute('aria-label') || 'YouTube video';
704      frame.allow = 'accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share';
705      frame.setAttribute('allowfullscreen', '');
706      el.innerHTML = '';
707      el.appendChild(frame);
708      el.style.cursor = 'default';
709    }
710    el.addEventListener('click', play);
711    el.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {
712      if (e.key === 'Enter' || e.key === ' ') { e.preventDefault(); play(); }
713    });
714  });
715</script>
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715
716<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
716
717</body>
718</html>

Line numbers count LF bytes from the start of the resource, as the search results do. Vendor segments are library code the classifier recognised; they are stored but not indexed. Bytes are shown as Latin1 characters, one per byte.