Research & Technology

Can You Hide a Toy in Your Best Friend's Bedroom From the Other Side of the World?

My PhD research lets two people share a real physical room from anywhere in the world. We tested it with a hide-and-seek game and 60 real players -- here is what happened.

• 

Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe

23 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Don't Trust Your Study Agent Blindly: An NZQA-Based Guide for Sri Lankan Students Planning Postgraduate Study in New Zealand

Sri Lankan enrolment in New Zealand is growing four times faster than the market overall. Here's how to check a postgraduate provider's real academic quality yourself, using NZQA's own tools, before you trust an agent.

• 

Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe

23 Aug 2026 · 42 min read

US Student Visa Rules Just Got Stricter in 2026 — Is New Zealand the Smarter Move Now?

The US just tightened its student visa rules and New Zealand just loosened its post-study work visa — in the same year. Here's what that actually means if you're deciding where to study in 2026.

• 

Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe

23 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Augmented Reality

Why Most AR Games Fail (and How to Fix It)

Pokémon GO got millions walking, but most AR games that followed it flopped. A PhD researcher on AR game design explains why — and what actually works.

• 

Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe

23 Aug 2026 · 3 min read

I Built a Free Website to Help Sri Lankan Drivers Save Thousands on Fuel — Here's the Story Behind It

A few months ago, I was stuck in Colombo traffic, watching my fuel gauge drop, and I did some rough math in my head. The number I landed on genuinely

• 

Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe

24 Mar 2026 · 5 min read

travel

New Zealand Campervan Roadie | Road 2 O-Week Convoy 24

Imagine a whole crew of friends hitting the open road, campervans convoy as we conquered those winding New Zealand roads.  That's exactly what my mates and I did!

• 

Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe

20 Feb 2024 · 10 min read

A Visual Guide to Placing AR Objects in the Real World with Remote Content Authoring

Are you ready to bring your digital creations to life? Augmented Reality (AR) technology has seamlessly blended the virtual world with the real world. But how do you accurately place

• 

Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe

3 Feb 2023 · 1 min read

Augmented Reality

Building Augmented Reality Applications with Hand Tracking

Even though hand tracking gloves and hand tracking oculus quest 2 are available for VR and mixed reality applications hand tracking in AR is still very new. This step by step augmented reality tutorial guides you in building a hand tracking augmented reality application with Unity 3D and Lightship.

• 

Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe

24 Oct 2022 · 8 min read

web design

GitHub Student Pack: Hidden Treasure that Most University Students Unaware

Create a professional website for you and host it, or even run a live webinar using this completely free access to various developer tools

• 

Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe

19 Oct 2022 · 5 min read

computer architecture

This Netherlands Company Controls the Entire World's Chip Manufacturing Process

ASML Holding's EUV Machine takes the size of a minibus but works with an atomic-level precession. Learn why ASML is so special and why Apple, Samsung and Intel rely on them.

• 

Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe

19 Oct 2022 · 6 min read

JavaScript

How to Write JavaScript Clean Code in 8 Steps

if you are someone who wants to know What is “Clean Coding” and “How You Can Start Writing Clean Code” in JavaScript, this 5-minute article is for you.

• 

Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe

14 Oct 2022 · 7 min read

devtools

Best Practices for Using NPM packages

Installing an NPM package is a straightforward task, but choosing the right one is a lot harder than you think since there are over 1.3 million NPM packages. Therefore, consider the aspects below when selecting an NPM package for your project.

• 

Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe

12 Oct 2022 · 2 min read

google chrome

Google Chrome Hidden Features Every Developer Should Know

Updated for 2026: CSS Overview, CSP violation tracking in the Issues panel, DevTools' new AI features, and the official DevTools MCP server that lets AI coding agents debug your browser directly.

• 

Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe

12 Oct 2022 · 3 min read

courses

Computer Architect’s View on Apple M1 Ultra Chip

This article brings you a detailed review of the Apple M1 Ultra chip, which was included as one of two processor variations available with Apple’s Mac Studio, more focused on the CPU organization, architecture and data flow.

• 

Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe

12 Oct 2022 · 5 min read

Augmented Reality

Beginners Guide to Augmented Reality Game Development

Step by step tutorial to designing state-of-the-art AR apps with Niantic Lightship ARDK for Android and iOS

• 

Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe

9 Oct 2022 · 5 min read