GIT speaks at AWE Asia 2026

From February 2–4 2026, the Governing Immersive Tech project team joined leading XR companies, investors, and other international stakeholders at AWE Asia 2026 in Singapore to speak about proactive XR governance.

In our panel session, we explored the critical question: how do we navigate real, anticipated, and existing XR challenges—and how can we do it well?

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The Governing Immersive Tech project team speaking on a panel session at AWE Asia 2026

Dr Ben Egliston and Professor Marcus Carter writes on the militarisation of immersive tech for the ABC

A man in a bullet-proof vest wearing a VR headset and pointing a gun-like controller out in front of him.
A member of the Saarland Parliament tries out a mobile extended reality system from HGXR for training security forces using AI-supported virtual reality, at the 28th European Police Congress in Berlin, Germany.

Dr Ben Egliston and Professor Marcus Carter contributed an opinion piece for ABC Religion & Ethics on Meta's newly announced partnership with defence technology company Anduril to develop VR and AR headsets for the US military.

Read the full article here.

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