ABOUT THE EPISODEBektur Ryskeldiev (ACM SIGGRAPH International Resources Committee member; and, Ph.D. candidate, University of Tsukuba) sits down with Mark Billinghurst (professor of virtual and augmented reality, University of South Australia and the University of Auckland) to talk about the current and future state of virtual and augmented reality. The two discuss cultural differences of international collaboration, what’s next in the space, and how students can get involved.

MUSICPodcast theme, "SIGGRAPH," composed by Julius Dobos.

LINKS*Episode*https://people.unisa.edu.au/Mark.Billinghurst https://twitter.com/marknb00http://www.unisa.edu.au/IT-Engineering-and-the-Environment/Information-Technology-and-Mathematical-Sciences/ https://www.siggraph.org/connect/international-resourceshttps://www.siggraph.org/discover/inspiration/member-profiles/bektur-ryskeldiev

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*Conference Website*http://s2018.siggraph.org/