Andrew Hagan
2022 Judge
Role/organisation
Director of XRC (eXtended Reality Centre)
Charles Sturt University
Location
NSW
Australia
Short bio
Andrew Hagan has over twenty years of experience as an academic and practitioner. He is a co-founder and director of XRC (eXtended Reality Centre) at Charles Sturt University – the applied research of creative immersive technologies enhancing the human experience beyond the physical world. He established Australia’s first undergraduate university degree dedicated to the art and science of animation & visual effects and has innovated change within the education sector to help prepare creative minds for future careers. His latest work is in real-time technologies that can be applied across all industries and develop smarter, faster, cheaper and safer ways of living.