Last session we looked at game engines — where the tools are, what's changed, and what's coming. This time we're going one level up: what do you actually build in them?

Creating an immersive world in 2026 looks nothing like it did three years ago. AI has entered the pipeline at every stage — from generating assets and environments to populating worlds with spatial agents and responsive NPCs. Reality capture has matured to the point where the physical world can be scanned, reconstructed, and dropped into an experience in hours. And the question of who gets to build worlds — and how much craft is still required — is up for debate.

This meetup brings together builders, designers, and enterprise practitioners to take stock of where world-creation actually sits in 2026. We'll look at the full pipeline: ideation, asset generation, environment design, spatial audio, interoperability, and what happens when AI doesn't just help you build the world — it starts living inside it.

The framing question for the night, borrowed from AWE's 2026 theme I, Spatial: does AI make world-building more human, or does it hollow out the craft?

Contact the host of AWE Nites Queensland, with Immerse Australia, Actuator and QLD XR Hub

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