The Human Interface Technology Lab NZ (HIT Lab NZ) (Māori: Hangarau Tangata, Tangata Hangarau) is a research centre in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand.

HIT Lab NZ undertakes applied research with a focus on human interface technology and in particular, virtual reality, augmented reality and applied immersive games.

[2][3][4] Its research mission is to "support and empower people through the study, invention, development and dissemination of knowledge, technologies and processes that solve human interface technology problems and have a positive social impact in a globally-aware context.

"[5][6] Applied Immersive Games became a research focus for HIT Lab NZ in 2019 when the University established the Applied Immersive Gaming Initiative (AIGI) with a matching grant of $7.7 million from the TEC Entrepreneurial Universities Fund.

Professor Tom Furness, was a key member of the establishment team having set up the original HIT Lab[9] at Seattle's University of Washington, and Mark Billinghurst was appointed as Director.