Bengaluru, Feb. 2 -- Positioning Bengaluru as India's global hub for animation, visual effects, gaming and extended reality (AVGC-XR), the Government of Karnataka on Monday announced Bengaluru GAFX 2026 with a strong push towards AI-driven creativity and next-generation storytelling.

The seventh edition of Asia's largest AVGC conference and exhibition will be held from February 27 to March 1, 2026, bringing together global studios, technologists, creators and investors as Karnataka sharpens its ambition to lead India's Orange Economy.

With the theme "Evolution Reloaded", the state is betting on the convergence of human creativity and deep technology-artificial intelligence, real-time rendering, virtual production and immersive media-to re...