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A time spent introducing VR to both industry and state organisations across South and Southern Africa, working through the ten CSIR Divisions.
This was also a time of musing and reflection, looking at how could VR, impact on education, training and learning, and especially so in Africa. Delving into this was truly innovative at the time, with acknowledgement also being given to the inputs of Dr RS Day, then of the CSIR Meraka Institute.
https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/the-digital-factory-2000-01-28[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1608636571705{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1608636557642{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”1999: St Johns College, University of Cambridge
IST Africa 1999 Conference.” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_single_image image=”2532″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_empty_space height=”85px”][vc_column_text]Paper presented “the potential for VR in Africa, and in particular, on learning and education”.
It was at this conference that we caught the attention of UNESCO (John Rose, CI Division. Paris); and was the start of a long-term relationship with UNESCO that continues to this day.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1608636520666{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1608636532185{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”2000: the Naledi3d Factory (Pty) ltd was formally registered” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_single_image image=”2543″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_empty_space height=”85px”][vc_column_text]
We opened our doors on 1st November 2000 and the second new SME company to join the new Innovation Hub, which was at the time starting up, based at CSIR Building 43.
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