Virtual reality excites visitors to Ubuntu Village
"The recent World Summit on Sustainable
Development brought representatives of the world together in
Johannesburg to jointly set out a path for a more sustainable
future, one that ensures the right to a clean and healthy
environment for all and an improved the quality of life for
those living in poverty." [SA President Thabo Mbeki at
the Summit].
Ubuntu Village at the Wanderers Stadium in
the northern suburbs of Johannesburg was one of the many
Summit venues that housed "Tensile 1" the world's biggest tent
structure.
The Naledi3d Factory, one of the participants
in the pilot Incubator at The Innovation Hub, was a proud of
participant at this prestigious event, having developed the
Virtual Reality content for exhibitions by the City of
Johannesburg, Eskom and Hewlett Packard at Ubuntu Village.
These included the virtual representations of the
rehabilitation work on the Moroka Dam in Soweto, sustainable
technologies to uplift poor communities and an education model
of the prevention of water-borne diseases in local
communities.
City of Johannesburg rehabilitation project
The virtual representation of rehabilitation
and upgrading of these two projects was the City of
Johannesburg's Mayoral showcase project at the Summit. The
Moroka Dam, built in the 1960s to provide recreational space
for the people of Soweto, has due to neglect, become silted
and inundated with reeds and litter. The rehabilitated area is
now earmarked as one of Soweto's prime tourist and cultural
attractions, and a significant recreation area for the people
of Soweto.
Eskom's sustainable technologies to uplift poor
communities
Technology Services International [TSI], a
Division of ESKOM, has developed or adapted a number of
sustainable technologies to help facilitate upliftment in poor
communities. These include a simple water filter system
designed to filter local untreated water to a Bio-mass
Gasifier. The gasifier generates power from local wood sources
to a mirror system (the Dish Sterling) designed to convert
solar power to electricity for local consumption.
Hewlett Packard spreads the word about the prevention of
water-borne diseases
An educational virtual model aimed at raising
awareness about the prevention of water-borne disease in local
communities was developed for Nakaseke, a Ugandan community,
with the support of UNESCO. Hewlett Packard showcased this
work in their Pavilion at the Ubuntu Village as part of their
e-education theme.
Naledi3d Factory contact details:
Dave
Lockwood
T +27 12 844 1010
F +27 12 844 0034
Cell +27
82 894 3178
Email dlockwood@naledi3d.com
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