NUGGET (13 JULY 2021)

Golden Arrow bus services in Cape Town now have two fully electric busses. Well done!

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Cape Town will be participating in the Formula E Tournament (ABB FIA Formula E World Championship) on the 26 February 2022. Formula E is the only sport certified as net-zero carbon since its beginning.

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Durban has taken its first step to ‘go off the grid’. It recently publicised interest in a supply of 400 megawatts of off grid power.

A character of a Smart City will always be its desire to be independent or less reliant on national or global support.

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If you missed Richard Branson space flight (Virgin Galactic spaceflight), here is the catch up video I recommend. Fast forward about 25 minutes to cut the intro. Richard loved his mom and has inspired many people. One of my life goals is to visit ‘Space’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi2XLij4NbI

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The African wild dog, or African painted dog, is one of the world’s most endangered mammals. There are only 7000 remaining in Africa. Most have been lost due to human-wildlife conflict.

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Some nuggets on VR & AR.

https://sandboxvr.com is an example of international innovation in the field, but what do we have in South Africa?

We do have a few options, unfortunately less than I hoped for: the first one I found called Virtualrealms in Cape Town appears to have shut down. (Based on some Google results: the company appears to have been a casualty of lock down regulations.

It bugs me so much when I hear a business has closed down because of C0v^d. The correct reason is actually because of government imposed regulations. Anyway, I regress. Here is a list of a few very awsum South African businesses well worth checking out.

• Social distancing achieved using VR: you can be social or have a 3D meeting. https://www.jumploom.co.za
• VR and AR experiences for clients, events and rentals. https://virtual-reality.co.za/
• VR and AR video production, aerial cinematography. https://virtual-reality.co.za/
• Education using VR. (Website no longer online.)
• This company has one of the largest lists of services. https://afriten.co.za
• High end experiences from scratch. https://vr360.co.za/
• VR and AR games, tours, filming. https://virtual-reality.org.za/
• VR and AR experiences (VR events, parties and team builds). https://virtual-reality.org.za/
• This one is different, they offer ‘Immersive Hazard Identification Training’ using VR. https://www.hazid.app/
• Another unique business, this one offers training security staff using VR. https://www.bizarreality.co.za/

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Don’t forget to get your copy of Future Thinking 2021, covering:

• Nature, Us & Technology
• Natural Disasters and Change
• Ethical and Sustainable business

Purchase at: https://www.amazon.com/Future-Thinking-2021-Jean-Pierre-Murray-Kline/dp/B098JFQ2ND/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=future+thinking+2021&qid=1626105454&sr=8-2

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