UWC – Digital Innovation Hub

UWC – DIGITAL INNOVATION HUB VOORTREKKER ROAD, BELLVILLE

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VOORTREKKER ROAD, BELLVILLE

UWC’s soon-to-be launched Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) building in Bellville becomes the University’s latest addition to its growing number of campuses across Cape Town. Boasting some [3 000m2] of floor space and situated in Voortrekker Road close to the N1, the building will host a number of academic and non-academic units in the spheres of augmented reality and virtual reality, technology, innovation, business incubation, business development, entrepreneurship, etc.

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THE AR/VR SHOWROOM FACILITY

The key component of the building will be an Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) showroom on the ground floor. This component of the building will showcase AR/VR technology equipment acquired as part of UWC’s relationship with global firm, EON Reality. The showroom will provide UWC students and staff with an opportunity to experience AR/VR technology and how it can be used in an academic teaching and learning environment and beyond.

THE AR/VR STUDIO

The AR/VR Studio will be located next to the showroom on the ground floor. The studio will house graduates from UWC’s Postgraduate Diploma in e-Skills Development which was launched in 2019 . The studio will provide an opportunity for graduates from the course to apply their academic knowledge to create AR/VR software that can be used either in UWC academic programmes or that can be marketed to organisations or corporates.

The studio will also be able to develop bespoke AR/VR software for use by businesses, training or testing purposes.

STUDIO WORK AREA

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OTHER UNITS

The 3-storey building will also host some of UWC’s other projects that address technology, innovation and training and development programmes. UWC has units/projects dealing with, amongst others, entrepreneurship, financial planning clinics, entrepreneurial incubators and continuing education.

The building will allow UWC to either relocate some of these units to the DIH or create extensions of projects already in full motion on its main campus.

OFFICES

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