Homo Naledi goes virtual

by AdminBraaiNovember 28, 2018

Thanks to funding received from the Royal Society of South Africa, Scibraai will be publishing a few new science stories in the coming months by local journalists.

First up is an insert about Dinaledi VR, the world’s first free mobile palaeoanthropology virtual reality app. It provides virtual access to the underground Dinaledi chamber in the Rising Star cave – a place that only about 20 people have ever entered. It is one of the richest hominin excavation sites on the planet and contains Homo Naledi fossils. It’s even inaccessible to research leader Prof Lee Berger! Anyone can now enter the Dinaledi chamber. Dinaledi VR is available in English, Spanish, Sesotho, Setswana and isiZulu.

Marize de Klerk and Franco Puglisi witnessed some of these caving scientists, and tells more about the experience.

This insert was made possible thanks to the Royal Society of South Africa.

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AdminBraai

SciBraai, a proudly South African NPO dedicated to science journalism, communication and outreach. SciBraai began on Heritage Day 2013 - Anina Mumm and Engela Duvenage in 2013 launched the website, scibraai.co.za, to feature stories about South African research, technology and innovation, and the people behind the discoveries. This blog welcomes all South Africans to go behind the scenes of local science and exploration endeavors. It’s a place to share stories about the scientists themselves and the interesting, little-known activities that are often left out of research journals. A place to learn more about the stuff that makes South African science and its people tick. A place to feel inspired about what South Africans are discovering on home soil and abroad. Because local is lekker, no matter what language you use. SciBraai's following has grown in the past years, and we are now on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. We've also begun organising real-life braai's where we share round-the-fire stories about South African science and scientists.

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