Naval Hill Planetarium: Context-appropriate Content Development Project Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/naval-hill-planetarium-context-approrpriate-content-development-project/ Astronomy for a better world! Fri, 14 Jul 2017 10:26:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Naval Hill Planetarium: Context-appropriate Content Development Project Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/naval-hill-planetarium-context-approrpriate-content-development-project/ 32 32 Update: Planetarium content development https://astro4dev.org/update-planetarium-content-development/ Fri, 14 Jul 2017 10:26:05 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=16667 The project is focussed on developing new content that is culturally relevant and which speaks to the needs of the local population. In addition, the project is developing the capacity to produce own content, thereby making us less reliant on very expensive licenses, and keeping our planetarium offerings fresh. The Iziko Planetarium in Cape Town [...]

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]]> Overview of Project https://astro4dev.org/overview-of-project-nhp/ Tue, 07 Feb 2017 08:40:43 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=15846 The Naval Hill Planetarium is presently the only digital planetarium in South Africa. Planetarium patrons come from vastly diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. In order to make pre-rendered shows (typically produced in developed countries in the northern hemisphere) accessible and relevant, we need to produce supporting full dome planetarium content and translate existing content so [...]

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