The largest planetarium in sub-Saharan Africa is set to reopen in Johannesburg, South Africa early next year.
Renovated, the facility features a fully modernized digital dome that will illuminate the screen with vast images of the solar system.
Renamed Wits Anglo American, the new dome can offer an immersive experience, brought to life by 10 state-of-the-art digital projectors and surround sound.
“Through this deep and immersive exercise, you could find yourself inside the skin of a cell, navigating the bloodstream and penetrating the different organs of the body. You can also imagine yourself moving toward the center of the galaxy at the speed of light. You can even imagine yourself as a gamer, projecting your games and playing with other games around the world on this mega visual dome. It is therefore a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary project, which calls upon the humanities, arts, science, technology and mathematics. “, said Wits University Vice-Chancellor Zeblon Vilakazi.
According to the dome manager, this new technology will change the learning experience for young children and adults.
“So it’s about things that are not limited to the screen. Not all screen time is bad. So it’s all about screen time, but those 20 or 30 minutes allow you to learn a lot. You will learn a lot from this. And I think it’s actually quite… And it’s not just a television, as you can see, it’s surrounded, so you have a 360 degree view. It’s very immersive. So I think it’s a very different experience,” explained Moumita Aich, director of the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome.
The renovation of the Johannesburg planetarium will allow more schoolchildren and budding astronauts to learn about the science of the universe, while serving as a research space for scientists
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