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HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones recently partnered with Forge Academy, South Africa’s first fully inclusive 4IR laboratory and digital learning hub, by sponsoring 10 Nokia 2.3 smartphones for students enrolled at the academy to conceptualise and develop an augmented reality walk-through assistant known as a ‘guidebot’ during an augmented reality workshop at The Gantry in Fourways, Gauteng.   The students used the phones to capture images needed for 3D mapping and of the Forge Academy building for a 360-degree augmented presentation. They then designed the walk-through assistant that will lead visitors through the Forge Academy lab, put together the strategy of how the guidebot would function and provided explanations of the walk-through. The phones were also used for concept designs, for building the look and feel of the walkthrough assistant for the end-user, and for the testing phases of the guidebot.   “It was great to see the Nokia phones being put to the test with th...