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WritingProgress on publicist-mediaWritingProgress on Deez-Project-ManagerWritingProgress across 7 repositoriesNowActive focus on Distribution — sovereign publishing infrastructure and distributed agents under our own domain.WritingDevelopment IntroDistributionVenice Immersive — Official Selection 2024 — StrangewaysDistributionVenice Immersive — Official Selection 2021 — Spirit of Place, BlissDistributionVenice Best of VRChat — Mormoverse — Under The PillowDistributionEmmy Awards — Reeducated, ISS ExperienceDistributionWebby Awards — Oxymore — Jean Michel JarreDistributionSpirit of Raindance — BloodbathDistributionSpirit of Raindance — MyceliaDistributionLoeries — Gold & Silver — Life of Confidence, Made In The CapeDistributionIAB Bookmarks — Made In The Cape MarketDistributionMona — Monaverse competitionDistributionVenice Immersive (2026) — Live in VRChat · 35,000+ visitorsDistributionVenice Immersive (2025) — Live in VRChat · 45,000+ visitorsDistributionThe Cradle of Humankind (2025) — iOS & Android · UNESCO siteDistributionEmilyGPT (2024) — iOS App Store #1DevSite config — YAML-driven layout and theme from Obsidian vault
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The Cradle of Humankind

Updated 14 July 2026CC-BY-4.0
Immersion

The Cradle of Humankind is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the world's primary human-origins destinations. In 2025 Worldbuild designed and developed the official visitor app for iOS and Android with the Gauteng regional government — maps, media, and augmented reality meant for people who came to walk the landscape, not "try XR."

Role

Full production: design and development (Unity lineage). Available on both storefronts under Worldbuild packaging.

What it tests

Festival worlds prove presence among enthusiasts. Heritage AR proves presence among everyone else: glare, spotty signal, mixed literacy with cameras, and content that must not invent fossils. Immersion here is confidence — helping visitors orient in deep time without replacing the site with a gadget.

The same constraint shows up in spatial-computing-notes: spatial interfaces earn their keep when they clarify complex information in the field.

Imagery

Masters (promo, app UI screens, storefront grabs): Cradle imagery folder.

Public card: /assets/projects/cradle-of-humankind.png (phone-mockup promo).

Verify

  • iOS App Store
  • Google Play

Related: Expeditions, Immersion, emilygpt.

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