ITWeb OTR: How SA Innovators Are Using Minecraft and Esports to Teach AI Skills
At this year’s rAge Expo, RGB Gaming and UNISA showcased how gaming is becoming a powerful tool for teaching AI skills. Through custom Minecraft worlds, digital literacy games, virtual reality, and even UNISA’s semi-humanoid robot Luazi, students get hands-on exposure to future technologies. RGB Gaming is also launching free AI holiday camps, making tech education more accessible. With esports growing fast, South Africa is entering a new era where gaming opens the door to real-world AI and digital skills.
The 2023 rAge expo hosted the Raging Robots competition run by local software development organisations.
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The rAge Expo partnered with Clear Access to provide the internet connection for the NAG LAN BYOC.
The rAgeX Conference, taking place on 9 December, will assist experts and newcomers alike to come to grips with a universal and immersive virtual world.
rAge and the ROG Invitational will play out in front of more than 35 000 people from 27 to 29 September.
Employment in the South African game development industry has increases by 5% from last year, says Zero Degrees Games.
The Entelect 100K Challenge gaming tournament is set to test participants' artificial intelligence-coding skills.
Six hundred gamers qualified for Telkom's Do Gaming League in 2012, making it the largest competitive LAN in SA's gaming history.
A brief look at what's on show at this year's Rage expo, taking place this weekend.
Gamers congregated to play against one another and view the latest technology, on display at the expo.
"No hitches" and "significant growth" were the order of the day at the rAge gaming expo held over the weekend.
Gaming fanatics will get their fix of new products at rAge at the Dome in Northgate from 1 to 3 October.