So I’m finally here! Singapore!

Somewhere around last year the WorldSkills Foundation (WSF) send out a call for champions to participate in a very innovative project. The call wouldn’t have reached me if my former trainer, Wouter Niekus, hadn’t posted the message on Facebook. I was immediately interested and decided to sign-up en felt pretty confident. On January 17th I got an email quoting:

I am delighted to inform you that following your interview with Sock Tin and follow-up internal discussions at ITE, you have been selected to join the team for the upcoming Virtual 3D Learning Innovation Lab project in Singapore. Congratulations!

So what is it I really I signed up for?
The project is initiated from a partnership between The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) Singapore and WSF where WorldSkills alumni are selected to develop a Virtual 3D application, a cutting-edge training tool that will be used by over 500 students at the new ITE College Central Icube classroom facility. To break it down: Students get to be in a 3D Virtual Reality environment where they can do some hands-on learning. This time we’re building a application in  Plumbing & Sanitation which will be rolled-out in ITE’s own Facility Management courses.

To get an idea what we’re building you can view this video http://youtu.be/9g-QYVESfw0. The result of last year project completed by Wouter (Netherlands) and Nata (Brasil), both webdesign champions. Joining me this year is Michael Christensen, a CAD designer from Canada. So basically we’ll be using his expertise in 3D CAD design and my expertise in Programming to complete the p