Nextspace

Nextspace is a 3D visualisation industry consultancy based in New Zealand and initially created with New Zealand government support and owned by a not-for-profit trust. Nextspace’s stated goal is to “build a $1 billion visual communications industry in New Zealand which makes complex 3D data accessible, easy-to-use and interactive in a range of applications.”^[1]

Nextspace co-ordinates the “Nextspace 3D Visualisation Cluster” which includes companies, universities, research organisations, schools and government agencies that use 3D applications^[2] for training, product design, project management, visual manufacturing and sales and marketing.

The organisation was formed as a result of a Spillover Agreement^[3] attached to a loan between the New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development and Right Hemisphere^[4], a leading provider of visual communication and collaboration solutions. Nextspace is owned by the ‘Nextspace Foundation’, a not-for-profit trust.

Notes

1. ^ http://www.nextspace.co.nz/index.php/about-nextspace
2. ^ Karyn Scherer (23 March 2009). "Kiwi companies on the 3D frontline". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10562632&pnum=0. Retrieved 11 September 2011. 
3. ^ http://www.med.govt.nz/upload/47343/nextspace.pdf
4. ^ http://www.righthemisphere.com