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Intel to award $1 million prize to the winners of RealSense Technology App Challenge 2014

Global technology company Intel has announced a competition for startups specialising in perceptual computing—the Intel RealSense Technology App Challenge 2014. The developers are expected to created apps that combine immersive human-computer interaction using Intel Real Sense technology with 3D Intel cameras that will soon become available on Windows-based tablets and smartphones.

Photo: the ideation phase of the competition is open through October 1, 2014
Photo: the ideation phase of the competition is open through October 1, 2014

The technology is sensitive to four modes of interaction: gesture control, face recognition, voice recognition, and analysis of the surrounding environment (AR).

The innovation categories the challenge is looking to explore are:

  • Gaming and Play
  • Learning Edutainment
  • Interact Naturally
  • Collaboration/Creation
  • Open Innovation

The participants are required to use Intel® RealSense™ Software Development Kit 2014 for Windows. The competition offers a reward of up to $1 million in cash and other prizes and is open for applicants from over 30 countries until October the 1st. Apply here.