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First published on MSDN on Mar 31, 2015
It’s time to announce the winners of our User Experience Challenge! The judges have reviewed 163 team entries from around the world and, after thorough analysis and review, the winners have been selected!
LifePlus is a self-evolving social networking website that provides healthcare access to every citizen in the world. We are very proud to award them first prize of $3,000 in the World Citizenship category.
Hero Tourney is a 3d action game set in a tournament style where "Heroes" battle for glory! We are thrilled to award them the first prize of $3,000 in the Games category.
QFIT is a fitness application that works with the Microsoft Band and adds quests and gamification to further encourage a user to get fit and stay active. We are thrilled to recognize award them the first prize of $3,000 in the Innovation category.
In addition to our three first-place winning teams, we also chose nine more teams per category to receive an Honorable Mention. They’ve made some great projects and we’re very happy to share their success with the world.
We are thrilled to see some of the same teams from previous Challenges! It continues to show how the Challenges help to refine and strengthen your final projects, and the amazing submissions here are certainly evidence of that.
We can’t wait to see the results of the National and Online competitions, and we hope to see many of you in Seattle in July!
Pablo Veramendi
Imagine Cup Competition Manager
Microsoft Student Developers
It’s time to announce the winners of our User Experience Challenge! The judges have reviewed 163 team entries from around the world and, after thorough analysis and review, the winners have been selected!
World Citizenship
First Place: LifePlus by Team Endeavour , India
LifePlus is a self-evolving social networking website that provides healthcare access to every citizen in the world. We are very proud to award them first prize of $3,000 in the World Citizenship category.
Games
First Place: Hero Tourney by Rocket Wrench Studios , Jamaica
Hero Tourney is a 3d action game set in a tournament style where "Heroes" battle for glory! We are thrilled to award them the first prize of $3,000 in the Games category.
Innovation
First Place: QFIT by Team IF Quest , Canada
QFIT is a fitness application that works with the Microsoft Band and adds quests and gamification to further encourage a user to get fit and stay active. We are thrilled to recognize award them the first prize of $3,000 in the Innovation category.
Honorable Mention
In addition to our three first-place winning teams, we also chose nine more teams per category to receive an Honorable Mention. They’ve made some great projects and we’re very happy to share their success with the world.
World Citizenship Honorable Mentions
- Bengala, Brazil
- CAFA_BwithU_studio, China
- Doc, Romania
- Dogma, Germany
- Med Dawgs, United States
- Rapid Response, Ireland
- The Alpha Warriors, United Arab Emirates
- UX Cyclones, United States
- UX with fun, Ukraine
Games Honorable Mentions
- ARSK, United States
- brokenbyte, Canada
- Digital Interactive Games, South Africa
- Gumujeng, Indonesia
- HTW, Brazil
- Mad Wake, Serbia
- Nihsaas, India
- TeamBeta, Thailand
- XOY, China
Innovation Honorable Mentions
- Amplify, Ireland
- Asteroid++, United Arab Emirates
- Endeavour, India
- LifeScreen, Czech Republic
- Loconut, Latvia
- Nano Studio, China
- PUUUSH, United States
- Tether, New Zealand
- XIEMINJIE, China
We are thrilled to see some of the same teams from previous Challenges! It continues to show how the Challenges help to refine and strengthen your final projects, and the amazing submissions here are certainly evidence of that.
We can’t wait to see the results of the National and Online competitions, and we hope to see many of you in Seattle in July!
Pablo Veramendi
Imagine Cup Competition Manager
Microsoft Student Developers