Form teams of 1 to 5 members and compete against contestants from 33 countries for cash prizes of up to US$85,000. Deadline for registration and submission of ideas is on 15 November, 2014.
20 teams from those who entered will be selected to enter the Semi-Finals, out of which 10 will make the “Finals”. The top 5 teams will be selected for the ultimate Winners Round where the top three winners will be decided.
Contestants will have access to Plantronics APIs, SDKs, and product concept prototypes and work in teams to build new applications and business models in one of the following categories:
- Business applications for mobile devices
- Applications for people with limited mobility
- Personal applications for mobile devices
The winners will be announced on 9 May, 2015.
Plantronics will loan the 20 Quarter-Finalists teams a prototype device, to build and test their application.
Prize money for the top three teams:
- 1st place: US$50,000
- 2nd place: US$25,000
- 3rd place: US$10,000
Teams will use this prototype device to further develop their idea and submit a sample code and design of the application interface.
The Plantronics Judges will select the top 10 teams as Semi-Finalists to proceed to the Finals round.
Each Semi-Finalist team will also be assigned a Plantronics Mentor.
In the Finals round, the top 10 Semi-Finalists teams will submit a prototype of their application, a final business report, and a short video.
The Plantronics Judges will then select the top 5 teams as Finalists teams to proceed to the Winners round.
In May 2015, a delegate from each finalist team will be invited to present the team’s prototype live in front of the judges or via video.
Full contest instructions and information can be found here.
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