Intel® INDE beta Contest: The Original Android Application - Your IDF14 Pass!

Today we are launching a new contest for Russian Android developers with great prizes! The developer, who took the 1st place, will go to the Intel Developer Forum 2014 , which will be held September 9-11 in San Francisco. In addition, the winner will be able to choose a 2in1 device and a tablet based on Intel processors with a total cost of $ 3,000.

Well, interested? Then go under the cat for the details and conditions of the contest!

Prizes

1st place - see above.
2nd place - a 2in1 device based on an Intel Core processor and a tablet based on an Intel Atom processor at the discretion of the winner with a total value of $ 2,000.
3rd place - a tablet based on the Intel Atom processor at the discretion of the winner with a total value of $ 1,500.
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Conditions

In this contest, we expect original ideas from apps for mobile devices based on Android OS from you, and then the applications themselves that will use the capabilities of the Intel INDE Media Pack library or optimized using the Intel Threading Building Blocks library.

In more detail about these libraries you can find out from our previous articles on Habré:

• Intel INDE Overview
• Intel INDE Media Pack
• Capture video in OpenGL applications using Intel INDE Media Pack
• Capture video in Unity3d using Intel INDE Media Pack for Android
• Android: Writing Multi-threaded Applications with Intel Threading Building Blocks

If you already have a ready-made application, you can also take part in the competition. Just describe how you are going to improve your application with Intel INDE Media Pack or Intel TBB .

We have no restrictions on the genre, it can be any application, for example, a game that provides the user with the ability to save gameplay to video and share it with friends on social networks, a video application that uses the capabilities of the Media Pack (editing, video effects) or "heavy computing" application that processes audio, video, pictures, any other data, which uses Intel Threading Building Blocks to speed up the work of Intel .

Competition Procedure

The first stage - you give ideas!

Beginning April 25, 2014 at 12:00 Moscow time, ending May 16, 2014 at 11:59 . At this stage, you only need the idea of ​​the application that you are going to implement. Submit your ideas through the form on the contest page . There you have to fill in several fields and, most importantly, describe in detail the purpose and capabilities of your application. The number of ideas from one participant is not limited. The obligatory moment when describing the application is to specify for what purposes the Intel INDE Media Pack libraries and / or Intel Threading Building Blocks will be used.

We’ll pay special attention to those who want to send applications on the last day: if you hurry a little and send the idea a week before the completion of the first stage, then you will have a chance to win an additional prize of Dell Venue 8 .

The tablet will receive 5 authors of the best ideas, who sent the application in the period from April 25 to May 9, 2014 . In determining the winners will be taken into account the number of votes and comments to applications from community members. The final decision of course remains for the judges , who will take into account the originality of your idea.

The summing up of the first stage will take place from 12 to 16 May . During the review process, we will notify participants of the results by e-mail.

The second stage is a demo version.

At this stage, you will create and send us a demo version of the application. The application must have the functionality specified in your application at the first stage. The second stage will begin on May 12 and will end on June 27, 2014 . We will evaluate applications from June 27 to July 4, 2014 , and then - summing up and announcing the winners.

How applications will be evaluated

1. Creative approach and originality of the idea ( up to 50 points );
2. Convenience of the interface and attractiveness of the application for potential users ( up to 20 points )
3. Quality of software implementation ( up to 20 points )
4. Use of tools of Intel INDE package (besides obligatory to use Media Pack and TBB libraries) ( up to 10 points )

Questions?

Before you rush to fill out an application, read the official contest rules, as well as the FAQ on the contest page .

If in the process of working on an idea or an application you have any questions, you can ask them in our VKontakte group , on the Google+ page , by emailing SWcontest@intel.com and, of course, here in the comments.

Total

All in your hands. Do not be lazy, do not hesitate - send us ideas. Perhaps one of them will be your ticket to IDF 2014 !