The Imagine Cup is the world’s premiere student technology competition which gathers the best developers around the world and harnesses the creative minds of the youth to address problems faced by the world today using the power of information technology.
“We at Microsoft Philippines are very proud of Team By Implication and we congratulate them on this big achievement. Among entries from the top game design teams worldwide, including Belgium and France, Wildfire was acknowledged as the most ingenious, promising, and well-designed game,” said Tim Vergel de Dios, Academic Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Philippines. “Their victory shows the innovative minds of the Filipino youth and their great potential to help solve real-world problems, with the help of technology.”
Team By Implication is comprised of students from the Ateneo de Manila University and University of the Philippines.
Inspired by the spirit of volunteerism displayed by their peers following the damage caused by Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy), Wildfire centers on the idea that rampant social issues can be solved and defeated if people collaborate.
“After the havoc wreaked by Typhoon Ketsana, we saw that Filipinos responded immediately and actively to disaster efforts. We were moved by this and Wildfire demonstrates the amazing things people can achieve when and if they work together,” said Philip Cheang of Team By Implication.
Microsoft recently announced the winners of the 2010 Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals in Warsaw, Poland, where about 400 students from around the world gathered to showcase their innovative ideas that could change the world. Finalists in this year’s Imagine Cup, the largest one to date, received a Windows Phone 7 device.
Student teams competed in five categories: Software Design, Embedded Development, Game Design, IT Challenge, and Digital Media. Runners-up in the Game Design category were team NomNom Productions from Belgium and Gears Studio from France. Thailand, meanwhile bagged first in the Software Design category, followed by Serbia and New Zealand. In the Embedded Development contest, Taiwan, Russia and France won first, second and third respectively. China won first, Bolivia second and Singapore third in the IT Challenge category. Lastly, in the Digital Media category, Taiwan emerged the winner, followed by Saudi Arabia and Singapore.
Source: MB