RTT Competitions Look to the Future

By DE Editors

RTT will again highlight the importance of progress and technological innovation in their annual student competitions, asking “What will the world be like in 2020?” RTT is posing this question to the “specialists of tomorrow” in the RTT Emerging TechnologyContest and RTT Funky Visualization Contest.

This year will see a jury of experts including computer graphics specialist Paul Debevec, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang and Tesla Motors senior designer Nancy Holman — honoring the best and most innovative ideas and creative concepts among the submitted entries. In addition to high quality prizes, winners will also earn the opportunity to present their projects to an international audience of professionals at RTT Excite 2011 in May.

The RTT Emerging Technology Contest has been an integral part of the RTT University Program since 2005, and will focus on “Human Environments” by looking at the challenges relating to how we will interact with our environment and everyday consumer goods in the future. The RTT Funky Visualization Contest, in its second year, will test the creative imaginations of participants. Based on “Advanced Motion,” futuristic products and everyday items will be demonstrated in 2D or 3D visualizations.

Both competitions target universities, research teams and students around the world. The deadline for entries for both competitions is April 15, 2011. The prizes will be awarded by RTT’s cooperation partners. NVIDIA will give away one NVIDIA Quadro 6000 graphics card to each of the two winning teams of the RTT Emerging Technology Contest 2011, while winners of theRTT Funky Visualization Contest 2011 will receive an Intuos 4M Tablet PCs from WACOM. The winning teams are also invited to present their visions to leading minds from the visualization industry at the RTT Excite 2011 international conference.

For more information, and to submit entries, visit RTT.

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