Competition Structure
All Imagine Cup competitors create projects that address the Imagine Cup theme: “Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems.” Imagine Cup 2011 consists of five competitions, including: Software Design, Game Design, Embedded Development, Digital Media and Windows Phone 7. In addition, participants may also compete in four challenges, including: Orchard, IT, and Interoperability and Windows 7 Touch.
Competitions:
- Software Design: The Software Design competition challenges students to use technology to solve what they consider to be the toughest problems facing the world today. Using Microsoft tools and technology, competitors create software applications. Students develop, test, and build their ideas into applications that can change the world.
- Embedded Development: The Embedded Development competition allows students to go beyond the desktop to build a complete hardware and software solution that addresses global societal problems.
- Game Design: The Game Design Competition challenges students to create a new game that illustrates the Imagine Cup theme.
- Digital Media: In the Digital Media competition, teams create web video submissions that address the Imagine Cup theme.
- Windows Phone 7: The Windows Phone 7 competition challenges students to create applications for Windows Phone 7 that address the Imagine Cup theme.
Challenges:
- IT: The object of the IT Challenge is to highlight the art and science of developing, deploying, and maintaining IT systems that are efficient, functional, robust and secure.
- Interoperability: The Interoperability Challenge is designed to recognize the software application that best leverages out-of-the-box Microsoft technologies and blends them with other technologies to connect people, data, or diverse systems in a new way.
- Orchard: The Orchard Challenge tasks students with creating applications that can be used online, such as a shopping cart and checkout system, video gallery or maps and geolocation services.
- Windows 7 Touch: The Windows 7 Touch Challenge tasks students with leveraging Windows 7 Touch technology to help people use their computer in a more natural, accessible, and interactive way.
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