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AWE 2013 Credits
Special thanks for the wonderful group of (mostly) volunteers with tremendous passion for the Augmented World who went above and beyond to make the event successful: Tish Shute – Chief Content Officer Andrea Lowery, Patty Walters – For running the event operations flawlessly Dan and Kelli Ambrosi – Marketing Mary Ellen Ynes and The Zeno Group – PR Nik Hallin, Cara Koenig, Rosa Ramirez, Josh Cardenas – Graphic Design Sean Lowery – Event Guide Brian Wassom – Legal Advice, and sessions moderation Shayne Spencer, Nicole Gonzales, and the ThinkWork Media team – Website Development Tom Hubka and the VTM group – Finance Paula Turk – Artist and Speaker Support Andrew Couch, Gilda Campos, and Catchoom – Official AWE Mobile App Development Joe Rampolla, Miguel Sanchez, Bobby Simpson – AWE.tv and ar.org Community forum Pete Wassell – AR Eyewear exhibits and panel curation, and ar.org Eyewear forum Patrick O’Shaughnessey – AR SDK Tutorial Dave Lorenzini – Google Glass Workshop Matt Szymczyk – Curation of VC panel for startup launchpad Chris Grayson – Business Track Moderator and Curator Damon Hernandez – Technology Track Moderator Avi Bar Zeev – Curation of Speakers Nick Pinkston – Hardware Startup Meetup Steve Mann – Curation of the AR Wearables exhibit and ar.org Eyewear forum BC Bierman and Ean Mering – CityVisions Development Brian Mullins, Adrian David Cheok – ar.org Board Advisors, curation and sponsorships …And many more volunteers during the event! Thank you all – you are AWEsome! Ori Inbar – AWE Executive Director...
2013 Auggie Award™ Winners Announced!
Auggie Awards™ Winners Announced! 6 Auggie Award™ winners announced this week at the Augmented World Expo award ceremony. Additional winners were announced for Best AR Startup (Startup Launchpad) and Best Hardware Startup (From The International Hardware Startup Meetup competition.) The 4th Auggie Award™ Competition is where the best of the best in the Augmented World competed for the one-of-a-kind Auggie Trophy and $20,000 in cash prizes in 6 categories. Following 87 nominations, over 1500 voters determined the 5 finalists in each category. A judging panel selected the winners and awarded the prizes during the Auggie Award Ceremony on June 4th. The Auggie: One of a kind hand made art sculpture by artist Sigal Arad Inbar Winners Best Augmented SDK For Developers Augmented Reality Software Developer Kits for any platform (mobile, PC, Projection, etc.) Winner: Vuforia by Qualcomm Finalists Best Augmented World Mobile App Mobile apps with Augmented reality such as AR browsers, games, apps for education, etc. WINNER: Hermaton – Enter the Grid by Sahar Fikouhi (Darf Design) FINALISTS Best Augmented Marketing Campaign AR marketing campaigns for major brands launched on any platform (mobile, PC, Projection, etc.) WINNER: GOLD STREETWEAR by GIOVANNI LANDI FINALISTS Best Augmented Solution for Enterprise AR solutions for enterprises and industrial applications on any platform (mobile, PC, Projection, etc.) WINNER: Otolift Stairlift B2B tools by TWNKLS FINALISTS Best Augmented World Video Concept videos that depict a future world with augmented reality (design fiction) WINNER: Sight by Eran May-Raz & Daniel Lazo from Bezaleal Academy of Arts FINALISTS Best Augmented World Hardware Hardware products such as eyewear, gesture devices, wearables, stationary installations, etc. WINNER: Sphero by ORBOTIX, INC. FINALISTS Best Augmented World Start-up In the Startup Launch Pad session 5 AR Startups pitched their companies in front of a VC panel and competed for the award and $5000. The winner was selected by the panel and announced during the Event Wrap-up. WINNER: Robert Wang – CEO, 3GEAR SYSTEMS Contenders Best Hardware Startup (International Hardware Startup Meetup and Competition) Winner: OpenFuelCell Carlos Uranga (CEO, H2MDK) Contenders List of contenders who participated in the first international Hardware Startup Meetup and Competition That’s it – submissions for the AWE 2014 awards will be announced later this year!...