Masterpiece VR is a collaborative virtual reality platform that allows you to freely and intuitively create 3D models, this past week it was launched on Steam. The software is being provided FREE for the time being, as it is still an “Early Access” title.
Read more about the software on their website at http://brinxvr.com/mpvr and download it today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k089LjkDhxA
1st Place Winning Project
SmartMoms is a mobile application for iOS and Android that pairs with Fitbit to track weight gain, calorie intake, quality of sleep, physical activity, and heart rate of expecting mothers. With a main focus on health, it helps women make healthy choices through each stage of their pregnancy.
Presenters: Matt Young; Mannat Luthra; McKenzie McGilchrist; Vlad Tonkonogov
Industry Partner: University of Ottawa
2nd Place Winning Project
Immunity Warriors is a motion comic book that uses Madefire to transform a traditional comic book into an exciting interactive experience. With an action packed storyline, Immunity Warriors educates children on their immune system, battling viruses, and the importance of vaccinations.
Presenters: Kari Ball; Stephanie Paiement; Dom Richichi and Jason Eduardo Mata
Principal Investigator: Kevin Holmes
Industry Partner: Ottawa Hospital mHealth Research Team
3rd Place Winning Project
A complex large-format map of Canada’s Innovation Ecosystem was reimagined for a smartphone app.Bureaucrats and Trade Commissioners need to tell Canada’s innovation stories in the field, often without a lot of space. The team has taken their user-tested redesign into a coded prototype.
Presenters: Kayla Bowmaster and Edmer Buen
Principal Investigator: Stefan Dickerson
Industry Partner: Global Advantage
Rainy Daze is a harm reduction app intended to inform the user about harm reduction and harm reduction techniques. The app features a series of mini games built around specific harm reduction concepts. The game is targeted directly to the College student demographic and addresses specific situational awareness and provides the user non-judgmental feedback and positive reinforcement of established harm reduction approaches.
CBC recently highlighted the application in an interview. Listen to it here
Try the Game for yourself on the Umbrella project website – Play Rainy Daze
For Algonquin College students, applied research means solving real-world problems for actual businesses. That research – and its diversity – was on display at the school’s Applied Research Day on Aug. 19.
“We emphasize developing soft skills, understanding the expectations of a professional environment and since we do serve a lot of small startup-size companies, often there’s opportunities to continue on with the companies or, if they do a particularly good job, to get recognition.”
Read the full article and interview with Alex Yang.
1st Place Winning Project
Masterpiece VR is a Virtual Reality application used to create stunning 3D art, including sculptures,paintings, and even whole scenes. This is all achieved through a combination of PhD level mathematics,cutting-edge technology and professional grade software/UI design.
Partner: Brinx Software
Team: Nicolas Blier; James Hargrove; Gabrian Boileau and Morgan Morrell-Frewen
2nd Place Winning Project
SmartMoms is a mobile technology-based program designed to help women adhere to the gestational weight gain (GWG) guidelines, improve maternal-fetal health and attenuate the intergenerational cycle of obesity (fewer big babies, less post-partum weight retention and subsequent obesity in mom). The developed system consists of two mobile applications (Android and iOS), a web application and a backend server. Feedback that considers participant’s data gathered from Wi-Fi enabled accessories (FitBit physical activity tracker and an electronic weight scale) and provides personalized recommendations.The SmartMoms intervention also includes regular delivery of health information to women regarding their weekly GWG, physical activity and nutritional goals via the application.
Partners: School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa
Team: Matthew Boyd; Dylan Griffiths; Kari Ball; Vlad Tonkogonov; McKenzie McGilchrist; Matt Young and Justin Bennett
3rd Place Winning Project
The product provides an autonomous lawn cut. It does the job and comes back to its docking station.
Principal Investigator: Hooman Abdi
Team: Pietro Pucci; Mustafa Al Rubai; Bradley Domjan and Victor Silva Lago; Zachary Ouellet
Photo L-R: José Aguilera, local entrepreneur; Alex Yang, Construction Research Centre Project Manager; Cheryl Jensen, President, Algonquin College; Pierre Normand, Vice-President, External Relations and Communications, Canada Foundation for Innovation; Jared Potvin, Algonquin College student; Dr. Riccardo brun del Re, Acting Director, Applied Research & Innovation, Algonquin College
An momentous day for the office of Applied Research as we all welcome the official launch of Algonquin College’s Construction Research Centre. The hope is this new centre will attract clients for the College’s Office of Applied Research & Innovation while also providing students and graduates with access to cutting edge equipment.
Congratulations to Algonquin College for being named the most productive research college in Canada! In the office of Applied Research and Innovation, we are definitely proud of this accomplishment as many research projects are organized through our office and completed through the hard work of students and faculty. We especially thank our industry partners for continually providing our students with hands on opportunities.
Students, faculty, community partners and the general public are invited to experience TRACTION, an entrepreneurship simulation game recently featured in Forbes magazine. The game, developed at and through a collaboration with Algonquin College Applied Research & Innovation, enables participants to develop their entrepreneurial skills in creating a start up company through two phases of pre and post revenue. The simulation includes both academic content and practical experience in which teams of 2-3 participants will learn and experience team collaboration, funding, product development, and business modeling while competing against other teams to envision and bring a start-up to market. Continue reading
Congratulations to all the exhibitors of the Applied Research Day 12.0 student showcase on April 11, 2014! Their hard work and dedication are shown by their amazing projects and results. Continue reading
Welcome to the Full Spectra Centre of Algonquin College’s Office of Applied Research and Innovation! This Centre supports applied research in the areas of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and photonics. We are fortunate to have a strong and vibrant ICT and photonics community in the Ottawa region, something that ensures we continue to be busy! In addition to engaging Algonquin College students on exciting yet challenging research problems, we facilitate student and industry partner connections that help to develop their professional networks. Continue reading