Volkswagen AG has recently announced a competition to create a new software application to be part of a multi media platform in VW cars. The competition is call “App My Ride” and according to VW Group Research Chief Prof. Dr Jürgen Leohold “Our aim is to invite the international developer community to take part in designing a future system,"
Basically the aim of this competition is to produce the best infotainment system in the car industry and he sought the best ideas from programmers around the world. I personally think this is a win-win situation as this is the best platform for developers to shine in the automotive industry and also VW takes the credit of having the best infotainment around without too much headache and resources to develop one.
The "App My Ride" project takes it inspiration from the boom in smart phones and the applications that come with them that drive consumer trends such as social networking and viewing Internet content on hand-held devices.
Read more for the details of this competition
This competition will go live at this URL on May 3rd. Participants who are interested to join can go to the site and upload their programs or write in their ideas for that one, great application and in order to win contestants must contribute not only the original idea but a graphic user interface and underlying software program in Adobe Flash/Flex.
A €14,000 both cash and non cash prizes are for grab, so what holding you back. Crunch some great ideas and write some beautiful programs and who know we might use your hard brain work as our best infotainment system in VW cars. The winner of the contest will be hosted by VW at a new car presentation at a major event sometime later.
source: VW
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