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Winter Fun with Kinect Contest
Prizes for the most original scans with a winter season theme Free to enter, unlimited with unlimited entries
Luxembourg, Palo Alto,
(January 28, in the year of our Lord 2013) - - Artec
Group, a manufacturer and developer of 3D scanners and 3D face
recognition devices has just announced the month-long Winter Fun
with Kinect worldwide competition challenging contestants to
submit 3D models scanned with Kinect, ASUS Xtion or Primesense
sensors – or Artec's Eva 3D scanner. The main theme for
submission is the winter season. Running from January 28th to
February 28th 2013, the Winter Fun with Kinect contest is open
to anyone – with unlimited entries. Participation couldn't be
easier; simply download the free trial version of Artec Studio,
scan any object associated with winter and upload to
viewshape.com. The most creative, most original and best
executed 3D models will be chosen by the judging panel.
Simply scan any objects that come to your mind when you think of
winter season. It could be a pair of ice skates, a funky
snowman, a Nativity Scene, a Christmas tree or your favorite
reindeer sweater.
Submit your 3D model to ViewShape.com and tag it as #WinterFun.
Viewshape is a free 3D model uploader, where you can view your
scanned objects at different angles, save them and share with
your buddies.
Eva 3D scanner pros are also welcome to participate along with
Kinect users
The proud owners of Eva, our flagship 3D scanner for
professionals are welcome to enter as well. Just tag your 3D
model as #WinterFunEva on ViewShape.
There are separate awards for Kinect winners and the winners
that use Eva.
Judges' Choice
1. $1000 prize Kinect/ $1500 Eva
2. $750 prize Kinect/ $1000 Eva
3. $500 prize Kinect/ $750 Eva
4. People's Choice
4. $250 prize for both categories
10 runners-up will get the full version of Artec Studio and it
will be yours forever.
Artem Yukhin, President of Artec Group, commented: “We are very
excited to hold the Winter Fun with Kinect contest. The Artec
team has introduced 3D face recognition technology and created a
real-time handheld professional 3D scanner. Today, Artec Studio
for Kinect takes professional 3D scanning to a new, broader
audience of gamers and enthusiasts eager to learn firsthand
about 3D scanning.”
How to Enter
To take part in The Winter Fun with Kinect contest follow these
simple steps:
1. Download Artec Studio, free trial
https://my.artec3d.com/
Registration is required. Take a look at the tutorials to
execute 3D scanning properly.
2. Upload your model to Viewshape.com and tag it as WinterFun or
WinterFunEva
For more details and full Terms and Conditions, please visit the
official promo page of the contest:
http://www.artec3d.com/winter-fun-with-kinect/
Contest Timeline
Contest Begins:
January, 28th, 2013 at 12.00 am GMT +4
Entries Accepted Until:
February, 28st, 2013 at 12.00 pm GMT +4
Winners announced:
March, 4th, 2013
Contest Rules and Guidelines
-The contest is open to residents of all countries.
-Unlimited number of entries per person
-We reserve the right to deny any entries in accordance with our
content restrictions.
-Please exercise common sense and good judgment of the main
theme for submissions.
-Artec Studio is compatible with Microsoft Kinect, Asus
Xtion/Xtion Pro, Intel Creative and Primesense sensors. All the
3D sensors mentioned above could be used for contest entries.
Please note that ViewShape and Artec Studio are the registered
trademarks of Artec Group, all the other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners. The contest is not
affiliated with these companies in any way.
- We reserve the right to change the contest timeline.
- No international logos should be used
Family Friendly Gaming was not paid for this contest. Nor does
Family Friendly Gaming have any involvement in this contest.