Hey everyone, Erik here posting for Intel. We’d like to invite you all to participate in the second phase of the Perceptual Computing Challenge.

In addition to wanting to see more use of gesture, voice, and facial recognition in today’s software, Intel is also looking for that one big idea that will change the way people interact with their PCs.  And they are putting their money where their mouth is: With a grand-prize of $100,000 USD and thousands of dollars more in prizing available in 4 different categories, this is not one to miss.

Think you’ve got what it takes to inspire others and ignite the computing market with an innovative new concept? You’ve got six weeks to submit ideas for games, productivity tools, user interfaces, generally innovative uses of the Perceptual Computing SDK. If your idea is outstanding it will be selected by the panel of judges to progress into round two, where you’ll receive an interactive gesture camera in order to turn the idea into reality.

Here are more details about the rules and prizes, as well as a link to see who won in the first phase of the competition:

• Competition home page and prize list: https://perceptualchallenge.intel.com 
• Showcase of winners from phase one: http://software.intel.com/sites/campaigns/perceptualshowcase/

Good luck!