Three projects won the four awards of Media Play’24: Rehamind, Twovest and et-cetera.
Media Play’24 had 13 projects in the competition, which were developed by our students, within the Multimedia area and show new apps, games, digital platforms, or UX prototypes.
The voting process was open to everyone, upon registration.
Get to know more about the winning projects below.
The Rehamind Project won the Public Award (votes from the general public: students, faculty members, researchers, etc), sponsored by DigiMedia.
Sérgio oliveira is the author of Rehamind – Virtual Reality Serious Game for stroke rehabilitation at home. Stroke is one of the main causes of death and disability worldwide, with consequences that can lead to physical and cognitive disabilities. Rehabilitation plays a central role in the lives of survivors. This work proposes the use of Virtual Reality and Serious Games as a complementary methodology for cognitive and upper limb rehabilitation of stroke survivors. By combining these tools, it is possible to create virtual environments that stimulate real-life activities, as well as immersion and interaction with virtual objects, following narratives based on everyday tasks, with which survivors can relate with.
The Twovest project won the Academia Award (votes from faculty members and researchers of STC), sponsored by DigiMedia).
Vasco Saraiva, Jónatas Roque, Gonçalo Calçada, João Paixão, Daniela Silva and Margarida Bicho are the authors of Twovest, which is an e-commerce platform for clothes’ selling that focuses on the second-hand market and guarantees its customers the authenticity and quality of all items. In addition to offering a wide variety of products and brands, you can also create customizable collections where you save the inspirations you see in our community’s look gallery. In addition, it is possible to unlock new offers and coupons by interacting in the gallery or making new purchases. At Twovest, our goal is to help brands actively contribute to sustainability. And you benefit from that.
The et.cetera project won both the Professional Award (votes from the business representatives), sponsored by AlticeLabs, and the Disruptive award (votes from faculty members, researchers, and business representatives), (sponsored by Ubiwhere).
Carolina Batista, Gabriel Ribeiro, Inês Sucena, Lara Mendes, Leonardo Coelho and Nathália Magalhães are the authors of et.cetera, which is a home management platform that allows the creation of collaborative shopping lists, using or not Artificial Intelligence. Additionally, it allows all members of the household to keep their bills up to date, thanks to the expense’s functionality, integrated with expenses associated with purchases.
