Cogswell student-designed virtual reality app is named Best in Show by Google’s 2015 Project Tango Developer competition.
SAN JOSE, CA -- Cogswell College, a historic, 600-student educational institution offering a unique curriculum fusing Digital Art, Engineering and Entrepreneurship, has announced that an original app designed by students of the school was just named “Best In Show” by Google’s 2015 “Project Tango Developer” Contest.
The “Best in Show” app, entitled “WeR Cubed – Tango Edition,” was created by Cogswell College students Christian Sasso and Steven Ulrich. The app had originally been named as a Finalist in the Google contest under the Category: ENTERTAINMENT. The game was developed under the auspices of Sasso’s company, HeroicArcade.
A second Cogswell College student developed app, called “Acoustic Room Modes Calculator,” created by Cogswell College student Caleb Madsen, with coding assistance by fellow Cogswell student Dylan Hart, had also been named as a Finalist in the Google Project Tango Contest, under the Category: UTILITY.
“We are extremely thrilled and proud of Christian and Steve for their remarkable work in conceiving and producing this ‘Best in Show’ app!” said Dr. Deborah Snyder, President, Cogswell College. “The fact that they earned this recognition out of well over a hundred submissions from around the world, many by professionals and not just students, is clear evidence of their creativity, technical expertise, and originality. They represent a terrific example of the kinds of unique thinking our students are capable of presenting to the world.”
Adds John Duhring, Cogswell’s Vice President of Marketing, “The success of Christian Sasso and Steve Ulrich’s ‘WeR Cubed’ original app points out another critical note of differentiation about our school’s approach. Christian and Steve teamed up for last year's Global Game Jam at Cogswell, then modified their concept after Google came on campus and tested their Tango code lab on our students. The fact that this remarkable student project was just named ‘Best in Show’ by Google’s Project Tango Contest is proof positive that our approach yields industry-quality results.”
“We are so proud and happy, and the support and encouragement we've gotten from everyone at Cogswell has really been fantastic,” said Steven Ulrich and Christian Sasso, creators of WeR Cubed – Tango Edition.
Source: Cogswell College
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
