Hyundai Motor, Kia Launch Vehicle App Development Contest to Expand External Developer Participation
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Hyundai Motor and Kia are launching a vehicle app development contest for external developers and will begin recruiting participants from the 21st.
The contest categories cover the full range of vehicle data-based services, including in-car entertainment, mobility life care, safe driving, family, and passenger care.
Applications run through November 15, and after the December app demonstration evaluation, 10 teams including grand prize, first prize, excellence prize, and special prize winners will be selected for total prize money of KRW 51 million.
Hyundai Motor and Kia are holding a vehicle app development contest for external developers. The contest was designed to discover in-car service ideas and vehicle data-based service ideas, and to connect them to actual vehicle app development. Hyundai Motor and Kia said they are launching the contest and recruiting participants from the 21st.
Hyundai Motor and Kia held an in-house hackathon in August and are now expanding participation to external developers. As a result, a broader range of developers, including graduate and undergraduate students, general developers, and startups, will be able to take part.
The contest categories cover the full range of vehicle data-based services, including in-car entertainment, mobility life care, safe driving, family, and passenger care.
Applications may be submitted by individuals or teams of up to 5 people.
Contest participants must plan services and develop apps using the SDK and API provided by 'Pleos Playground (Pleos Playground).' The main evaluation criterion will be whether the service can be implemented in an actual vehicle environment.
The application period runs through November 15, and participants must submit a service proposal. In November, teams that pass the document screening will advance, and in December, app demonstration evaluations will be held. The final winning teams will be selected after the December evaluation.
Hyundai Motor and Kia plan to select a total of 10 teams, including grand prize, first prize, excellence prize, and special prize winners, with total prize money of KRW 51 million. After receiving prize money, the winning teams will go through an exhibition content production and refinement process, and in early next year they will take part in a developer-related event for the final demonstration and official awards ceremony.
Hyundai Motor and Kia plan to review the possibility of launching actual services based on the outstanding ideas discovered through the contest. In addition, Hyundai Motor and Kia plan to continue improving the functions of Pleos Playground and expand the vehicle app development ecosystem.
An official at Hyundai Motor and Kia said the contest is intended as an opportunity for external developers to turn creative ideas into actual vehicle services. The official added that the company plans to continue supporting the development of diverse in-car services using vehicle data and to expand the vehicle app ecosystem together with developers.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=408547
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