Three students at UW Bothell were in the national finals for the Imagine Cup , the prestigious Microsoft software contest. They were competing with 1l other teams from schools that include Stanford, University of California-Berkeley, MIT and Princeton.

Computing software systems seniors Darong Leng, Miyu Kimura and Shen Li (left to right) are team Convergent . It’s creating an “ultra-reality space” that puts people from different locations into the same space using multiple Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality devices.

Convergent’s Ultra Reality Space offers a new way of communication and resource sharing, helping clients to communicate more realistically regardless of physical location through VR in one shared space. Ultra Reality Space uses an Azure-hosted server that synchronizes user interactions and stores necessary data for a virtual environment.

Nearly 3,000 students signed up for the national competition this year. There are 34 students in the 12 remaining teams. The competition was held April 19-20 in Seattle. They also had an exhibition at Seattle Art Museum (SAM) to showcase their project to public.

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