Official announcement on Ricoh site

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Winner Announcement for RICOH THETA Dream and Built Contest

Tokyo, August 9, 2019 -- RICOH COMPANY LTD is pleased to announce the winner of an open application competition RICOH THETA Dream and Built contest.

The contest required developers to build applications that run inside the RICOH THETA V or RICOH THETA Z1 cameras. The Entries were judged in four categories: Most Innovative, to evaluate innovation value; Most Practical, to evaluate practicality; Most Inspiring, to evaluate originality; and Judge's Freestyle Favorite, in which each judge can express their own preference.

The winners are:

Most Innovative

• 1st place: Kasper Oerlemans “Authydra”
• 2nd place: Ed Oliver “THETA Magic Filter”
• 3rd place: Attila Tőkés “AI Assisted 360 Live View”

Most Practical

• 1st place: EarthCam Inc Developer “VR Site Tour Timelapse”
• 2nd place: jimmieD “Shutter Volume Control”
• 3rd place: Marco Herbst “Evercam Open Source Timelapse”

Most Inspiring

• 1st place: Cheese K “Make Smile Shutter”
• 2nd place: Vincent Wong “Fast CV Painting”
• 3rd place: Amine Amri “Voice Activated Trigger”

Judge’s Freestyle

• 1st place: Imeve “Avatour”
• 2nd place: Prof. Jaime Andrés Rincón Arango “THETA Robot”
• 3rd place: Jorge André Hernández González Rubio “Magic Sound BOX”

About Ricoh
Ricoh is empowering digital workplaces using innovative technologies and services enabling individuals to work smarter. For more than 80 years, Ricoh has been driving innovation and is a leading provider of document management solutions, IT services, commercial and industrial printing, digital cameras, and industrial systems. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in approximately 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ended March 2019, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 2,013 billion yen (approx. 18.1 billion USD). For further information, please visit www.ricoh.com