Projects
Most students haven’t developed a project idea before they arrive in VeloCity. But once they get here, students are encouraged to form a team and develop an idea that’s a good match for their skills and interests. Teams are then matched with advisors who can help get projects off on the right track. A Project Exhibition is held at the end of each term so that teams can show off their work.
Some projects are focused on hardware design and others software development. Others are less technical and focus on multimedia content and graphic design. Some of the projects that the current term (Winter 2010) residents project descriptions can be found on our blog post about VeloCity 101.
Current term:
Previous terms:
(some links may be broken as students have moved on to other projects)
| Project | Description |
| Grocerus | A location-aware web application that helps users create grocery lists and find the best prices for items on that list in their area. |
| Gruup | A web application that lets its users do group purchases of items for volume discounts. |
| Sparknav | A mobile navigation application with a twist: it’s for finding your way around indoor or enclosed spaces, such as malls, airports, university campuses and amusement parks. |
| Emoshion | A mobile app that provides “location-based high-end fashion news”. |
| Find It Off Campus | A web application that helps University of Waterloo students find off-campus housing. |
| Szello Mobile | A consultancy that does mobile UI design and provides a mobile UI development kit. |
| Fading Hearts / Magical Aces | Two projects: Fading Hearts is an anime-style multimedia “choose your own adventure” story-game. Magical Aces is a 2-D vertical shooter arcade game (in the style of Raiden) with manga-inspired story elements. |
| Ufansi | A web application that connects charities with donors, keeps donors apprised of their charities’ activities and helps to lower charities’ administrative costs. |
| Giftah | A web application that creates a marketplace for retailers’ gift certificates and gift cards. |
| ClassAlbum | A web application for managing class schedules and finding vacant classrooms. |
| Comic Battle | A multiplayer Flash-based online fighting game. |
| My Story | An “online platform where authors can share their creativity”. Authors can publish their stories, add media elements such as background music or voice-overs, get constructive feedback from their readers and even collect money for their stories. |
| CashIn | A wallet with an electronic component that acts as a financial advisor, tracking your spending and warning your spending is threatening to break your budget. |
| inPulse | A watch interface that acts as a secondary display for your mobile phone, allowing you to see caller ID, email and SMS messages or your calendar without having to fish your phone from your pocket or its holster. |
| Threadband | A 2-D casual game for the iPhone. |
| Metacast | A web application that combs the internet for video, places them into category-specific channels which can be viewed in a TV-like fashion. |
With the right mix of talent, mentors, facilities, ideas and ambition, VeloCity projects have all the critical ingredients needed for success.
