A team of COMP Year 4 students has proudly won the Second Prize in the Qidi Track (啓迪賽道) at the 10th China Collegiate Computing Contest – Mobile Application Innovation Contest (MAIC), held in Hangzhou in November 2025. Jointly organised by Apple and Zhejiang University, the prestigious event is highly competitive, attracting nearly 40,000 contestants from over 1,000 universities across China. The team represented Hong Kong on the national stage after securing the 1st Prize at the MAIC Hong Kong Regional Final on 4 July 2025. Team Members: LI Kwan To (Leader), LI Chun Fung and LIAN Jiongning Supervisor: Prof. NG Hiu Fung Peter, COMP Assistant Professor Project: MemoSpace: A Digital Memory Platform MemoSpace is an innovative system that explores how immersive technologies can support the preservation and re-experience of personal memories through spatial computing. The project connects guided data capture with immersive visualisation through two core components: "MemoLens" and "MemoSpace." MemoLens is an AR-based interface that uses real-time visual guidance to help first-time users capture high-quality video data for 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) scene reconstruction. The captured data is then experienced through the MemoSpace application on the Apple Vision Pro, which presents the reconstructed 3D scenes in an immersive environment. Featuring spatial video integration, portal-based navigation between scenes, and intuitive controls, the project successfully lowers the barrier to advanced 3D reconstruction, making content creation and memory preservation accessible to everyone. Beyond their success in the competition, the team gained invaluable experience through a series of high-profile events leading up to the finals. Over the summer, they attended the MAIC 2025 Summer Training Camp in Hangzhou, an intensive program focused on product refinement. During the camp, they visited the Alibaba (Taobao) headquarters for industry sharing sessions and were selected as one of only five teams to participate in the final mock defence, providing them with high-level exposure and expert evaluation. Furthermore, on 29 October, the team showcased their project at the Diocesan Girls’ School AI Technology Exhibition. During the event, they had the distinct honour of presenting MemoSpace to Prof. SUN Dong, JP, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of the HKSAR Government. The positive feedback from Prof. Sun, along with valuable interactions with teachers, parents, and students, provided the team with crucial insights into user experience and product design, ultimately contributing to the final refinement of their award-winning system.
