The 3M Inspire Challenge is on the hunt for great ideas in Innovation, Sustainability, and Technology to create a more positive world and add value to 3M's business and customers.
Team CHARMMM of four RMIT Vietnam students formed by Minh An and Chien entered the challenge with a 3M 360° Virtual Store idea which will give customers a fully immersive experience, complete with interactive 3D products, virtual tours, and science and community activities to engage customers.
“Our virtual store features, including 360 view and 3D objects, AI tour guide, and pop-up description, can help 3M convey the sustainable/innovative value of its products better as well as giving customers a brand-new virtual reality (VR) experience to make the process of finding products more tailored and interactive,” Minh An explained.
“It can be applied post-COVID to integrate online and offline store to improve customer experience significantly.”
Team CHARMMM was praised for their detailed implementation plan by many judges and took home the first runner-up tittle at a very competitive regional final recently.
The duo is very grateful for the mentoring that they received throughout the preparation for both competitions.
“Immense support and worthwhile feedback from our RMIT seniors and lecturers, and our industry mentors, helped us sharpen our ideas and bring it to life,” Minh An said.
Minh An and other five RMIT students from FinTech Club have just won the theme prize "Identity & Privacy" in the international round, in addition to being the first runner-up of the national round of the International Blockchain Olympiad 2021 with a Blockchain project that combats child trafficking. The competition has attracted 600 teams from 59 countries.
Return to their normal role, the RMIT FinTech club current President and Head of Business Department are now busy planning their next major club event in semester 3 2021, the FinTech Blockchain Forum.
Story: Ha Hoang