ＡＬＩＣＥ是一個創新的三維(3D)編程環境。用戶能夠容易地通過創建動畫來講故事、玩互動遊戲，或在網上分享影片。在Alice編程環境裡，三維物件（例如人，動物以及運載工具等）組成了一個虛擬的世界。程序員可以設計一個程式令到物件移動、轉動、改變顏色、響應滑鼠等等。在Alice的人機交互的互動介面裡(見圖一)，程序員可以通過拖放圖塊去創造一個三維程式，而此程式的指令與一些以產品導向的編程語言，如Java，C++以及C#是相互對應的。[來源： www.alice.org]

此次三維編程比賽是由澳門理工學院所舉辦，主要目的是推動資訊科技的應用、培育資訊科技人才及對資訊科技的興趣、從而促進資訊科技在澳門的發展。

ALICE is an innovative 3-D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. In ALICE, 3-D objects (e.g., people, animals, and vehicles) populate a virtual world and programmers can create a program to animate the objects, which can move, spin, change color, react to the mouse, and more. In ALICE's interactive interface (see the figure below), programmers can drag and drop graphic tiles to create a 3-D program, where the instructions correspond to standard statements in a production oriented programming language, such as Java, C++, and C#. [Source: www.alice.org]

A 3D programming contest organized by Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) and the main objective is to promote the application of IT and cultivate IT talents and interests with an aim to facilitate IT development in Macao.