Overview
This community driven event is focused on bringing together the brightest minds around San Francisco and the Bay area interested in virtual reality and related technologies to develop innovative hardware and software solutions, have fun, and help build out the future of immersive technologies.
We encourage entrants to bring their own hardware to work with. Thank you to our amazing sponsors, Microsoft, Web3D Consortium, EnfluxVR, Samsung, Nvidia, and AltspaceVR. Microsoft will be providing Hololenses, and Enflux will be providing EnfluxVR suits to develop full-body experiences.
What is the VR Hackathon?
The VR Hackathon provides an exploratory environment where disruption, innovation, and creative ideas are brought to life. It looks to bring together crowd sourced knowledge for the advancement of virtual reality and complementary technologies.
Where and When?
Microsoft Reactor, December 2-4
Schedule
Thursday
location: Razer's SF Office
18:30 VR Meetup / Mixer
19:15 Presentations
20:00 Networking
21:00 Adjourn
Friday
18:00 VR Meetup (Demos and presentations)
19:30 Program kick off (Presentations)
20:00 Hackathon Kickoff/Lightning Rounds/Team Formations
22:00 Adjourn
Saturday
9:00 Registration / Breakfast
10:00 Hackathon begins & Morning announcements
13:00 Lunch
19:00 Dinner
22:00 Adjourn for the evening
Sunday
9:00 Breakfast
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Hacking Concludes / Team Presentations & Judging
16:00 Winner announcements
16:15 Hacker Expo
18:00 Doors Close
Eligibility
Individuals, teams, and organizations.
Requirements
If you have project categories or sponsor prizes please send them to support@devpost.com. Include the name of your hackathon, the category name (e.g., sponsor prizes), all of the options, and indicate whether or not hackers can select one or multiple options.
Prizes
$6,100 in prizes
2 Enflux suits + $400 cash
Best VR
Best AR
1 Enflux suit + $200 cash
Enflux T-shirts
Best Social VR
2nd Best Social VR
3rd best Social VR
Best Audio
2nd best Audio
3rd Best Audio
Best Web 3d
Best Looking
Best X3D
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
Developers must officially sign up here: http://vrhackathon.com/san_francisco.html
People interested in working with Enflux suits can fill out our form here: https://goo.gl/forms/qXSE2zNAMNGURktc2
Judges
Judging Criteria
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Best VR Project of Show
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Best Web-based VR Project
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Best Looking VR Scene
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Best Full Body VR Experience
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Most Engaging Social VR Project
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Best Samsung 360 VR Scene
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Best VR Audio
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Best AR Project of Show
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People's Choice Award
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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