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

$6,100 in prizes

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

• Best VR Project of Show
  
• Best Web-based VR Project
  
• Best Looking VR Scene
  
• Best Full Body VR Experience
  
• Most Engaging Social VR Project
  
• Best Samsung 360 VR Scene
  
• Best VR Audio
  
• Best AR Project of Show
  
• People's Choice Award