AR/VR Hackathon 1.0
1360 Registered
Allowed team size:
1 - 3
1360 Registered
Allowed team size:
1 - 3
Winners are announced.
Prototype Submission
Online
starts on:
Mar 30, 2020, 01:30 PM UTC (UTC)
ends on:
May 24, 2020, 06:25 PM UTC (UTC)
Winners
1st Prize Winner
3rd Prize Winner
echoAR
Overview
Announcement
Please find the AMA session recording below
Hacking is building things that you always wanted to have but no one has built yet. It's to come up with an amazing idea and work tirelessly on it. To fail, fail again and fail better. Try out new things and learn while doing it. Work together, collaborate and build things that are innovative. Become a better programmer.
With that spirit, HackerEarth is conducting a hackathon - AR/VR Hackathon 1.0 and invites all developers and hackathon enthusiasts to participate in an interesting and engaging hackathon.
AR & VR are dubbed to be the next big thing in technology after the Blockchain boom. What better way to seize the opportunity. Build your own AR/VR products for the Market. We are presenting you the very First Edition of HackerEarth AR/VR Hackathon.
What's in it for you?
Winners will get a chance to showcase their AR/VR Apps on this same site along with exciting prizes. Even if you don't win, you will get a chance to learn how to build cool AR/VR apps from scratch.
Join our Slack channel to connect with the mentors and organizers and receive guidance in building your prototypes!
Who can participate in this hackathon?
This hackathon is open to all developers and hackathon enthusiasts. Register for this exciting hackathon presented by HackerEarth to showcase your skills in AR/VR. Work together, collaborate, and build things that are innovative. Be a better programmer.
What are we looking for in the submission?
We are looking for prototypes that are innovative, technologically advanced and unique. Most importantly, we are looking for applications that help fuel innovation, industry growth and economy. We encourage you to make submissions that are brand new, out of the box and with a unique selling point.
Themes
Gaming
As of 2015, the gaming industry is worth 111 billion dollars. While console games are still preferred by most avid gamers today, the number of PC and mobile gamers are equally high. With close to a million games on both Android and iOS, games are the most popular category of apps on the mobile platform. Multiplayer and web enabled games on PC has only seen more adoption year on year. To think that both these platforms are less than 10 years old only means one thing - there’s a huge wave coming for mobile developers. Are you going to ride it?
AR/VR is dubbed the future of technology, whereas gaming is the future of AR/VR. Build your very own AR/VR game.
Participants can also use echo AR's 3D-ready cloud platform which helps teams manage and deliver AR/VR content to apps and devices everywhere and build their very own AR/VR game.
Please refer to the echoAR Guide to understand how to use the platform.
To claim the 1-month business tier access, please ensure you register to the echoAR platform using the following link
Open Innovation
We are on the threshold of a compelling, expansive, and imagination-inspiring time. Through AR/VR you can extend reality and experience by merging the physical and virtual world, fundamentally changing the way we live, work, and play.
Ideate and create a prototype on anything in the domain of AR/VR to help businesses scale.
Participants have an option to use echo AR's 3D-ready cloud platform to build their prototypes. The platform has the capability to help teams manage and deliver AR/VR content to apps and devices everywhere.
Please refer to the echoAR Guide to understand how to use the platform.
To claim the 1-month business tier access, please ensure you register to the echoAR platform using the following link
Prizes USD 325 in prizes
Main Prizes
1st Prize Winner
USD 150
2nd Prize Winner
USD 100
3rd Prize Winner
USD 75
Special Prizes
echoAR
USD 100
The winners of this special Prize category get a reward of 100$ and a free 3-month subscription to the Business Tier Plan of echoAR.
Participants have to make use of the echoAR cloud to be eligible for this prize.
Help & Support
Please contact event admin
Naveen Hegde at naveen.hegde@hackerearth.com
Naveen Hegde at naveen.hegde@hackerearth.com
