List of hackathons in Fountain Valley, United States in 2018

Gaming enthusiasts in Southern California! You're invited to come and participate in the Ventura County location of Global Game Jam — the world's largest game jam event, where you can collaborate with like-minded individuals to create awesome new games! You're invited to explore new technology tools and testing your skills by designing, creating and testing your own new game — all in less than 48 hours.

Developers, designers, and creators in Los Angeles and Southern California! Are you interested in entertainment and love to code? If so, the AT&T Developer Program invites you to participate in the AT&T Entertainment Hackathon - Los Angeles. You'll be given 24 hours to imagine, design and prototype an innovative app that will disrupt the way people experience, consume, or create content. Come with your team, or join one at the event. Collaborate and compete to win prizes for best entertainment app, best next-gen advertising solution, or best video/game.

360/VR is blowing up! This futuristic method of story-telling is unlike traditional filmmaking as we know it.  Samy’s Photo School is now offering hands-on training experience to teach the fundamentals of successfully creating your very own VR/360 immersive videos. During this workshop, Sherrie Robertson will explore various aspects of 360/VR storytelling including scripting, perspective, interactivity, working with actors, spatialized sounds and storyboarding.  There will be a hands-on overview of the essential 360/VR equipment including an introduction to building 360 worlds with cameras, tripods and rigs. Participants will plan a project and then the will work as a team to create a short 360 experience. The workshop will conclude with a brief introduction to 360 editing, plug-ins and stitching as well as an overview on publishing and distributing your new 360 piece. No prior knowledge is necessary.  All VR production equipment will be provided during the workshop.  Participants must bring their own WIFI ready laptop with the operating system updated to its latest version.  It is recommended, but not required, that participants bring an external hard drive.  It is necessary to sign up for a free 7-day trial of Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere). Instructor Bio:  Sherrie’s recent collaborators in 360/VR include: Immersiv, Dashwood Cinema Solutions, and WeLens. Past clients in traditional film include Red Bull, Body Mints, Fuel Television (Fox), First Hawaiian Bank, Ma Cher, and Triple Crown of Surfing.  Sherrie has also won several awards for her Virtual Reality storytelling/producing work including “Best in Show” at the SF VR hackaton and “Best Design” Google’s Project Tango hackathon. She has two 360 documentaries that are beginning to screen at various festivals around the globe as well. Dramatic feature script, Juke Box Hero, is a two-time Sundance Feature Film Lab finalist currently in post-production. She also produced/directed action sports surf movies that were picked up for U.S. and international distribution.

I can't wait to call that toll free number! - says no one ever. We believe that long phone calls, touch tone menus, voicemail, and foreign operators who take up your valuable time, only to send you back to an American representative, are a thing of the past. Teams will compete with $5,000 going to the winner, $2k to 2nd, $1k to 3rd as well as $100 Amazon gift card just for showing up to build the next generation text message customer service experience.

A full day workshop for experienced "TouchDesigneurs":Immersive full body interaction with Microsoft Kinect. Taught by Will Michaelsen, a.k.a. CutMod (http://cutmod.com/), an interactive designer and creative technologist based in Los Angeles. Will has been specializing in Kinect-based TouchDesigner installations since 2014. Deeply linked music with TDAbleton, TouchDesigner's new connection package for Ableton Live. Taught by Ivan DelSol, the author of TDAbleton. Ivan works directly with Derivative building TouchDesigner systems with a focus on Python and custom Component features.A quick hackathon putting these two technologies together. What sort of weird full body instruments can we make?------------------------------------------------------------------------------The workshop will take place in a new creative technology workspace on the top floor of the historic Alameda Tower (built 1925), in the heart of downtown LA's produce market district.  Ticket includes dinner