AVRN Presents; Western Australia's First Virtual Reality Hackathon

WA's most exciting Hackathon of the year has arrived! Join us for a weekend to make history as we host Western Australia's first virtual reality hackathon. AVRN's VR Hackathon is a 51-hour hackathon event dedicated to both developing entertainment based experiences as well as applying VR to solve industry challenges.

Across the weekend, participants will work with leading entrepreneurs and mentors from the VR as well as startup community in Perth to produce an innovative solution to one of their challenges. To win the hackathon, it is imperative that you bring the most innovative, creative, and applicable ideas to the table. You don't have to be the most experienced developer, or have the best headset, to win.

The types of challenges will be focused prodominantly on entertainment and industry . Therefore you will be dealing with sensors, devices and remotes on mining sites and hacking away at new ideas. 

Each participant will be required to bring their own laptops and are encouraged to bring their own headsets. AVRN will be providing HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and GearVR headsets to share during testing periods. To consistently have access to a headset, it is encouraged to bring even just a Google Cardboard headset. 

Not a developer? No worries, you're welcome to participate if you're keen on the latest tech trends and the opportunity to experience and contribute to projects running on the Google Cardboard, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR headset.

More details to be released soon!

FAQs

Do I need a VR Headset?

No, but it would be more convienient for you so your team doesn't have to share headsets.

Do I need an insanely powerful laptop?

For development purposes, you just need to be able to run the latest version or UnityEngine or UnrealEngine, for testing and presentations, we will supply laptops which can run your project. You are encouraged to conduct independant research to check if your laptop is compatible with the VR headset you intend to work with.

Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event?

Anyone is welcome, and we encourage attendees across all ages. Attendees under 18 will require written parental consent to attend the Hackathon.

What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?

Parking is not provided by AVRN, but there are plenty of CPP bays which will be quite free during the early mornings of the weekend the Hackathon is running. Alternatively, as trains run late Friday and Saturday night, public transport may also be an option for you. It is strongly encouraged to check Transperth if you intent to use public transport. 

Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?

No, we will have an electronic database.

What is the refund policy?

Refunds can be given if cancelation is made 2 weeks prior to the event due to us needing to finalise catering requirements by this point..