ABOUT
The VR Hackathon is an initiative that is part of Osmos Academy VR Passport, a campaign to bring people together to create VR experiences that will have a positive impact on others' lives.
We are excited to bring together developers, designers, and visual/graphics/sound artists to build apps. You will have the opportunity to create VR experiences for the VR Passport campaign - i.e. apps for sick kids stuck in hospitals or the elderly - or work on your own project within a team.
We'll have mentors with experience on different aspects of VR development during the two workshops and the hackathon. You will have access to our partner's, WearHacks, hardware library to work on your project and will be able to use Project Tango's Development kit - on its own or integrating it with wearables or Internet of Things devices.
What is Project Tango?
Project Tango's Development Kit brings motion tracking, depth perception and area learning to mobile devices. It gives a mobile device the ability to navigate the physical world similar to how we do as humans.
Tango Tablets are Android-based prototype devices with additional sensors that track 3D motion of the device and, with specialized camera sensors, create a 3D model of the environment around it. They also support Unity 3D.
APPLICATION PROCESS
https://osmosacademy.typeform.com/to/pZGevM
As we can only support a limited number of participants, there is an application process dependent on four criteria:
- Previous experience with developing on VR platforms
- Review of previous work
- Project proposal - what are you going to be working on
- General team makeup (e.h., engineers, designers, artists)
If you do not have a lot of experience with VR platforms but are extremely interested in learning and building something awesome, we are organizing two workshops for the hackathon participants. Why?
- Get familiar with Project Tango tablet dev kit and other wearables/VR/IoT devices before the day of the hackathon
- Find and start working with your team ahead of time. It's only 1 day...Let's optimize for as much hacking time as possible on the day of!
- Come to the hackathon ready to work on an already defined project!
Apply here: https://osmosacademy.typeform.com/to/pZGevM
Need to find a team to join? Use the Team Finder Signup Sheet here: http://bit.ly/1VZyyA9
SCHEDULE
Coming Soon!
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Let's Get In Touch!
For any questions and inquiries, feel free to contact us!
- Email: hello@osmosacademy.com
Find info @ http://osmosacademy.com/vr-hackathon too!