List of hackathons about video-games in 2016

Developers, designers, project managers, and other technologists or creative types! Are you a fan of virtual and augmented reality? Come on down and participate in the Immersive Tech NI Hackathon and Launch Party! Work individually, or collaborate with a team, to design and build an idea around Immersive Technology in Education. Work with the most creative minds in Northern Ireland to explore and expand the possibilities created by immersive technologies, including virtual and augmented reality.

VR and AR hackers! Are you interested in graphics, 3D modelling, film, education, sound design, or game design? Come and participate in Immersive Hack: Sydney—the first Augmented and Virtual Reality Hackathon. Come and learn about VR & AR immersive technologies and get hands-on experience with AR/VR design and development. Come and collaborate to conceptualise or prototype your own AR/VR idea!

Developers, designers, project managers, or simply just a tech-head! Interested in learning about, exploring and creating VR and AR apps? AT&T Developer Program invites you to participate in the AT&T VR/AR Hackathon being held in San Francisco. Hang out with like-minded individuals and hack and build mobile apps! Compete for some great prizes as you build stunning AR and VR apps!

Digital game enthusiasts! Think you can design an awesome game that has social relevance? Come along and showcase your techie and design skills at the 2016 Startup Hackathon Monterey Bay. This three-day technology development competition features a "Game-a-thon", where you will collaborate to create Digital Games that solve community problems. You'll work in a team to design and create a game that addresses one of the community problems that will be presented to you.

Yeshiva University students! Sign up for Invent:YU Israel, a 24-hour hackathon where you'll team up to turn your ideas into tangible products. Build anything from apps and websites to robots and drones to win prizes. This year's hackathon is in collaboration with the YU Tamid Group and YU Israel Club. The hackathon will include a tech fair of Israeli startup companies, where you will learn more about Israel's tech community.

Interested in how the Sharing Economy applies to Insurance? Come and participate in the InsurTech Hackathon. Apply your skills and creativity to show how an insurance business model can be based on trust, authenticity, and transparency. Collaborate with like-minded hackers to use technologies like chatbots, drones, VR/AR, or AI/machine learning to create solutions to challenges posed by Insurtech's corporate insurance sponsors.

The Nordic VR Hackathon focuses on bringing together some of the most skilled and intelligent hackers from around Europe to create in the name of virtual reality. If virtual reality is something you are interested in and you feel you have what it takes to compete, then join this community driven event to develop cutting edge hardware and software technologies for full immersion.

Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are making waves in the technology world. If you're really interested in VR and AR, come and attend an exciting panel discussion, with a line-up packed with experts from both the world of technology and business. You'll have an opportunity to try the latest AR/VR technology, including Microsoft's long-awaited HoloLens, and the most advanced VR HTC Vive.

Join hundreds of other programmers, developers, and business minds at the Tech Crunch Beijing Hackathon, followed by two days of talks and panels by entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, startups, and professionals from various fields as they discuss the newest topics in the tech industry including robotics, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and more!

Fintech Hackers! Come and participate in Money20/20 Hackathon—the premier event for the world’s best developers. Bring your team and battle for $125K in cash prizes and international notoriety as you are challenged to showcase your skills and vision using the APIs, SDKs and other tools from today’s leading payments and financial services innovators. This year’s sponsor challenges include: »Feedzai: Leverage Feedzai’s API and other data services to build the best risk management decision use case. »First Data: Find the most creative use of First Data APIs. »Ingenico: Come up with a new commerce experience using Ingenico SDKs in one (or more!) of these areas: In-store, Online, or Mobile »Modo: Use Modo’s handcrafted API to develop something awesome. »Synchrony Financial: Use Synchrony API’s to build an experience that surprises and delights. »Vantiv: Solve one of the world's grandest challenges—global warming, food growth/distribution, space travel, medicine, science, etc. »Visa: Create mind-blowing experiences to rapidly expand commerce by mashing Visa APIs with other technology and open APIs. »Worldpay: Develop an innovative application or solution that enhances a consumer’s purchase experience (instore or online).