About the challenge

Jump into creating engaging content for the metaverse with the suite of platforms offered within ZapWorks Universal AR. We want you to use the SDK you are comfortable with with the ZapWorks Universal AR to create an AR experience painting a picture or telling a story of what the future will look like to you. You should focus on experiences for retail, social or education, get creative and think of how to make these engaging and exciting for the user.

 

About Zappar 

Since 2011 we've been helping brands, businesses and AR creators leverage augmented reality through our in-house creative studio and award-winning platform. We have empowered thousands of designers and developers around the world to create and instantly publish immersive and engaging AR content.

To enter this hackathon, you will need to create an AR experience using our ZapWorks Universal AR SDK.

All new users have access to a free 14-day trial which will allow you to create and publish your experiences. If you want to continue working on your experience, you will have access to our hobbyist plan which is free for life!

Requirements

What to Build

Create an AR experience with ZapWorks Universal AR that tells a story or paints a picture. We want you to consider “What does the future look like to you?” based on one of these prompts.  

  • Shopping - Design an AR experience for a product from the future  (think self lacing shoes, hoverboards, everything in Back to the Future!) 

  • Social - Design an AR experience of  a social interaction from the future  (think futuristic face filters, AR notice boards, AR postcards)

  • Education - Design an AR experience to show how education could look in the future (think of classroom learning, music lessons, workplace training from the future)

What to Submit

  • Include a text description that should explain the features and functionality of your project.

  • Access to your project: URL of the project (including QR code or Deep Link).

  • Provide a list of all platforms, asset libraries and tools used to create your AR experience.

  • Select the category you are submitting your project to and how it fits within the category.

  • Include a video (around 3 minutes) that explains and demonstrates your project in action. Videos must be uploaded to YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook Video, be available in English, and made public.
  • Your complete submission form on Devpost before the final deadline.

 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$15,000 in prizes

Grand Prize

• 5,000 in USD
• Social Promotion by Zappar
• Feature on ZapWorks Blog
• Become a standby AR dev for projects we are working on internally
• Access to our “little black book” of agencies
• Zappar Swag

Second Place

• $3,000 in USD
• Social Promotion by Zappar
• Feature on ZapWorks Blog
• Zappar Swag

Third Place

• $2,000 in USD
• Zappar Swag

Best Shopping Experience

The best experience displaying a product from the future (think self-lacing shoes, hoverboards, everything in Back to the Future!)

• $1,300 in USD
• Zappar Swag

Best Social Experience

The best experience which shows how social interaction from the future could look (think futuristic face filters, AR notice boards, AR postcards)

• $1,300 in USD
• Zappar Swag

Best Education Experience

The best experience which shows how education could look in the future (think of classroom learning, music lessons, workplace training from the future)

• $1,300 in USD
• Zappar Swag

Honorable Mention - Technical

This prize is for the experience our judges feel is technically excellent!

• $550 in USD
• Zappar Swag

Honorable Mention - Storytelling

This prize is for the experience our judges feel tells an excellent story!

• $550 in USD
• Zappar Swag

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Richard Hess

Richard Hess
Extended Reality (XR) Center of Excellence (CoE) Lead, at Mondelēz International

Andre Assalino

Andre Assalino
Executive Creative Director, Zappar

Emma Moore

Emma Moore
Product Marketing Manager

Dave Mather

Judging Criteria

  • Technological Implementation
    Does the interaction with ZapWorks Universal AR demonstrate quality software development?
  • Design
    Is the user experience and design of the project well thought out?
  • Potential Impact
    How big of an impact could the project have on the AR community?
  • Quality of the Idea
    How creative and unique is the project?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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