About
Metaverse Masters, a Microsoft-sponsored hackathon in collaboration with HACKMASTERS, will be hosted at the world's biggest coding and development networking event, Global DevSlam, at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
It is time to use new technologies to re-imagine a more sustainable world for future generations. The metaverse brings a whole new paradigm shift for how we think about sustainability. The Metaverse Masters hackathon challenges developers to reinvent the future world we speak of, using Microsoft Azure and metaverse technologies. The top 200 developers will hack and reveal futuristic concepts that define: sustainability solutions. How do we make new planet friendly solutions to re-invent and enhance the following sectors: tourism, food and smart cities by reducing carbon footprints and improving quality of life.
If you haven't already, sign up to Metaverse Masters by completing the typeform linked here.
Challenges:
Challenge 1 - Tourism
How to redefine the tourist experience of visiting Dubai by maximising visitor enjoyment while minimising carbon footprint?
Challenge 2 - Food
How to minimise food waste by giving people contextual insight into the nutritional value and the carbon footprint of the food they are about to buy?
Challenge 3 - Virtual spaces
How to redefine the virtual spaces for new ways of human interaction in ways that minimise the carbon footprint of energy, mobility and education?
Teams:
You must disclose your teams here, on Devpost, by 6pm GST Saturday 8th Oct.
Or bear the consequences...
Dates
HACKDAY 11th October
At GlobalDevSlam, in Dubai World Trade Centre, you'll present your ideas!
If you are creating a HoloLens solution, please bear in mind that only top HoloLens ideas, submitted by 10th Oct, will receive the opportunity to hack with the HoloLens.
Which tools I can use?
For your project to qualify for the hackathon, it must incorporate the most recent publicly-available version of one of these tools:
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MRTK for development with Unity |
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The Mixed Reality Toolkit for Unity is a Microsoft-maintained, Microsoft-driven, open-source project that provides a wide variety of UX building blocks for mixed reality development including the following:
Projects should use MRTK 2.7+. This will give you the option of a lighter-weight solution by letting you to select only the components of the toolkit that you need. New theming and databinding features, powerful new interaction systems, and an updated design language will make it even easier to update your app’s look and add polish. Plus, native OpenXR support makes it even easier to target HoloLens, Oculus Quest, Windows Mixed Reality, and future OpenXR devices. |
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StereoKit for development with C# |
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StereoKit is a code-first, open-source library for building mixed reality experiences using C# and OpenXR. It addresses some of the most common and challenging aspects of MR development including UI, inputs, interactions, physics, shaders/material systems, working with text, asset loading, and much more. You may be surprised at just how much you can accomplish in MR with just a single line of code! Projects using StereoKit can be viewed on HoloLens 2, desktop, or any VR device with the OpenXR runtime (e.g. Oculus Quest, Windows Mixed Reality, etc.).
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Azure AI |
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Discover Azure AI—a portfolio of AI services designed for developers and data scientists. Take advantage of the decades of breakthrough research, responsible AI practises, and flexibility that Azure AI offers to build and deploy your own AI solutions. Access high-quality vision, speech, language, and decision-making AI models through simple API calls, and create your own machine learning models with tools like Jupyter Notebooks, Visual Studio Code, and open-source frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch
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Requirements
What to Submit
Submissions to the hackathon must meet the following requirements:
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Include a Project built with one of the required developer tools and technologies.
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Include a text description that should explain the features and functionality of your Project.
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Include a 90 second presentation video of your Project, or a Powerpoint presentation - we strongly advise including a demo/prototype section.
Submission deadline is 5pm (Gulf Standard Time), 10th October. Minor edits can be made on HACKDAY.
Prizes
OVERALL WINNER
Mentorship opportunities for winning team, with the Microsoft product team, plus exclusive Microsoft gear. More information coming soon... TBC.
MOST CREATIVE CONCEPT
The HACKMASTERS prize - an all expenses paid trip to our London Studio for the team with most creative concept.
BEST HOLOLENS DESIGN
Winners will receive the opportunity to join Founders Hub, Microsoft's new, innovative platform offering support at every stage of idea development. TBC.
MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY IMPACTFUL
Product Discovery and Design workshop with 100hours of complementary UX/UI Design, courtesy of Wolfpack Digital.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Kirsten O'Neill
Director Customer Experience at The Red Sea Development Company
Carlos Montana
Chair of Research
Sebastian Wagner
Head of Strategy at Dubai Airports
Ksenia Ternavskykh
Metaverse and Mixed Reality Lead, Microsoft Middle East and Africa
Ciprian Pasca
MENTOR - Founder & President Proptech Romania
Lukas Johnston
MENTOR - CEO and founder of Umber
Justina Klyvienė
MENTOR - Founder of Future Leadership Innovation Lab
Diana Dobra
MENTOR - CEO & Software Engineer
Jonathan Jones
MENTOR - Director Of Digital Services at BOXXED
Adrian Florian
MENTOR - CTO at Wolfpack Digital
Ionuț Moldovanu
MENTOR - Founder of IoT Bucharest
Cristiana Bogățeanu
MENTOR - Business Mentor and Start-up Advisor
Christopher Johansson
MENTOR - Senior Producer
Christian Glessner
MENTOR - Hololux CEO
Zaid Zaim
MENTOR - Mixed Reality Catalyst at Hololux GmbH | Microsoft MVP
Ahmad Uzair
MENTOR - IntelPeek Senior Software Engineer
Hadeel Shubair
MENTOR - Regional Cloud Advocate & Data Analytics Engineer
Vesa Nopanen
MENTOR - Sulava, Principal Consultant on Metaverse and Future Work
Catalin Popa
MENTOR - Azure Cloud Solutions Architect
Usama Khan
MENTOR - Chief Technology Officer
Mircea Helici
MENTOR - Materials and Processes Evaluation Engineer
Ahmed Fardan
MENTOR - Fintech Entrepreneur
Maria Zyryanova
MENTOR - Head of Strategy
Saeed Motamed
MENTOR - Cloud Solution Architect
Kirsty Charleson
MENTOR - Global Product Director in Microsoft, Global Events
Minhaj Mehmood
MENTOR - Head of Technology at BankOnUs
Jakob Wilderberg
MENTOR - Head of Group Digital Management at GAC Group
Martin Wallgren
MENTOR - Group CIO at GAC Group
Amulya Vishwanath
MENTOR - Developer Relations Leader for Middle East & Africa at NVIDIA
Oleg Ovcharenko
MENTOR - Solutions Architect at NVIDIA
Tilila El Moujahid
MENTOR - Data & AI Lead at Microsoft
Judging Criteria
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1. Impact
How much impact (quality and quantity) can this project have? Does it solve a big problem or a little problem? Will it inspire or help many, or a few? -
2. Creativity and Innovation
How creative/innovative is the approach? Is the project novel and something that hasn't been attempted before, or is it an incremental improvement on something that already exists? -
3. Technical Feasibility and Implementation Quality
Is the solution technically feasible? Will it do what it sets out to do? Can it work in the real world? -
4. Relevance
Is this project responsive to the challenge for which it was submitted? Is it a complete solution or does it have a long way to go? Is it technically feasible? How usable or user friendly is the solution? Is it an environmentally sustainable idea? -
5. Presentation
How well did the team communicate their project? Were they effective in telling the story of the project: the challenge, the solution, and why is it important?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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