Dates: The applicants can submit their applications until May 6th, 2022.

Eligibility

  • Attendees from all backgrounds, genders, and geographies are welcome. There is no age restriction to attending the hackathon. In case you are under 18, your parents/legal guardian should contact the hackathon to request a waiver authorizing you to attend the hackathon and submit their plan for your attendance and transportation to and from the hackathon.

  • Committee members are not eligible to participate in the hackathon. They may, however, assist team mentors during the coding/development phase.

  • This hackathon is organized for countries in Africa only.

Project and Submission Requirements

  • This VR month aims to fule education, tourism, art, and health with VR technology. 

  • No development may start before the actual date and time of the event. Any teams that violate this rule will be automatically disqualified. The first line of code should be written on or after Thursday, May 19, 2022, at 8 pm after the team has registered. However, we encourage you to brainstorm ideas and create wireframes/mockups via our private Facebook group.

  • Any software development tools, game engine, IDE, and/or programming language can be used for the event. If a team member uses a purchased tool licensed to him or her and the license is not transferable to other members the member’s team must choose one available to all developer teams.

  • To ensure a level field for all contestants, all code must be created only at the hackathon. You are permitted to use publicly developed and openly licensed API’s and SDKs for your project.

  • You will only be able to use a pre-public release of a product in developing your project if you bring at least one extraversion that can be used by other teams in the Hackathon, and provide any user support needed to teams using the device.

  • Project design/assets can be created prior to the start date of the hackathon. All assets should conform to the Creative Commons License agreement standard or are freely available and you have permission or license to use them. Proof of permission must be given upon request.

  • Assets, SDKs, APIs, or other tools or components available under a trial license may be used.

  • A team can submit only one entry for the hackathon. Participation at the hackathon is subjected on a “per-team” basis meaning you are not allowed to be on more than one team at the event.

  • Any intellectual property developed during and within the scope of the hackathon must be open source and licensed under one of the licenses Institute of France’.

  • The license selected by the team must be clearly listed in code or design  (page per page) or a generic page announcing the license the application adheres to. The public code or publicly available arts used inside your application should also list the licenses the code is subjected to.

  • A team can use multiple licenses in the application. For example, the public code used could be licensed under the Apache license agreement whereas the code written by the team for the application is licensed under the Institute of France’s license agreement.

  • A team may develop contents or VR that violate the code of conduct. For example, Racially insensitive ideas for a VR  will automatically be disqualified.

Prizes

We will have three winners, and they will get packages offered at the space. The prizes are listed accordingly.

  1. First place holders

  • Three-month lab access, project support, tech support, access to exclusive opportunities

  1. Second place holders 

  • Two Month access to a lab with free WiFi,  follow up,  access to exclusive opportunities

  1. Third place holders 

  • One  month of lab access and free wifi and follow up and  access to exclusive opportunities

Judging Criteria and Winner Selection

  • The team lead must list a mobile phone number and email address  on the team DevPost page (after judging is complete the number may be removed)

  • All team members will be listed with brief biographies.

  • Short abstract of the project

  • The hackathon theme is fueling tourism and education with VR.

  • Team location. (We need to find you to judge your project)

  • The platform, e.g. HTC Vive, Hololens, Oculus Quest 2,  etc.

  • The development tools used to build the project

  • SDKs used in the project, include sponsors WayRay, ESRI, AutoDesk, and PTC/Vuforia

  • APIs used in the project

  • Any assets used in the project

  • Any libraries used in the project

  • Any components not created at the hackathon

  • A link to the team Github repository

  • A link to a video of a screen capture of the application on Youtube.

Attendee Code of Conduct

  • Our hackathon is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, previous hackathon attendance, or computing experience (or lack of any of the aforementioned). We do not tolerate harassment of hackathon participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery are not appropriate for any hackathon venue, including hacks, talks, workshops, parties, social media, and other online media. Hackathon participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the hackathon at the discretion of the hackathon organizers.

  • Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, photography or audio/video recording against reasonable consent, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention. Photography is encouraged, but other participants must be given a reasonable chance to opt out of being photographed. If they object to the taking of their photograph, comply with their request. It is inappropriate to take photographs in contexts where people have a reasonable expectation of privacy.

  • Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. As this is a hackathon, we like to explicitly note that the hacks created at our hackathon are equally subject to the anti-harassment policy. Sponsors and partners are also subject to the anti-harassment policy. In particular, sponsors should not use sexualized images, activities, or other material. Sponsor representatives (including volunteers) should not use sexualized clothing/ uniforms/costumes or otherwise, create a sexualized environment. If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a member of the hackathon staff immediately. Hackathon staff will be happy to help participants contact any local security or local law enforcement, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing harassment to feel safe for the duration of the hackathon. We value your attendance. If a participant engages in harassing behavior, the hackathon organizers may take any action they deem appropriate. This includes warning the offender, expulsion from the hackathon with no refund (if applicable), or reporting their behavior to local law enforcement. We expect participants to follow these rules at hackathons and workshop venues and hackathon-related social events.