What The hack? 

What The Hack @ SUTD is a 24-hour hackathon that aims to bring together people of multiple disciplines and provide them with the opportunity and resources to jumpstart their ideas.

Come solo or come as a team!
Gather your fellow hackers into a team, or form teams on the day itself! Your team can have a maximum of 4 members. Alternatively, you can go at the themes solo too! Who knows? You might be able to win a prize all by yourself!

What you get out of What The Hack:

  • Stand to win attractive prizes!
  • Prototype your very own VR experience!
  • Network with our sponsors from the industry!

Immersive Realities

This year’s theme is Immersive Realities, an umbrella term for AR, VR, and MR*, and even more! While purists may use the term Extended Reality, we extend our scope to include realities that aren't strictly defined by these categories, so by no means are you restricted solely to VR and AR hacks! The theme is divided into three categories, each with its own prize! 

Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Realities

Eligibility

Participants: Anyone who wants to hack! Participants over 18 will need to submit a consent form signed by their parents or guardians. 

Requirements

Submit a brief write up about your project. Talk about your ideation process, the novel aspects of your prototype, the process of building it, your challenges and how your overcame it. 

Attach interesting pictures of your prototype as well! 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$6,750 in prizes
Best Overall hack
1 winner

$1000 SGD and 4 x AMD RX480 Graphics Card

Best VR Hack
1 winner

Trip to Shanghai - Tickets to Global Virtual Reality (VR) Hackathon
2 x AMD RX480 Graphics Card

Education - Best Category Prize
1 winner

$250 SGD Cash Prize

Art and Design - Best Category Prize
1 winner

$250 SGD Cash Prize

Smart Cities - Best Category Prize
1 winner

$250 SGD Cash Prize

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

How to enter

1. Sign up for a Devpost account before 29 Sep 2359 hours to qualify for What The Hack 2018 Judging! This deliverable will only require a. Your Team Name and b. Your Team Members. 

2. By 30 Sep 1300 hours, you should include a write up and video of your prototype in action and/or a short pitch in your dev post

Failing any of which might result in disqualification. 

Judges

Gus Liu

Gus Liu
CEO Asia and Co-Founder of The Hungry Lab

Kay Vasey

Kay Vasey
Founder and Chief Connecting Officer of MeshMinds

Professor Lin Wuzhong

Professor Lin Wuzhong
Deputy Director of Education at SUTD

Roy Koo

Roy Koo
Co-founder, VR Designer at Ignite VR

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity (25%)
    How novel is the idea?
  • Execution (25%)
    To what extent is the idea executed? How is the final prototype like? How is the pitch?
  • Scalability (25%)
    How well poised is the hack to scale for bigger impact?
  • Experience (25%)
    How is the User immersion and experience of the product?

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