We are so excited for you to join us at our AR Day London Hackathon! This will be an electric two day event where you will be able to dive deep into using Spectacles, understand the latest features, network with other developers, and build an experience that will kick start your Spectacles development journey!


Location: Snap London Office
(48-50 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6AL, United Kingdom)


Team Size: 4 people per team. You will be given an opportunity to form teams on site and we encourage you to meet new people!

 

Schedule:

Day 1 - Dec 13

9:00a Breakfast and Welcome
10:00a Kickoff Talk
10:30a Prompt Session
11:00a Technical Session on Building with new features
11:30a Team Building and Lunch
1:00p Building
6:00p Dinner
7:00p More Building

Day 2 - Dec 14

9:00a Breakfast and Welcome
9:30a Building
1:00p Lunch
2:00p Live presentation and Judging
3:30p Feedback and Discussion
4:30p Awards

Requirements

What to Build

Build a Lens for Spectacles that utilizes at least one of our newly released or updated features:

  • Spatial Anchors API (Beta): Persist content between Lens sessions.
  • Fetch and Base64 APIs: Simplify web endpoint calls and camera frame exchange.
  • Image Spatialization API: Convert 2D images to 3D using generative AI.
  • Web View Component: Embed web pages directly into your Lenses.
  • Camera Module: Access raw camera frames in your Lens.
  • Sync Framework: Build multiplayer experiences.

What to Submit

Create slides and a demonstration video in preparation for a live presentation and enter all of the required fields on the “Enter a Submission” page of the Hackathon Website (each a “Submission”) during the Submission Period and follow the requirements below:

  • Provide a URL to Slides that will be used during your live presentation.
  • Include a demonstration video of your Project in action to be shown during your live presentation. 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$10,000 in prizes
1st Place
1 winner

• $5,000 USD

2nd Place
1 winner

• $3,000 USD

3rd Place
1 winner

• $2,000 USD

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Raag Harshavat

Raag Harshavat
SR AR Developer Relations Specialist

Joseph Darko

Joseph Darko
Head of AR Developer Relations

Chris Reilly

Chris Reilly
AR Engineer, Education

Summer Wu

Summer Wu
Product Manager

Judging Criteria

  • Idea Quality
    * How creative is the idea? * How original or innovative is the idea? * Is this playing to Wearables strengths? * Was Spectacles central to the initial concept?
  • Potential Impact
    * Does the solution have a real-world impact * Does it provide some sort of value to users?
  • Implementation of Idea
    * How well was the idea implemented technically? * Did they include advanced and interesting features from Spectacles? * Does your project demonstrate good collaboration with your team?
  • Pitch
    * Did the pitch communicate why the team settled on the specific solution? * Were they able to articulate the value to users?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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