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:
MRTK for development with Unity
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:
Input system
UI controls
Hand tracking
Eye tracking
Spatial awareness
Boundary system
Profiles
Solvers
Multi-scene management
Diagnostic Tools
In-editor simulation & much more
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.
StereoKit for development with C#
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.).
Runtime asset pipeline
Fast iteration times
Latest .NET features
Performance by default
Flatscreen MR simulator
Built-in MR UI + interaction system
Easy access to MR inputs/data
Azure AI
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
Azure Applied AI services
Azure Cognitive Services
Azure Machine Learning
Oct. 4, 2022 - Oct. 11, 2022
Global DevSlam
Sheikh Zayed Rd - Trade Centre - Trade Centre 2 - Dubai - United Arab Emirates
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