Edge of Innovation: MONA's XR Hackathon

What is Edge of Innovation: MONA’s XR Hackathon?

Join us with Edge City and Protocol Labs, as MONA kicks off a $10,000 (USD) XR & gaming hackathon that is taking place from June 10th - 15th at the Edge Esmeralda pop-up village in Healdsburg, CA. This event is part of the Protocol Labs LabWeek, focusing on the intersection of cutting-edge technologies across fields such as Neurotech, Biotech, Human-AI Cooperation, and AR/VR/Metaverse.

Welcome to MONA’s Hackathon! Participants may submit to win prizes from one or both categories:

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Developer Prize

To qualify, developers must build an application that integrates the MONA SDK or API.
- The experience must enable players to login and use 3D assets that they own (can be one or any of the following: environments, avatars, or game objects)
- For Documentation:
  - The MONA SDK is not the MONA Space Starter. The space starter is for building monaverse.com spaces.
  - The MONA SDK is for building your own independent app https://github.com/monaverse/mona-wallet-unity
  - API Doc https://monaverse.readme.io/
  - Example Unity Projects
  - https://github.com/monaverse/mona-examples
  - https://github.com/monaverse/mona-sdk-example-xr

Creator Prize

To qualify, creators must build at least one 3D object
- The object must fall under one of the following categories:
  - Environment
  - Avatar
  - Prop / Game Object
- The object must follow these specifications
- You may submit more than one 3D Object to be considered and increase your chances of winning.
- For video tutorials for optimization: Optimising Textures and 3D Assets | Buildathon Workshop

Suggested Ideas For Developers:

Build a gamified meditation and mindfulness app for Apple Vision Pro or Meta Quest.
Build a virtual experience or memory palace memorializing Edge Esmeralda.
Build an educational app, game, or VR experience that supports learning for all ages.
Design a game where users can build and manage their own virtual communities, incorporating 3D objects found in the MONA Marketplace

Suggested Ideas For Creators:

Environments
- Build an environment or environments that represent Edge Esmeralda
- Sports arena
  - Baseball field
  - Football field
  - Basketball court
  - Arenas
- Rooms
- Dungeons
- Sci-Fi
- Urban
Avatars
- Creatures
- Robots
- Animals
- Humanoids
Props and Objects
- Vehicles
- Clothing
- Fashion Accessories
- Tools
- Weapons
- Furniture
- Sports equipment
- Artistic sculptures
- Flowers
- Food
- Electronics

Bounty Prize Pool:

There will be a bounty of $10,000 where allocation will be determined by total submission of projects (finalized assets, experiences, and/or apps).

Creator Track’s Judging Criteria

Developer Track’s Judging Criteria

For Submissions:

Please submit your submissions to the following link: https://bit.ly/4aZdMdA