This Weekend: VR Jam in NYC at @Sketchfab HQ, also Online #VR #gamedev #ludumdare
Not exclusively limited to development on the Vive (pictured), there’s a game development VR Jam this weekend in New York City and also online, corresponding with Ludum Dare around the world. Some fun prizes are to be won.
A weekend virtual reality (VR) jam, teams of 1-3, good times and prizes.
Noobs and advanced creators are welcome!
The following prizes are up for grabs:
HTC Vive Development Kits. HTC evangelist be present in NYC. They will review all projects (online/nyc) and award development kits to high quality projects they deem worthy.
1 Vuvix iWear HD/VR Headset
2 Samsung Gear VR Headsets compatible with Oculus
1 Nvidia Shield Portable and limited edition swag from Unreal Engine
1 Unity Pro License, $100 to spend in the Unity Asset Store, and Limited Edition swag from Unity
1 year subscriptions to Sketchfab Pro, Sketchfab T-Shirts, and get featured on Sketchfab.
1 year subscriptions to Houdini
Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, or even use Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for MakeCode, CircuitPython, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
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