Welcome to the Presence Platform Hackathon NY: a challenge for all developers to practice their mixed reality development skills using Presence Platform on Meta Quest 3.

In this hackathon, you will leverage Presence Platform capabilities to build creative prototypes of innovative content. With the Mixed Reality features on Meta Quest 3, we are seeing entirely new categories of applications emerge driven by developer innovation. To amplify this experimentation, the focus of this hackathon will be on select categories, including Social or Casual Gaming, Hobbies & Interest Skill-Building, and Utility & Design Experiences.

Meta and the Oculus Start team are inviting regional developers to build advanced immersive experiences using Meta Quest devices for the chance to win cash prizes of $50,000 USD. The Presence Platform Hackathon will take place on April 23 - 26, 2024 in New York at our Meta office.

Registered teams will have the chance to network with Meta products and marketing experts, as well as fellow innovators. 

We're excited to welcome you and see your ideas come to life through the experiences you create!

• Compelling Concept
  The experience is different from what's currently on Quest and best exemplifies a successful standalone app could be within its category. We're concepts that have the potential to attract, engage, and retain a meaningful number of users on Quest.
• Use of Capabilities
  The experience is only possible in MR, or with the selected SDKs. The experience illustrates how these capabilities can create compelling, differentiated experiences.
• Quality / Implementation
  The experience is well executed, with a quality user experience once the experience launches. The experience has polish & is performant in Quest.