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MOLTEN is a one day hackathon for prototyping the tools of spatial creation.
Spatial consumption shipped this decade, with Apple Vision Pro, Meta Quest 3, Snap Spectacles all coming out. But spatial creation is unsolved: the tools people use to author for these devices are still 2D (Blender + a monitor, Reality Composer, Unity + mouse).MOLTEN gives LA's best student builders one day to prototype what comes next: multimodal authoring tools that let creators make with their whole body. We'd love current students and recent grads from technical and interdisciplinary backgrounds, e.g computer science, engineering, HCI, cognitive science, media arts, and design. Prior XR experience is welcome but not required (morning talks and workshops will get you started)More hardware, api, and prizes coming soon 👀 This event is a part of #LATechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
🎁 Sponsors, Hardware, and Prizes!
HARDWARE YOU CAN BUILD WITH
• 1 Apple Vision Pro • 1 MetaQuest 3S• 6 DataFeel® Gen 10 DevKits. Each kit has four multi-energy haptic Dots and one controller. A DataFeel product designer is on site for anyone building with touch. • 2 Rokoko motion capture suits and 2 pairs of gloves, on loan for live body tracking. More hardware will be listed here only once it is confirmed.
TOOLS, CREDITS AND PEOPLE
3D and spatial:• Kaedim: a promo code per team for 15 AI generated 3D assets, handed out at check-in• Niantic Spatial: 1 month of Scaniverse Pro for 3D scanning. • Marmoset Toolbag: complimentary licenses for the event. Seat count pending. • SideFX: temporary Houdini Indie licenses and a pre event Houdini session. Details pending. • Volinga: licenses pending confirmation.
Voice and vision:• ElevenLabs: 1 month of Creator access per participant. • AssemblyAI: $50 in credits per participant, activating Oct 17 through the event signup link. •• Roboflow: free tier for every team. • Miro: 3 months of Enterprise for 300 people. RSVPed hackers are added to the Miro team the day before. • Judges and mentors will be announced as they are confirmed.
PRIZES:
Overall winning team: • 1 Meta Quest 3S• three months of ElevenLabs Pro per member Best Project Built with ElevenLabs: • three months of ElevenLabs Scale per member. Best Project built with Roboflow: • one year of the Roboflow paid plan, about $1,000.Best Project built with Datafeel: • meeting with Datafeel team with an potential opportunity to productize and commericalize what you build
