Judging Criteria

• Compelling Concept  The experience is different from what's currently on Meta Horizon Store or previous hackathons and best exemplifies a successful standalone app. We're looking for concepts that have the potential to attract, engage, and retain a meaningful number of users on Quest.
  • Important Note: In San Francisco, teams can submit an existing project in the “Best Upgrade to an Existing Project” track. Entries must demonstrate significant upgrade or new features developed during the hackathon.
• Quality / Implementation The experience should be well executed, with a polished, high-quality user experience. It must perform reliably on Meta Quest. The overall presentation, including the text description, slides, images, and video quality should meet the submission requirements.
• Category Specific Capabilities Criteria
  • Mixed and Virtual Reality: The experience should be only possible in Virtual or Mixed Reality, leveraging Meta XR SDKs on Quest. It should demonstrate compelling, differentiated experiences that go beyond standard XR apps.
  • AI with Camera Access: The experience should meaningfully demonstrate the advantages of integrating Context-Aware AI with Passthrough Camera Access on Meta Quest, enabling applications that adapt to the user’s environment and go beyond generative AI.
  • Best Implementation of Hand Tracking: The experience should leverage hand tracking in innovative ways, using microgestures, hand poses, and fluid motions to create natural, intuitive, and immersive interactions in XR.
  • Best Immersive Entertainment Experience: The experience should engage users in viewing or spectating environment, combining presence, visuals, sound, and interaction to enhance the experience.
  • Horizon Worlds (only at Barcelona): The experience should showcase a new, creative and engaging world built in Horizon Worlds, focused on player engagement encouraging progression, social interaction, and community building. It should be optimized for mobile play and supported across devices.
  • Best Upgrade to an Existing Project (only at San Francisco): The experience should build upon an existing project and demonstrate significant new features or improvements. Submissions must show clear innovation and enhancements that meaningfully extend the project.

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Presentation Slides and Video Explanation of Challenge Categories & Judging Criteria.

Project Requirements

• Functionality: The project must be capable of being successfully installed and running consistently on the platform for which it is intended and must function as depicted in the video and/or expressed in the text description.
• New & Existing:
  • All categories except “Best Upgrade to an Existing Project” must be newly created and not previously submitted to any other hackathon or published on Meta Horizon Store. Teams may prepare mockups before the hackathon but no coding or implementation is allowed prior to the event.
  • For “Best Upgrade to an Existing Project”, participants may bring an existing project, but must incorporate a significant update or new feature (e.g. single-player to multiplayer).
• Third-Party Integrations: Any SDKs, APIs, or data must be used in accordance with licensing terms. Sponsor and Administrator reserve the right to request proof of such authorization or licensure.
• Category Specific Requirements:
  • For Mixed Reality Category: Must use Meta XR SDK with at least one core VR/MR capability.
  • For AI with Camera Access: Must use PCA with at least one context-aware AI capability. Pre-trained AI models may be used if publicly accessible.
  • For Horizon Worlds Category (only at Barcelona): Must deliver socially engaging experiences optimized for mobile. Use of generative AI tools is highly recommended.
  • For Best Implementation of Hand Tracking: Must use hand tracking to create intuitive and immersive interactions, leveraging microgestures and hand poses to enhance the user experience in XR.
  • For Best Immersive Entertainment Experience: Must deliver a highly engaging experience that combines presence, visuals, sound, and interaction to captivate users in XR.
  • For Best Upgrade to an Existing Project (San Francisco only): Must build upon an existing project by adding a core feature or significant update that meaningfully extends and improves the original experience.

Submission Requirements

• Each team member must have a Devpost account and join there the SensAI Hack.
• One member from each team has to submit the project and tag all others as collaborators.
• Include a project built meeting all requirements. Projects may be open-source or kept private for commercial release.
• Include a demonstration video of your project (around 1 minute, showing the experience as viewed on Quest, publicly visible, with no third-party trademarks or copyrighted music, etc.)
• For all categories, except Meta Horizon Worlds, include APK attachment and demo video. For Horizon World category, publish your world and include a text file containing the unique link and demo video.
• Include a text description explaining features and functionality.
• For Best Upgrade to an Existing Project submissions: list what’s new, include screenshots and videos.
• List all paid software, SDKs, APIs, and design tools.
• Upload all files to a Google Drive folder named after your team name and team number e.g. “207-SF11 HackFace” for San Francisco Hack.
  • APK and demo video.
  • Upload all other files in a subfolder named “Other”.