Vive Developer Jam | January 24-26 2020 | London

[MariosBikos]

HTC VIVE presents its London Vive Developer Jam with partners Goldsmiths University of London, Department of Computing and Admix, the company behind developer community site VR/AR Pioneers. The event will take place on 24-26 January, allowing developers to experiment and create the industry’s next XR innovations.

Entrants to the event can be working professionals, entrepreneurs, academics or students. For further info on registration and FAQ please go to https://vprt.co/34aG8PN.

Taking place at Goldsmiths St James Hatcham, participants will be challenged to redefine how people interpret and interact with Virtual Reality, using the latest in VIVE hardware, including forward-thinking SDKs like Eye, Hand and Lip tracking. Developers can create anything from games, to art experiments to enterprise solutions.

The bumper weekend will run from Friday through to Sunday, with the first night offering exclusive workshops and access to mentors including experienced developers, artists and designers from companies such as Unity, FundamentalVR, Tg0, Litho, NBC Universal and North Breeze Entertainment. Teams will then be formed for a full weekend of hacking, with the winner being announced on the Sunday evening. Corsair joins the event as the official PC hardware partner providing equipment and prizes for the winners, with other partners to be confirmed soon.

Bringing together a mixture of software developers, designers, researchers and specialists to create the newest XR prototypes the Vive Developer Jam is one of the latest developer focused initiatives from Vive.                                                                                                               

 “2020 marks 5 years since our very first Developer Jam in London. HTC VIVE has continued to innovate with hardware such as the Pro Eye and our latest SDK’s We’re looking forward to seeing how the developer community will continue to push the state of the art in XR. ” Dave Haynes, Director of Developer Ecosystem & Vive X, EMEA

[Nermeen]

Hello ther ccan you still contribute to the jam regardless? Also if you want to test something like the lip tracker how can you start. @MariosBikos_HTC

[MariosBikos]

Hi @Nermeen, this developer jam was held in London in January 2020 so you can no longer contribute to it.