2018 Hackathon Puts Focus On Health Wellness (This event has passed)
2-day Technology-Driven Behavioral Design Summit Hackathon
NewPathVR is produced a VR Wellness Hackathon the third week of February 2018 at Google in San Francisco. We convened a group of interested developers for the 2-day Hackathon, with a real-world mission of “creating life-changing products in the health and wellness arena”. Participants will have a chance to collaborate with diverse teams with projects reviewed by industry leaders and entrepreneurs.
Nice turnout for the NewPathVR's VR Wellness Hackathon today, everyone was here bright and early. With a special guest visit from Joe Connolly from Sketchbox, we kicked off the morning with a wonderful talk from Sarah Hashkes and participants who came from far and wide: Finland, New York, and Maui! People from Berkeley and Stanford are here too! Some great ideas are brewing, Thank you to HTC's VR4Impact for offering a prize for participants! Thank you also to Google for hosting our event!
Winners announced: 1st Place = Where's the Exit by Shashkes Sarit and Neilda Pacquing for Most Impactful Idea and Most Likely to Lead to Sustainable Behavior. They won Priority Application Status for an HTC VR4Impact Grant!
Sarah Ticho won Most Financially Viable Idea, Best Mind/Body Connection App, and Best Non-Coded Demo for her idea Hatsumi. Hatsumi in Japanese means "see for the first time" which is very fitting for her app idea for body mapping in which the user outlines their body and then uses colors and symbols to express feelings or trauma.
Rebecca Evans won Most Focused Idea for her idea, Homeless Helper. This idea is an AR app to show when and when excess, free food is available throughout the city.
Sheridan Tatsuno and Janet Maldanodo won Best Utilization of a Third Party Tool or Device for their app idea Body Metrics.
Most Complete Coded Demo went to Dian Soraya Rachmawati and Jerry Isdale for their app I Love You By Self.
Charlie Zannorman took both Creative Mention and Most Innovative Idea with his Rift app Whisper Castle.
There was a slack channel developed for those who want to stay in touch and keep projects moving. For hackers only, vrwellnesshackathon.slack.com.
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Thank you again for participating. We plan to hold this event again in the next couple of months so if you'd like to be part of the planning, demoing etc, stay in touch.
