![]() ![]() Outside of the hackathon, MUVR aims to make VR more accessible to Mizzou students. Tyler McArthur won the Theme category for Bird Flight.Īustin Barr, Caleb Foster, Edmund Hernandez and Sebantu Mukanya won the Technical category for Penguin on a Motorbike.Ĭaleb Horsch and Jules Maslak-Hopper won Best use of AR/VR/XR for VR Flappy Bird.Īll of the projects submitted for VirtualHacks 2023 are available for viewing in the event’s Devpost project gallery. Jack Akers won Best Use of Linux for Bird Proompt. Jonathan Gutierrez, Maggie Hilty and Aurora Potter won the Visual category for a game about finding a hidden bird in a forrest. Other winners include:ĭrew Byrd and Caleb Meeks won Overall Beginner for Bird Watch. Neeley won the Overall Experienced category for her project, a parody of Untitled Goose Game. “One of the winning projects was completed by Develop president, Jade Neeley.” ![]() “I gave an introduction to the Develop at the opening ceremony of VirtualHacks, and we collaborated with them on hosting a few of the events,” Zhou said. She emphasized the partnership between the two organizations as one factor contributing to the success of the event. Zhou currently serves as treasurer for both MUVR and Develop. Andrew Buck gave a demonstration of AR drones that was very interesting.” “ Michael Tompkins led a Blender workshop that I enjoyed because Blender is a 3D modeling tool I was interested in,” Zhou said. The WebXR workshop was led by Erika Zhou, a senior computer science student, while the others were led by Mizzou Engineering faculty. While students worked on their projects, the organizers hosted workshops to introduce students to new skills and tools, such as WebXR, the Unity game engine, and Blender, as well as breaks for fun activities, including a cup stacking competition, board games, and a session of the VR music rhythm game Beat Saber. This year felt like a successful hackathon.” “We ended up with 9 finished projects submitted by groups and individuals, which is a significant increase in engagement from the last few years. “About 30 people signed up, and around 20 participated in person,” said Stuart Aldrich, MUVR President. Students had the flexibility to participate virtually in addition to in-person at Naka and Lafferre Halls. VirtualHacks 2023, “Birds of a Feather,” was co-hosted by the University of Missouri Virtual Reality Organization (MUVR) and Develop, two student organizations in the College of Engineering.įocused on extended reality, the 48-hour hackathon was open to projects based in augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), but also traditional computer programs as well, to allow anyone interested to work in the format of their choice. Have you ever wanted to fly like a bird, complete tasks as a goose, or step inside the 2013 viral game, “Flappy Bird?” Extended reality (XR) makes it possible, as more than two dozen students demonstrated at a recent XR hackathon.
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