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Open World Hackathon: building the future of physical AI

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Fetched about 1 hour ago

Saturday, July 25, 2026

to Sunday, July 26, 2026

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10 hours long

Artificial Intelligence

Event Type

in person

$10,000

Prize Pool

Website Link Join us for a full day of building physical AI through three different tracks:Theme 1 • Open Narrative Build real-world scenarios and puzzle experiences inside VLGE. Capture real environments with 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) for photoreal worlds, or build faster using VLGE's growing library of 3D templates. Whether it's an escape room, a navigation challenge, or a recreation of a real-life situation, create an experience that feels believable, immersive, and fun to solve. Theme 2 • VLGE Together Create multiplayer worlds that bring people together. Build experiences where users collaborate, compete, explore, or simply hang out in real time. From co-op challenges and party games to social hubs and live events, the best worlds will make people want to come back and play together. Theme 3 • Free Track Got an idea that doesn't fit anywhere else? This is your chance to build it. Use any tools, data, or features available in VLGE, from world generation and behavioral telemetry to spatial capture and templates. Surprise us with something original that pushes the platform further than we thought possible. Win up to $10,000 worth in prizes. Brought to you by VLGE AI, building the human behavioral layer for physical AI: spatial and human data of real people moving through the real world, with provenance you can trace. We believe in transparency about where physical-world data is coming from. Come build with us! Supported by the residency to empower founders in physical ai with better data. Open to engineers, researchers, roboticists, and anyone who builds things that move in the physical world.Schedule 9:30 — DOORS OPEN10:00 — Kickoff: tracks, datasets, rules, release forms13:00 — Lunch17:00 — Mentor check-ins18:30 — Submissions close19:00 — Demos19:45 — Judging and prizes20:00 — CloseJudges Evelyn Mora - CEO & cofounder of VLGE Drew Jaegle - Member of Technical Staff at Prometheus Paige Bailey - DevX Eng. Lead at Deepmind Ignacio López-Francos - AI Research Lead at NASANureldin Mohamed - Harvard University, Wyss Institute Harsh Sharma - ComputerVision at NVIDIA Apply below! You can join solo or as a team.

Judge Accessibility

Organizer email available25/25
Student-run event15/15
Actively looking for judges25/25
Small event (120 participants)10/10
No corporate sponsors10/10
New or emerging organizer10/10
Public registration available5/5
Online format (judge from anywhere)10/10

Top signals

Organizer email available
Student-run event
Actively looking for judges

Organizers

Alex Johnson

alex@example.org

Jamie Rivera

jamie@example.org

Sam Chen

sam@example.org

Estimated Audience

Mostly Students
ExperienceStudent
OccupationStudents
Beginner Friendly
Women in Tech

Technical Focus

AI95%
Web80%
Mobile25%

Industries

Healthcare
Education
Climate

Technologies

Python
React
OpenAI

Why this estimate

  • • Hosted by a university
  • • Open to students
  • • MLH member event

Estimate inferred from event metadata, not actual attendee data.

Quality Score

Quality Score

72/100
High confidence
Organiser16/20
Event Maturity14/20
Sponsors18/25
Participants12/20
Operations12/15

Why this score

Strong organiser track record
Returning event
Well-sponsored

Missing data

Prize details
Code of conduct