Seattle's Largest Virtual Reality Hackathon72 Hours, 500 participants, 12 Virtual Reality Finalists, Narrated in 7 Tweets

by Alison Jarris an hour ago

Last weekend, 500 Virtual Reality experts gathered in Seattle this weekend for a chance to win the city's largest

hackathon to date.

ALISON JARRIS @ALISONJARRIS · A MONTH AGO

Hey Seattle Hackers! Good luck tonight! Love, @BoozAllen @amazon @htcvive @seattlevr

#SeaVRHack pic.twitter.com/Q2fo0bCXzE

Amazon kicked off the show with a keynote from Artificial Intelligence lady boss, Alexa.

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ALISON JARRIS @ALISONJARRIS · A MONTH AGO

Kicking off #SeaVRHack Virtual Reality Hackathon with @amazon #Alexa @BoozAllen

pic.twitter.com/ZXwlVxJBPp

Microsoft HoloLens and Oculus Rift provided Virtual Reality headsets for each of the teams to build their

solutions.

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ALISON JARRIS @ALISONJARRIS · 24 DAYS

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How can VR aid disaster relief and humanitarian assistance? Ask Team 'The Disasters' #SeaVRHack

#WomeninVR pic.twitter.com/28lpZll0qM

Even old Uncle Sam joined in the fun from Washington, DC through 360 video

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ALISON JARRIS @ALISONJARRIS · 25 DAYS

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Hey DC

@BoozAllen #InnovationCenter mentor session on Machine Learning, #VR & #AR from Seattle

#SeaVRHack pic.twitter.com/Rw4mDRCtAy

We learned a lot. We bonded. We shared deep thoughts.

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ALISON JARRIS @ALISONJARRIS · 25 DAYS

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"If a picture is worth 1K words, immersive experience is worth 1M" @niravsdesai on #VR for edu

#SeaVRHack pic.twitter.com/4VwkwaYJck

But ultimately, only one team could emerge victorious.

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SHAWN

WHITING @SHAWNCWHITING

· 23 DAYS

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.@redthrawn strutting his stuff on the #SeaVRHack floor. @seattlevr pic.twitter.com/H44E0qXg6G

We'll see you next week for #IMMERSE2016!

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KIM PIMMEL @KPIMMEL · 5 DAYS

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The other talented makers on Wearable Art panel were @chelscore & Terra Holcomb. Moderated by

@TheeMcMurray youtu.be/LE5buX4MwkI

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