Two days, 100 developers, and SPECS in your hands. Join us in Brussels on 10–11 December, right after UnitedXR Europe, for the first SPECS hackathon. Build something real, with the people who make the platform in the room to help.
- A pair of SPECS for your team to build with across both days
- Technical mentors from the SPECS team on hand the whole time
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner on day one; breakfast and lunch on day two
- A shot at $100,000 in prizes
If you build with code, 3D, or creative tools, you can build for SPECS. Mentors will get your team set up and building on day one.
Magritte painted a pipe and wrote underneath that it wasn’t one. SPECS lets you put that gap between what you see and what’s real right in front of someone’s eyes. Build something that makes the world behave in a way it shouldn’t: let things float, bend time, open a doorway in the wall, or create an illusion that only works on SPECS.
The theme is a starting point, not a rule. Podium prizes are judged on overall quality.
1st Place - $35,000
2nd Place - $22,000
3rd Place - $13,000
Plus $5,000 each for:
- Most Convincing: the bend you’d swear was real
- Most Impossible: the bend that goes furthest from reality
- Most Grounded: tied to the real room, objects, and surfaces
- Hands-On: a bend you can grab, push, or stretch
- Brussels Bend: inspired by the city itself
- People’s Choice: voted by the room
A team can win one podium prize and one category prize.
