Terms & conditions

Judging Period for Global: tba
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Judging Period London: tba
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Judging Period Stockholm: tba
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Judging Period Istanbul: tba
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Local Winners Announcement London: tba

Local Winners Announcement Cologne: tba
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Local Winners Announcement Stockholm: tba

Local Winners Announcement Istanbul: tba
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(the above are collectively “Entrants”)

An Eligible Individual may join more than one Team or Organization, and an Eligible Individual who is part of a Team or Organization may also enter the Hackathon individually. If a Team or Organization is entering the Hackathon, they must appoint and authorize one individual (the “Representative”) to represent, act, and enter a Submission (defined below), on their behalf. By entering a Submission on behalf of a Team or Organization, you represent and warrant that you are the Representative authorized to act on behalf of your Team or Organization. Representatives must meet the eligibility requirements above.

The Hackathon IS NOT open to:

• • Individuals who are residents of, or Organizations domiciled in, a country, state, province or territory: (i) where the laws of the United States or local law prohibits participating or receiving a prize in the Hackathon (including, but not limited to, Brazil, province of Quebec, Russia, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, and Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine and any other country designated by the United States Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control), and/or (ii) that is the target of any trade sanctions (including comprehensive trade sanctions) administered or enforced by the U.S., EU, United Nations, or UK. This includes individuals or Organizations acting on behalf of entities that are the target of such trade sanctions.

  • Organizations involved with the design, production, paid promotion, execution, or distribution of the Hackathon, including the Sponsor and Administrator (“Promotion Entities”).

  • Employees, representatives, and agents** of such Promotion Entities, and all members of their immediate family or household*

  • Any other individual involved with the design, production, promotion, execution, or distribution of the Hackathon, and each member of their immediate family or household*

  • Any Judge (defined below), or company or individual that employs a Judge

  • Any parent company, subsidiary, or other affiliate*** of any organization described above

  • Any other individual or organization whose participation in the Hackathon would create, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor and/or Administrator, a real or apparent conflict of interest

^{“Project Requirements”}

• • What to Create: Build a mixed reality experience using Meta Presence Platform's capabilities, including at least one Mixed Reality (MR) Capability (e.g., Passthrough, Spatial Anchors, Scene, Mesh, Depth) AND at least one Presence Platform SDK (Interaction SDK, Movement SDK, Voice SDK, Haptics SDK, or Audio SDK). The experience should align with one of the following categories (each a “Project”):

  ○ Social or Casual Gaming (e.g. a multi-player gaming experience)

  ○ Hobbies, Interests & Skill-Building (e.g. new applications that help enhance your hobbies in MR, like learning a new instrument)

  ○ Utility & Design Experiences (e.g. using MR to solve problems in the world around you, or decorate or design your space)

  • Functionality: The Project must be capable of being successfully installed and running consistently on the platform for which it is intended and must function as depicted in the video and/or expressed in the text description.

  • Platforms: A submitted Project must run on the platform for which it is intended and which is specified in the Submission Requirements.

  • New & Existing: Projects must be newly created by the Entrant or, (e.g., not previously uploaded onto AppLab or Quest Store). Additionally, the Project cannot have been worked on in a previous Meta Hackathon.

  • Third-Party Integrations: If a Project integrates any third-party SDK, APIs and/or data, Entrant must be authorized to use them in accordance with any terms and conditions or licensing requirements of the tool. Sponsor and Administrator reserve the right to request proof of such authorization or licensure.

Multiple Submissions

An Entrant can not submit more than one Submission.

Submission ownership

Submissions must be the original work of the Entrant, be solely owned by the Entrant, and not violate the Intellectual Property rights of any other person or entity.
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Testing

Access must be provided to an Entrant’s working Project for judging and testing by providing an APK file of the project. The Entrant must make the Project available free of charge and without any restriction, for testing, evaluation and use by the Sponsor, Administrator and Judges until the Hackathon ends. Judges are not required to test the Project and may choose to judge based solely on the text description, images, and video provided in the Submission.

Access can be provided to the Sponsor and Administrator by: uploading the APK file directly to the submission form or by providing a link where the APK file can be downloaded (such as Google Drive, Dropbox, or other similar services).

If the Project includes software that runs on proprietary or third-party hardware that is not widely available to the public, including software running on devices or wearable technology other than smartphones, tablets, or desktop computers, the Sponsor and/or Administrator reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to require the Entrant to provide physical access to the Project hardware upon request.

Language Requirements

All Submission materials must be in English or, if not in English, the Entrant must provide an English translation of the demonstration video, text description, and testing instructions as well as all other materials submitted.
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Intellectual Property 

Your Submission must: (a) be your (or your Team, or Organization’s) original work product; (b) be solely owned by you, your Team, or Organization with no other person or entity having any right or interest in it; and (c) not violate the intellectual property rights or other rights including but not limited to copyright, trademark, patent, contract, and/or privacy rights, of any other person or entity. An Entrant may contract with a third party for technical assistance to create the Submission provided the Submission components are solely the Entrant’s work product and the result of the Entrant’s ideas and creativity, and the Entrant owns all rights to them. An Entrant may submit a Submission that includes the use of open source software or hardware, provided the Entrant complies with applicable open source licenses and, as part of the Submission, creates software that enhances and builds upon the features and functionality included in the underlying open source product. By entering the Hackathon, you represent, warrant, and agree that your Submission meets these requirements.
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Financial or Preferential Support 

A Project must not have been developed, or derived from a Project developed before the hackathon, with financial or preferential support from the Sponsor or Administrator or any other entity. Such Projects include, but are not limited to, those that received funding or investment for their development, were developed under contract, or received a commercial license, from the Sponsor or Administrator any time before the end of Hackathon Submission Period. Sponsor, at its sole discretion, may disqualify a Project or Entrant, if awarding a prize to the Project would create a real or apparent conflict of interest.

Global Judging Criteria

Judging will take place in 1 round, where 24 global finalists (all winners from each location and all challenge categories as described in the Prizes & Funding section) will be evaluated in one round based on the following equally weighted criteria (the “Judging Criteria”) by Meta’s internal team:

• • Compelling concept (1 - 5) - The experience is different from what's currently on Quest or previous hackathons and best exemplifies a successful standalone app could be. We're looking for concepts that have the potential to attract, engage, and retain a meaningful number of users on Quest.

  • Presence Platform Capabilities (e.g., MR and SDKs) (1 - 5) - The experience is only possible in MR, or with the selected Meta Presence Platform SDKs on Quest 3. The experience illustrates how these capabilities can create compelling, differentiated experiences.

  • Quality / Implementation (1 - 5) - The experience is well executed, with a quality user experience once the experience launches. The experience has polish and is performant on Quest. The overall presentation of the project including the text description, slides, images, and video quality as stated in the submission requirements.

Tie Breaking 

For each Prize listed below, if two or more Submissions are tied, the tied Submission with the highest score in the first applicable criterion listed above will be considered the higher-scoring Submission. In the event any ties remain, this process will be repeated, as needed, by comparing the tied Submissions’ scores on the next applicable criterion. If two or more Submissions are tied on all applicable criteria, the panel of Judges will vote on the tied Submissions.
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1. By entering the Hackathon, you (and, if you are entering on behalf of a Team, Organization each participating members) agree(s) to the following:

1. The relationship between you, the Entrant, and the Sponsor and Administrator, is not a confidential, fiduciary, or other special relationship.

2. You will be bound by and comply with these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, Administrator, and/or the Hackathon Judges which are binding and final in all matters relating to the Hackathon.

3. You release, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Promotion Entities, and their respective parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, the Prize suppliers and any other organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Hackathon, and all of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (hereafter the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a Entrant’s entry, creation of Submission or entry of a Submission, participation in the Hackathon, acceptance or use or misuse of the Prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, transmission, performance, exploitation or use of the Submission as authorized or licensed by these Official Rules.

2. Without limiting the foregoing, the Released Parties shall have no liability in connection with:

1. Any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by the Sponsor or Administrator’s electronic or printing error, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Hackathon; 

2. Technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines, internet connectivity or electronic transmission errors, or network hardware or software or failure of the Hackathon Website;

3. Unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Hackathon;

4. Technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Hackathon or the processing of Submissions; or

5. Any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from the Entrant’s participation in the Hackathon or receipt or use or misuse of any Prize.

6. The Released Parties are not responsible for incomplete, late, misdirected, damaged, lost, illegible, or incomprehensible Submissions or for address or email address changes of the Entrants. Proof of sending or submitting the aforementioned will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by the Sponsor or Administrator. If for any reason any Entrant’s Submission is determined to have not been received or been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, the Entrant’s sole remedy is to request the opportunity to resubmit its Submission. Such a request must be made promptly after the Entrant knows or should have known there was a problem and will be determined at the sole discretion of the Sponsor.
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Sponsor is not responsible for a potential winner’s inability to accept or use the prize for any reason. Prize details will be decided in Sponsor’s sole discretion. If a winner cannot receive a prize from Sponsor per such winner’s employer’s policies, such winner will forfeit the prize won and Sponsor will have no further obligation to that winner.
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By participating in the Hackathon, Entrant consents to the promotion and display of the Entrant’s Submission, and to the use of personal information about themselves for promotional purposes, by the Sponsor, Administrator, and third parties acting on their behalf. Such personal information includes, but is not limited to, your name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions, comments and hometown and country of residence. It may be used in any existing or newly created media, worldwide without further payment or consideration or right of review, unless prohibited by law. Authorized use includes but is not limited to advertising and promotional purposes.

1. Sponsor and Administrator reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Hackathon, or any part of it, in the event of a technical failure, fraud, or any other factor or event that was not anticipated or is not within their control.

2. Sponsor and Administrator reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any individual or Entrant if it finds to be actually or presenting the appearance of tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Hackathon or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in a manner that is inappropriate, unsportsmanlike, not in the best interests of this Hackathon, or a violation of any applicable law or regulation.

3. Any attempt by any person to undermine the proper conduct of the Hackathon may be a violation of criminal and civil law. Should the Sponsor or Administrator suspect that such an attempt has been made or is threatened, they reserve the right to take appropriate action including but not limited to requiring an Entrant to cooperate with an investigation and referral to criminal and civil law enforcement authorities.

4. If there is any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of the Official Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Hackathon materials, including but not limited to the Hackathon Submission form, Hackathon Website, or advertising, the terms and conditions of the Official Rules shall prevail.

5. The terms and conditions of the Official Rules are subject to change at any time, including the rights or obligations of the Entrant, the Sponsor and Administrator. The Sponsor and Administrator will post the terms and conditions of the amended Official Rules on the Hackathon Website. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any amendment will become effective at the time specified in the posting of the amended Official Rules or, if no time is specified, the time of posting.

6. In the event there is an alleged or actual ambiguity, discrepancy, or inconsistency between disclosures or other statements contained in any Hackathon-related materials and/or these Official Rules (including any alleged ambiguity, discrepancy, or inconsistency within these Official Rules), it will be resolved by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Entrants waive any right to claim ambiguity in these Official Rules.

7. The Sponsor or Administrator’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Should any provision of these Official Rules be or become illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction whose laws or regulations may apply to an Entrant, such illegality or unenforceability shall leave the remainder of these Official Rules, including the rule affected, to the fullest extent permitted by law, unaffected and valid. The illegal or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by a valid and enforceable provision that comes closest and best reflects the Sponsor’s intention in a legal and enforceable manner with respect to the invalid or unenforceable provision.

8. Excluding Submissions, all intellectual property related to this Hackathon, including but not limited to copyrighted material, trademarks, trade-names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source codes, drawings, illustrations, slogans and representations are owned or used under license by the Sponsor and/or Administrator. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express written consent of its owners is strictly prohibited. Any use in a Submission of Sponsor or Administrator’s intellectual property shall be solely to the extent provided for in these Official Rules.
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Entrants understand and acknowledge that the Released Parties have wide access to ideas, text, images, code, applications, software, and other creative materials. Entrants also acknowledge that many ideas may be competitive with, similar to, or identical to their Submission and/or each other in idea, function, components, format, or other respects. Entrants acknowledge and agree that such Entrant will not be entitled to any compensation as a result of any Released Party’s use of any such similar or identical material that has or may come to such Released Party from other sources. Each Entrant acknowledges and agrees that Sponsor does not now and will not have in the future any duty or liability (direct or indirect; vicarious, contributory, or otherwise) with respect to the infringement or protection of the Entrant’s or any third party’s patent, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to their Submission.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH ENTRANT AGREES TO RELEASE, HOLD HARMLESS, AND INDEMNIFY EACH OF THE RELEASED PARTIES FROM AND AGAINST ANY LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR INJURIES OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND SUSTAINED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACCEPTANCE, USE, MISUSE, OR AWARDING OF A PRIZE OR WHILE PREPARING FOR, OR PARTICIPATING IN ANY PRIZE- OR HACKATHON-RELATED ACTIVITY INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY INJURY, DAMAGE, LOSS, DEATH OR ACCIDENT TO OR OF PERSON OR PROPERTY. THE PRIOR LIMITATION ON DAMAGES IS NOT INTENDED TO LIMIT THE RELEASED PARTIES’ OBLIGATION (IF ANY) TO PAY PREVAILING PARTY COSTS OR FEES IF RECOVERABLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW. THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION WILL NOT LIMIT OR EXCLUDE THE RELEASED PARTIES’ LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR TANGIBLE PROPERTY DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE RELEASED PARTIES, OR FOR THE RELEASED PARTIES’ GROSS NEGLIGENCE, FRAUD, OR INTENTIONAL, WILLFUL, MALICIOUS, OR RECKLESS MISCONDUCT. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH WINNER AGREES THAT THE PRIZES ARE PROVIDED AS-IS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION, OR GUARANTEE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, WHETHER NOW KNOWN OR HEREINAFTER ENACTED, RELATIVE TO THE USE OR ENJOYMENT OF THE PRIZE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THEIR QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED, AS A CONDITION OF PARTICIPATING IN THIS HACKATHON, EACH ENTRANT AGREES THAT ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED BETWEEN THE ENTRANTAND ANY RELEASED PARTY, CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THIS HACKATHON, OR THE PRIZE AWARDED, OR THE DETERMINATION OF A WINNER MUST BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION.

THIS HACKATHON, THESE OFFICIAL RULES, AND ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS HACKATHON AND/OR OFFICIAL RULES (WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS CONDUCT OR OTHERWISE) WILL BE GOVERNED, CONSTRUED, AND INTERPRETED UNDER THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, USA, WITHOUT REFERENCE OR GIVING EFFECT TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES OR RULES THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER STATE’S LAWS AND, IF THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE, THEN THE LAWS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. ANY LEGAL ACTIONS, SUITS, OR PROCEEDINGS RELATED TO THIS HACKATHON (WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS CONDUCT, OR OTHERWISE) WILL BE BROUGHT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN OR HAVING JURISDICTION OVER SAN MATEO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, USA AND EACH ENTRANT IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS, SUBMITS, AND CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THESE COURTS WITH RESPECT TO ANY LEGAL ACTIONS, SUITS, OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS HACKATHON, AND IF THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE, THEN SUCH ACTIONS, SUITS OR PROCEEDINGS WILL BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS HAVING JURISDICTION OVER LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. UNLESS PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU WAIVE ANY AND ALL OBJECTIONS TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE IN THESE COURTS AND HEREBY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. IF REQUIRED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, NOTHING HEREIN WILL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF ANY ENTRANT TO BRING PROCEEDINGS (INCLUDING THIRD PARTY PROCEEDINGS) AGAINST SPONSOR IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION LOCATED WITHIN THE ENTRANT JURISDICTION (AS APPLICABLE). IF RESIDENTS OF GERMANY ARE PARTICIPATING: FOR GERMAN RESIDENTS, DER RECHTSWEG IST AUSGESCHLOSSEN.

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Please review the Devpost Terms of Service at https://info.devpost.com/terms for additional rules that apply to your participation in the Hackathon and more generally your use of the Hackathon Website. Such Terms of Service are incorporated by reference into these Official Rules, including that the term "Poster" in the Terms of Service shall mean the same as "Sponsor" in these Official Rules." If there is a conflict between the Terms of Service and these Official Rules, these Official Rules shall control with respect to this Hackathon only.

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