A Historic Hackathon Originating from Silicon Valley

With its origins in the release of the iPhone in 2007, it has a long history of 16 years. Starting with iPhoneDevCamp (2007, 2008, 2009), it expanded in scale and participants to iPadDevCamp (2010) and iOSDevCamp (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013).

Event Format

Detailed Format: https://visiondevcamp.org/hackathon/

The event format has evolved over the years from its origins in iOSDevCamp. What is different about this Hackathon vs other large events like MIT Reality Hack:

  • Focus is on collaboration!
  • Less emphasis on expertise … other hackathons you have to qualify to join or be invited.
  • Being learner/beginner friendly, this hackathon offers in-event learning sessions
  • Competitition Judging categories are flexible. Judges reserve the right to create new categories if they see something worth an award.
  • Participants can have a team size of 1-6, solo teams are fine, large teams are discouraged
  • Teams formation encourages people to work with new people, mix skills
  • Staff will support team formation, and work hard to make sure participants have a team if they desire
  • Participants are invited to join multiple teams
  • Teams are invited to support each other … instead of intensive competition, Teams are allowed to share code or knowledge
  • Winners will enjoy social media validation and publicity
  • Small prizes are to be awarded after Judging
  • Hardware will be made available for participants (to share) during the event

Technology Tracks

  • Native/VisionOS/Reality Kit
  • Unity / Spatial
  • XR / Browser
  • Unreal Engine

Judging Categories

  • Best Overall App
  • Best Health/Medical App
  • Best Game
  • Best Networked App
  • Best Spatial Experience
  • Best Hardware Hack
  • Best OSS Contribution
  • Honorable mention UI/UX/Design Experience
  • Best Education App
  • Best Utility App
  • Best Styly App
  • Best Student App Submission
  • Honsorable Mention Team Effort
  • Fukuoka Civic Engagement Award
  • Honorable Mention Outdoor Spatial App
  • Best Multiuser/Networked App
  • Artistic Achievement Award Fukuoka
  • Most Valuable Mentor
  • Best Fukuoka 3D Spatial Asset Design OSS

2024 VisionDevCamp Silicon Valley Demographics

121 attendees

117 from the US Of those 117… 94 from California 4 from Missouri 4 from New York 3 from Nevada 3 from Texas 2 from Oregon 2 from Utah 2 from Washington 1 from Georgia 1 from North Carolina 1 from Washington, DC

1 from Germany 1 from Denmark 1 from France 1 from Japan

Numerous Successful Projects

Promoting inclusion, diversity, and empowerment in the developer community, hundreds of developers, designers, and enthusiasts gather each year to create apps for iPhone, iPad, and iOS.

  • From notable open-source projects like Oauth to publicly traded companies like Block (formerly Square), many have been born here.
  • Getaround, the Obama ‘08 app, and Apple’s TestFlight all originated here.

And Now, to VisionDevCamp

  • The first VisionDevCamp was held in Santa Clara, USA, at the end of the month following the release of Vision Pro.
  • Over 100 Vision Pros and more than 150 developers gathered to enjoy a three-day hackathon, including the weekend.