VR·AR Grand Challenge

GRAND CHALLENGE

Grand Challenge is organized to lay the groundwork for the ecosystem of the domestic VR/AR industry by supporting VR/AR developers in Korea for the development and commercialization of new contents, and theestablishment of new businesses

Participation Eligibility

Any individuals or teams are welcome to participate in the competition (※Students are also allowed to apply as adults)
Student : Students who are attending a middle school, high school, university (including graduate courses)
Adult : No age limit

Plan

A creative idea planning contest that combined with VR·AR technology with the trend of the 4th Industrial Revolution

-If VR·AR technology is included, there is no genre limit Win best content through pre-development stage, main line

Category

Pre-Development Stage

Main line & Examination

Content

Participation

~ 2018.07.31(Tue)

Main line

Application & concept video submitted in pre-development and idea elicitation stage will advance to the mail line

Available Support

During the period, Supporting space and equipment for pre-test by development type

Technology support of technical expert for pre-content development

Mentoring of technical Implementation Perspective about ideas

expert evaluation

evaluate best team according to Presentation and test products content realization

Pre-Development Stage

Two to three months of pre-development stage is given for the development of high-quality VR/AR contents.

* The contents developed by the participants must be limited to the contents that have not been commercialized or supported by the government or public organizations.

Developers must form a team of fewer than 10 people to participate in the event (an individual also may participate in the event as a team of one person) and may join the competition during any period of the pre-development phase.

All participants are required to submit concept video by the application deadline(07.31) after the pre-development phase.

Technical support

Support for the developers (teams) and for any technical difficulties in the development of VR/AR contents will be provided by the in-house R&D*center.

* As part of the effort of supplying customized technology for the digital contents being developed by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), technical support for the development of the contents will be provided by the research team.

Target

-Free Topics

Target	Content	Note
Free Topics	All VR/AR contents for smart phones, PC, stand-alone HMD etc.	GearVR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Microsoft Hololens, Oculus Go, Stand-alone HMD etc.

Provision of a Test Bed for Contents Development(by KoVAC)

KoVAC (located in Nuritkum Square, Sangam-dong, Seoul) will provide a development environment for the experience of the users in VR/AR contents, commercialization and improved quality of the contents.

KoVAC will provide a development environment for the participating teams in KVRF competition for the experiment and verification of the developing contents.
– Support for the developers will be available with VR/AR devices and motion platform.

Operating hours : mon~fri, 09:00~18:00

Application method
-online : ETRI Digitial Content Tech-Hub Portal (https://dtsc.etri.re.kr/dtsc/hub/)

Submissions

Main line : application, Pre-product content concept video of PoC level

Final : PT, Pre-product content of PoC level

Schedule

Reception : ~2018.07.31.(Tue)
※email reception : [email protected]

Pre-Development Stage 1) ~7.31(Tue) (prepare for preliminary)
2) 08.09(Thurs)~9.5(Tue) (prepare for final)
※ After preliminary, contact for final team

Device & Technical support 1) ~07.31(Tue) (prepare for preliminary)
2) 08.09(Thurs)~9.5(Tue) (prepare for final)

Preliminary evaluation : 08.01(Tue)~08.08(Tue)

Final : 09.06(Thurs)~09.07(Fri) for KVRF 2018 period

Evaluation & award : KVRA Award 09.07(Fri)

Q&A : Korea VR AR Industry Association(KoVRA), +82-2-2132-1274