Brainstorm word cloud
Terms mined today from the brief, current gallery submissions, past winning projects in related Devpost hackathons and the discussion board. Bigger = more frequent (brief and winners weigh more). Click a word to see winning projects that mention it.
AI · immersive · explore · AR · music · learn · notes · study · game · hands · web · beat · plan · chutes · digital · food · experience · smarter · simulator · fun · intuitive · platform · hand · share · augmented reality · english · real-time · model · room · mixed-reality · spaces · world · tutor · ask · zero · scales · gemini · dynamically · unique · navigate
Past winners in related hackathons
Winner-badged projects from ended Devpost hackathons that share a theme with this one. Read a few before you pick an idea.
- Fun With English — Learn english with simple games (2019 Developer Circles from Facebook Community Challenge)
- VOXELIZE — A real-time AR voxel scanner with 3D model export as .glb (Snap AR Lensathon)
- DreamSpace — Turn any room into stunning, immersive mixed-reality spaces (Meta Horizon Start Developer Competition)
- World Ensemble — Tap buildings to place instruments in the AR world. Tap the sky to switch the audio and visual effects. Walk around to change the beat. (Google’s Immersive Geospatial Challenge)
- SafeHer — Not just the fastest route — the safest one (Zero Origin)
- RoofGrid — Turn any rooftop into a practical, data-driven solar plan. (InfinityX Global Hackathon 2K26)
- ReLiving — Rconnecting the pieces of memory that make us who we are. (SYNCS HACK 2026)
- Tunjuk — Tunjuk is an open-source web AI screen tutor. Sign in with Chutes, share any window, ask anything. Every inference call hits your own wallet, Tunjuk holds zero credits and scales free forever. (Chutes Hack Malaysia 2026)
- AI-Genie Quest — An age-adaptive AI tutor powered by Gemini that dynamically transforms its UI, tone, and complexity to teach kids Artificial Intelligence at their own pace. (PIXEL GEMINI 2.0)
- Roar — A Spark AR effect created to help ALS patients communicate. (2019 Developer Circles from Facebook Community Challenge)
- Any Where — Any Where is the lens for creating digital footwear where users can style unique sneakers, check them in 3d, rotate them in hand, try on food and save them as digital collectables. (Snap AR Lensathon)
- Inkphony — Everything around you becomes an instrument that you can use to make music and learn composition. (Meta Horizon Start Developer Competition)
Judging criteria
Criteria as listed on the official page; weights are not stated there, so they are drawn equal. source ↗
Measures originality, creative ambition, and relevance to the chosen track.
Evaluates the quality of design, mechanics, and user journey tailored to the intended audience, emphasizing seated, hands-first, or specific context use.
Assesses technical expertise, reliability, and strategic use of platform tools, particularly the features that define hands-first experiences: gaze interactions, hand tracking, passthrough, spatial anchoring, and FoV-aware design.
Assesses the overall quality of UI/UX, art direction, and sound design.
Timeline
Submission period (from Devpost): Sep 24 - Nov 18, 2026. Deadline: Deadline: Nov 18, 2026 @ 12:00pm PST.
How a beginner can ship
- Read the rules page
Check eligibility, team rules and what must be submitted.
- Pick one idea from the word cloud
Choose one problem and one user; cut everything else.
- Build the smallest working version
One flow that works end to end beats five half features.
- Record the demo early
Most Devpost judging leans on the video and description.
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