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.
AR · ai-powered · music · real-time · browser · explore · game · right · units · experience · access · share · analysis · learn · room · immersive · beat · map · create · webmcp · agent · interactive · food · pos · never · square · creative · fun · web · intuitive · bonus · augmented reality · social media · real-world · possible · vision · redeem code · english · model · mixed-reality
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)
- Observatory — A local-first fantasy map builder where people and browser agents create together through WebMCP. (The WebMCP Challenge)
- Vonar.ai — Vonar.ai is an AI-powered voice agent that answers inbound calls, handles support requests, and instantly finds answers using real-time search — all without a human. (Perplexity Hackathon)
- FlipFloppers GPU Kernel Optimization w Agentic Research Loop — Achieved 1.9x to 31.7x Performance Increase, with 7.7x Geomean on a single-node RTX 4090 with Ada Lovelace Architecture! (TikTok TechJam 2026)
- SquareSense AI - Personalized Ecommerce Intelligence — SquareSense augments your Ecommerce Database with: AI Chat, Generative Interactive Charts, Data Insights, Psychographic Analysis, AI Analyst, Speak and Explain Charts, and more. (Square + Google AI Hackathon)
- 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)
- 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)
Judging criteria
Criteria as listed on the official page; weights are not stated there, so they are drawn equal. source ↗
How thoroughly and skillfully does the project integrate at least one YouCam API? Does the project demonstrate clear consumer or retail value? Does the code reflect genuine effort and a working, non-trivial implementation?
Does the project deliver a complete, coherent product experience — not just a technical proof of concept?
Does the project make a credible, specific case for solving a real problem for a real audience — and does the solution actually address that problem based on what's demonstrated?
Is this a creative, non-obvious use of at least one YouCam API — and does the team demonstrate genuine understanding of the problem space they're working in?
Timeline
Submission period (from Devpost): Sep 29 - Nov 02, 2026. Deadline: Deadline: Nov 2, 2026 @ 11:45am EST.
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.
From the discussion board
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