Unleash Your Creativity
Passionate about immersive tech, digital storytelling or game design? Build in VIVERSE and compete globally for a chance to win cash prizes and be featured on the VIVERSE website!
Global Competition
Thousands in Cash Prizes
3 Submission Categories
What is VIVERSE?
VIVERSE is a powerful and flexible platform for building immersive 3D worlds, games, and social experiences using no-code tools. It works in any web browser, across tablets, smartphones, laptops (Windows and Mac OS) and even on XR headsets for the highest degree of immersion.
Build XR skills for the next wave of career opportunities in game development and immersive content.
No Code? No Problem!
Build stunning worlds and games without programming experience. VIVERSE’s no-code tools and templates make it easy to jump in, design, and publish.
VIVERSE supports easy project importing for the below engines:
Our Categories
Submission Categories
Choose your path to innovation. Build immersive experiences, create engaging games, or design social worlds that bring people together.
Immersive Storytelling
Music experiences, visual novels, artwork, shared spaces, architecture, learning materials, and more.
Games
Games built for web, optimized to run across mobile devices and PCs (multi or single player).
Social Experiences
Build engaging and community-driven multiplayer worlds.
Check out last year's entries here.
Below are some of the winning projects from 2025:
Prizes
Prizes & Awards
Compete for substantial cash prizes and institutional recognition in our global competition
Awards for Students
Cash prizes awarded to winning student teams globally
First Prize
$5,000
Per Team
3 teams globally
(one per category)
Second Prize
$2,500
Per Team
3 teams globally
(one per category)
Third Prize
$1,500
Per Team
3 teams globally
(one per category)
Disclaimer: Cash prizes are per winning team. Globally, there will be one (1) first, second, and third-prize winning team for each of the three Competition Categories, for a total of nine (9) winning teams globally. Winners will be selected at the discretion of a judging panel based on the contest criteria. HTC reserves the sole discretion to disqualify entries that do not adhere to the Terms and Conditions.
Timeline
Dates & Resources
Essential information and support to guide your journey through the competition
Nov 9 - Dec 4
Hackathon Period
Dec 7 - Dec 18
Judging
January 2027
Winners announced
Participants
Team Size
1-5 people per team
University Teams
Multiple teams allowed per institution. Team members must be students of the same institution.
Exclusivity
One team per student maximum.
Hackathon Dates
November 9, 2026 - December 4, 2026
Onboarding
Download our walkthrough/onboarding deck by clicking the link below. Reach out to our team by email or Discord with any additional questions.
Discord Support
Real-time technical support and community interaction on the official VIVERSE Discord channel.
Official VIVERSE community
Dates and times are subject to change per HTC's discretion. Teams will receive notice if such changes occur. Resources provided are the either owned by VIVERSE or licensed and should not be reproduced for use beyond the Contest.
Technical information and common questions about VIVERSE can be found here:
How to
How to Join
Follow these simple steps to register your team and start building
Preparation
Choose teammates
Choose your teammates, and a team name. Each team must be from the same institution, and can include 1-5 people.
Form Team
Select a Team Leader for your team. The Team Leader will be responsible for registering your team for the hackathon and submitting your project.
Registration Process
Create VIVERSE Accounts
ALL team members must first visit create.viverse.com and create a VIVERSE account using their university/institution email address.
Complete Team Registration
The Team Leader navigates to this page (the Hackathon landing page), clicks “Join the Challenge”, and fills out the registration form. Important: copy the Team Code and keep it in a safe place!
Share Registration Link
The Team Leader shares the Team Code with other team members. Team members navigate to this webpage and click “Join the Challenge”, then use the appropriate Team Code to join their team.
Judging Criteria
Projects will be evaluated on these five criteria, each scored from 1-10 points for a total of 50 points.
(1-10)
User Experience
Ease of navigation, intuitive features, and overall enjoyment
(1-10)
Scene Design
Visual quality and aesthetics of the world
(1-10)
Creativity
Originality and innovative thinking in concept execution
(1-10)
Technical Competency
Effective use of interactive elements like physics and lighting. Multi-platform optimization.
(1-10)
User Engagement
The world's ability to captivate and retain user interest
Submissions
Submissions will be accepted after the competition start date.
Contact Us
Interested students and universities, email us at: viversespark@htc.com