Meta revealed the winners of the Middle East and North Africa’s first SPARK AR challenge hosted in collaboration with the UAE National Program for Coders, the Museum of the Future, and Lenslist.
In the three-week competition, creators were asked to submit their effects for a shot at winning cash prizes of over 50,000 USD. These effects were judged based on their Craftsmanship, Originality, Creativity, and Theme.
Submissions closed on the 19th of June and the judging phase began, made up of a panel of experts from Accenture, Emirates Airline, the Museum of the Future, Lenslist, and Meta.
The key tracks in the Spark AR challenge were Emirates Airline’s ‘Mobility of Tomorrow’ and Accenture’s ‘Opportunities of the Future’
Here are the winners of the challenge for Mobility of Tomorrow:
First prize (USD6,000)
“Fly Above The Future” by’ Syaoki Biek
Second prize (USD3,000)
“Airplane Invisible” by Munik Carvalho
“spacesky:mars” by Domenico Amalfitano
“TRAVEL FOR ALL” by Kenichiro Takamatsu
Third prize (USD$1,000)
“Airport of Future” by Anastassiya Marchenko
“Future trips” by Flavia Freire Carneiro
“i c e Entertainment” by Elsa Elsa
“Clouds Art Gallery” by Kazumi Sato
“Space Jellyfish” by Viacheslav Sirman
“future hangar” by Danilo Teixeira
Here are the winners of the challenge for Opportunities of the Future:
First prize (USD6,000)
“VR Gaming ROOM” by Safa Hadil Nani
Second prize (USD3,000)
“Cyber Vibraphone” by Space Joe
“Space Lecturer 2023” by Kauri Beguely
“Future Science” by Reem Chalak
Third prize (USD1,000)
“The Ufo Builder!” by Julian Pratama Ashidik
“Future Dermo ?️” by Emilio Vegas
“AR interview” by Amir Orozobekov
“Robot Factory effect” by Djanilson Lopes
“Future Laboratory” by Mariia Silich
“AR Medical training” by Tobias Mosart
