On behalf of NASA, Buendea, and Epic Games, this challenge is seeking the design and creation of new assets and scenarios for the new Mars XR Operations Support System (XOSS) environment, using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5. This new iteration of the challenge will have two phases – (1) a Storyboarding phase for outlining concepts, and (2) a Development phase for creating assets and scenarios. Solvers can submit to either phase alone, or to both phases. Phase 2, Development, will be informed by the winning solutions from Phase 1. Create and expand Virtual Reality (XR) research, development, and testing environments to help NASA prepare for the situations that will be encountered on Mars.
Award: $70,000 in total prizes
Open Date: February 16, 2023
Close Date: August 3, 2023
For more information, visit: https://www.herox.com/MarsXR