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- The category winner will earn $6,000 in prize money. The deadline for submitting applications, according to the competition schedule, is July 26.
- Epic Games is already well-known for their groundbreaking Unreal Engine 5 programming engine. It was featured in popular games like Fortnite and the fourth installment of the critically acclaimed Kingdom Hearts series. Unreal Engine 5 has also recently received significant funding.
- Using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5, developers must generate new materials and scenarios for the new Mars XR Operations Support System (XOSS) environment. NASA has previously provided information about Mars that covers the full Martian day.
NASA’s mission: The goal? To locate programmers interested in assisting in the building of the Martian metaverse. The NASA MarsXR Challenge is a new competition created by NASA in partnership with Epic Games and Buendea. According to Herox, the NASA MarsXR Challenge is for developers who want to help create virtual reality experiences in the Martian metaverse (XR).
Prize Pool For The NASA Challenge
Using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5, developers must generate new materials and scenarios for the new Mars XR Operations Support System (XOSS) environment. NASA has previously provided information about Mars that covers the full Martian day. On a distant planet, they contain orange day and blue night, meteorological conditions, and 400 km2 of realistic and complex topography.
The prize fund for the Martian Metaverse Creation Challenge is $70,000. It was divided into twenty unique categories. There are four rewards in each of the five categories listed, in which designers can build unique scenarios.
Virtual World On Mars
The category winner will earn $6,000 in prize money. The deadline for submitting applications, according to the competition schedule, is July 26. On September 27, 2022, the winner will be decided after a two-month evaluation process. At the time of writing, the competition has 25 teams and 266 innovators signed up to compete.
Epic Games is already well-known for its groundbreaking Unreal Engine 5 programming engine. It was featured in popular games like Fortnite and the fourth installment of the critically acclaimed Kingdom Hearts series. Unreal Engine 5 has also recently received significant funding. SONY put a billion dollars into it, and Kiribi, the corporation that controls LEGO, put another billion. NASA is no stranger to difficult difficulties.
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