With generous support from Facebook Reality Labs and US Ignite, RIoT is excited to announce the RIoT Your Reality AR Challenge! In partnership with the City of Raleigh and the Town of Cary, and with special thanks to Google Fiber, we’re calling all innovators, thinkers, entrepreneurs, technology standouts, and solutions makers.
Winners will be eligible to receive a cash prize and a place in the RIoT Accelerator Program (RAP.)
Join us for:
Information Session – March 12th, 2-3pm ET
First Pitch Event – April 12th, 2-3:30pm ET
Project Sprint – April 19th – July 19th
Final Pitch & Winner Announcement – July 27th
Event details may be found on the events page of our website.
Resource Library:
Application Deadline:
Applications closed on March 31st
Did you miss the kickoff session?
Watch the recording to find out everything you need to know!
Problem Statements:
Improving Inclusivity and Accessibility for City Programs & Services (Equity & Inclusion)
– Using AR, how do we make our communities more inclusive and accessible?
Reinventing the Raleigh Convention Center for Economic Impact (Tourism)
– How can an AR solution help bring life into the Raleigh Convention Center?
Workforce Development for the Data Economy (Workforce Development)
– How can AR help drive employee growth?
Criteria/Rules
Applicants can be an individual, team, startup or established companies. Please note that established companies must submit a new product or new add onto an existing product offering.
While we are interested in seeing all AR products, preference will be given to those solutions for our problem statements.
Solutions can be hardware or software.
Selected teams must participate in all events and project meetings to qualify for the prize.
Faqs
Deepest thanks to our Technology Partners:




