International Spotlight Heritage Student Contest (eXtended Reality)

This section is dedicated to the Spotlight Heritage international student competition, 2023 edition, whose full rules can be found here: https://spotlight-timisoara.eu/eveniment/regulation-for-international-spotlight-heritage-student-contest-2023/

You are invited to create a virtual reality or augmented reality digital storytelling artifact with Spotlight Heritage resources, using existing artifacts, text, and multimedia stories, and integrating it into a virtual reality/augmented reality experience. You will be able to create other multimedia or digital artifacts (eg 3D images), integrate other functionality or connect with your local/national/international stories. You should be able to work in English with your international team.

Spotlight Heritage resources are available in Romanian and English on the website https://spotlight-timisoara.eu/ and in the mobile applications for Android and iOS that you can find in the application stores under the name "Spotlight Timisoara". These resources will be made available to participants in raw format upon their request.

Evaluation criterias:

  • The creative use of Spotlight Heritage Timișoara multimedia resources and the perspective of digital storytelling
  • Technical assessment – mandatory AR/VR final product, complexity and interactivity of the final product and its ability to be integrated into existing SH applications
  • International team perspective and ideas