weareVR
Aerospace Hackathon
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THE CHALLENGE
We are challenging the community to propose solutions to a virtual helicopter cockpit not emulating existing cockpits but re-designing to utilize the full power of VR.
In the aerospace industry, innovations are implemented cautiously and rather in an evolutionary manner as very high demands are placed on safety and the associated approval procedures. Conventional cockpits are therefore characterized by switches and small displays, with a maximum of screens and HUD (augmented reality).
We would like to change that, we would like to disrupt the physical cockpit and migrate entirely to a virtualized one. Leveraging the full potential of virtually integrating technology and more than just emulating existing cockpits: Truly designing for the future!
At the weareVR Hackathon Berlin everything revolved around finding novel VR solutions for helicopter cockpits
Truly designing for the future!
Teams of VR developers, avionics and aerospace enthusiasts, UX/UI designers, entrepreneurs, engineers, machine learning enthusiasts or programmers were getting together to find new ways of thinking outside the box.
There is so much more possible in VR!
"Basically we were curious. We wanted to see where the future is headed to & explore our ideas."
Winning team member
Our curated jury, impulse speaker & mentors announced the winning teams
For us they are all winners!
THE JURY, MENTORS & SPEAKERS
We invited successful Start-Ups, Fail Experts aka Prototyping Coaches,
VR enthusiast and a pilot to get the 360° view on the future of cockpits.
A hackathon is a collaborative event to find useful & creative software solutions together.
As this is a multi-disciplinary topic, we have chosen the judges to be interdisciplinary as well.
They look at the results from their perspective.
DR. MOHAMMED ATTIA
NEX AREO
Speaker
Designing & manufacturing hybrid-electric long range vertical takeoff and landing aircraft passenger aircraft for advanced air mobility. The first Hydrogen-Powered long-range eVTOL.
TIMON RUPP
THE DRIVERY
Speaker
Step from VR flight simulation to disruptive VR/UX & what might come next. CEO of The Drivery (The Marketplace for Mobility Innovation), builder of innovative ecosystems, entrepreneur by heart & avionics enthousiast.
SebASTIAN LEBER
Veecle
Speaker
Co-Founder, Strategist & through and through Entrepreneur. With ELEXIR they follow their vision to disrupt mobility with digital mobility solution.
WILL FISCHER
VOXDALE
Speaker
Prototyping coach & passionated problem solver for novel and elegant solutions with experience in aerospace, nanotechnology, semiconductor equipment, robotics, mechatronics, consumer products & smart furniture.
MAREN LESCHE
STARTUP COLORS
MENTOR
Maren is the founder of Startup Colors, Vision Health Pioneers Incubator, Applied Data Incubator as well as Project Lead at the EU Project IntellIoT. Moreover, she is part of part of the management board of InnoQube Swiss and advisor for SXSW.
VANESSA FEIERABEND
UX /UI Designer
JURY
Senior UX/UI Designer with experiences in the automotive, home appliance and medical technology industries imagining solutions for the far future.
MICHAEL DOST
LITEF
MENTOR
Head of IT department | Start-ups target new markets and new technologies - where disruptive and radical innovations emerge!
BEN V BUTLER
Applied Data Incubator
Speaker
The creative heart of The Applied Data Incubator: best known for creating thought-provoking campaigns, directing videos, launching magazines, publishing books & thinking too far 'outside the box'.
DR. UWE HERBERTH
Litef
JURY
Director of Engineering | Start-ups are an ideal complement for companies in strictly standardised industries, such as aviation, to promote innovation and simply try things out. I look forward to refreshing and new perspectives and ideas.
LUTZ KAMPMANN
LITEF
JURY
CEO & PILOT | Start-ups drive innovation & the business models of tomorrow - we want to learn as partners & also open doors.
DR. ANDREA DAHLHOFF
LITEF
JURY
The creative heart of The Applied Data Incubator: best known for creating thought-provoking campaigns, directing videos, launching magazines, publishing books & thinking too far 'outside the box'.
SUSAN WEGNER
LUFTHANSA INDUSTRIE SOLUTIONS
JURY
As one of the early adopters of AI, I am passionate about exploring new horizons and love driving innovation. With this spirit, we at Lufthansa Industry Solutions are currently developing exciting visions for AI.
FALKO CARL
STARTUP INCUBATOR BERLIN
JURY
What I wish to see in a good team is passion, vision, skills and most of all there should be trust, in yourself, the cause and also your team. Be open to new approaches, ask questions, always stay curious.
THE WINNING TEAMS
We are so proud of all the great teams that joined the weareVR mission in summer 2022:
These young multinational teams (9 nations & 4 continents) turned our heads with their innovative ideas & enabled new perspectives in the field of aviation cockpit!
We would like to thank all the participants for this amazing time we had together:
ups & downs, errors & adjustments, the creation of ideas, the Eureka moments
& the launching of the prototypes for novel cockpits.
CONGRATULATIONS!
1st PLACE
Start with figuring out
a shared picture of the end goal
Iterate & prototype fast
& focus on the most important
parts of the solution!
"The entire project was a team effort."
2nd PLACE
Our research, ideation & development for the hackathon was based on the following proposition :
Preventive Control & Maintenance is at the forefront of the Virtual Cockpit of tomorrow.
Hence we have set our own path, as to develop for that purpose today.
"We approached the hackathon by introducing a hack :-)))"
3rd PLACE
1. Never be afraid to let your ideas take shape.
2. With proper time management tasks become efficient.
3. VR in Aviation is a relatively unexplored terrain:
a lot of potential for sure!
"We wanted to make flying simple!"
HAVE SOME CRAZY IDEAS & WANNA
JOIN OUR MISSION
WITH YOUR OWN IDEAS?
We believe that the journey just has begun, so if you have a great idea, a strong team or an impressive vision of the novel cockpit within mobility - lets hear it!
Hit us with a mail & let us know what you are up to!
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