Stanford XR Hackathon 2023 - Will Curry Simulator
VR Simulation of being an impostor living in a Stanford basement
Goals:
Go viral on Fizz (campus social media app)
Learn how to create a VR app
Place top 3 overall
Recreate the experience of living like Will Curry (who famously lived undetected for 10 months on Stanford campus)
Build this project in just 24 hours, following the hackathon rules
My contributions
Helped with initial 3D scanning of the Crothers basement
All of the Unity programming (C sharp) and game/movement logic
Outcome
Viral on Fizz (2.4K Upvotes, top post of the day)
2nd place overall ($500 prize)
Learned the basics of VR game development in 24 hours
Full pitch video