​World Model Hackathon

​Join us in Fort Mason for the first hackathon built entirely around world models.

WARNING: An EVENTBRITE TICKET does NOT guarantee ADMISSION. Please apply through Worlds in Action Hack!

​Tracks

• ​Best Filmmaking, Entertainment, Simulation App
• ​Best Gaming, UGC Experience
• ​Best World Models Implementation with PICO
• ​Best Agentic Mission Control with PICO
• ​Best Emulator Project with PICO
• ​Best WebSpatial Project with PICO

​What We Will Provide:

• ​Access to World Labs Marble API
• ​Unity/Unreal/WebXR World Model kits
• ​WebSpatial cross-platform deployment
• ​Mentors and technical support
• ​17 PICO devkits + SDK support

​To get up to speed, sign up for the pre-hack workshops and join us on Friday evening.

​Judges at the Hack evaluating the award categories:

• ​Asim Ahmed, Head of Product Marketing (Spatial Solutions) at Niantic Spatial, Inc.
• ​David Gene Oh, Global Developer Advocacy at ByteDance
• ​Fasai Phuathavornskul, Senior Software Engineer for Android XR at Google
• ​Ian Curtis, Product Designer at World Labs
• ​Sherrie Cao, Product Manager for AI Experiences at Electronic Arts (EA)
• ​Yiqi Zhao, Product Design Lead at Meta
• ​Conway Anderson, Product & Design Leader, Startup Product Advisor
• ​Felix Hartmann, Founder and Managing Partner of Hartmann Capital
• ​Greg Madison, XR and Unity Illusionist
• ​Jake Steinerman, XR/AI Strategic Advisor
• ​John Dagdelen, Founder of Fluid
• ​Marco DeMiroz, General Partner & Co-founder of The Venture Reality Fund
• ​Michael Morran, Creator Relations Manager at VIVERSE
• ​Sze Yuan Cheong, Co-Founder & CEO of Devol Robots
• ​Yiliu Shen-Burke, Founder of Softspace Inc.

​Founder's Inc Judges Team:

• ​Ryan Chan, Co-founder, CEO of MakerMods
• ​Hendrik Chiche, Co-founder & CEO of OMGrab
• ​Isaac Sin, Cofounder, CTO of MakerMods
• ​Hubert Thieblot, General Partner of Founders, Inc
• ​Hugo Hernandez, Founder & CEO of Alakazam Studios

​Pre-Hack Workshops

​The Pre-Hack Master Class & Networking on the evening of the 13th is optional. Team formation and Workshops will be repeated on the morning of the 14th.

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🤖 Powered By

• ​​XR Bootcamp global academy teaching XR, AI and organizing SensAI Hacks across the world.
• ​Pico/Bytedance providing the Hack with awesome awards, exciting Devkits and headsets!
• ​Founder's Inc hosting and operating.

​🎯 For XR/Game Developers • Creative Builders • Anyone exploring where world models are heading

​Expect: Early tech, weird ideas, fast iteration, builders shaping playable reality.

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Questions? hello@sensaihack.com

WARNING: An EVENTBRITE TICKET does NOT guarantee ADMISSION. Please apply through Worlds in Action Hack!

​About:

​XR Bootcamp is a global online academy offering hands-on VR/AR courses for experienced developers and researchers. It supports the XR Creators community with free knowledge, peer learning, and networking. Its recent SensAI program brings XR, AI, and CV developers together to prototype context-aware wearable applications using multi-modal AI/CV tools with access to exclusive kits and resources.

​We’re kicking off 2026 with something new: ​Worlds in Action Hack San Francisco, the first hackathon built entirely around world models - not as theory, but as things you can explore, break, and ship with.

​🚀 Apply Now to join the upcoming hackathon and be part of the next wave of breakthroughs!