IT Challenge 2023
The Challenge is split into 7 main phases.
Time left for the Awards Ceremony
Idea
Submission
To come up with an innovative concept for an application based on challenge theme
First
Jury
Dec 1, 2022 - Dec 15, 2022
First Jury made of the Atos Scientific Community members select ~15 best concepts
App
Development
Dec 16, 2022 - Apr 2, 2023
15 Shortlisted teams work on their app development with the help of an Atos SC coach and Alumni coach
App
Delivery
Apr 3, 2023 - May 11, 2023
App testing in Atos Competence Center
Pre-Jury
Selection
May 12, 2023 - May 22, 2023
The 15 teams pitch their ideas in front of IT challenge team and selected SC members, down selecting 5-8 teams to present to the final jury who will select the 3 finalist teams
Final
Jury
11 days
remaining
May 23, 2023 - Jun 21, 2023
The shortlisted teams pitched their ideas in front of a Final Jury who will select the 3 finalist teams
Awards
Ceremony
Jun 22, 2023
The 3 finalists are invited to the Awards Ceremony
The Metaverse – New experience for business ecosystems
There is great interest in the technology industry regarding the “The Metaverse”, but what is the Metaverse, and what does this mean in a business context?
Can we build applications and systems that deliver business and commercial value with, or within, the Metaverse?
The aim of this year’s Atos IT Challenge is to produce an application that demonstrates a practical Metaverse use case that will deliver business value.
Metaverse in business – Exploring new modes of working
| New modes of operating
With the generalization of hybrid virtual and physical processes |
New modes of relating
Between humans and robotic entities, through augmented reality and eventually brain-computer interfaces |
| New modes of value and business
Leveraging a new generation of business ecosystems which leverage data marketplaces |
New modes of being
Helped by AI, with new virtual expressions of our human existence |
Technology – Areas of investigation
Possible area of investigation:
- Digital Twins and digital worlds (Operating)
- Computer interfaces (Relating)
- Data ecosystems and economies (Value)
- AI (Being)
Technologies of interest:
- VR/AR/MR platforms – Oculus Rift and Quest, Microsoft Hololens, Valve Index, HTC Vive and others
- Universal Scene Description (USD) specification for 3D computer graphics interchange
- Blender, Apple’s Scenekit, Autodesk 3ds Max
- SteamVR, OpenXR
- Blockchain and NFTs
Possible applications – ideas to get you started
- Use of Virtual reality, Augmented Reality or Mixed Reality systems to provide new business working environments
- Interaction with, or complimentary functionality, for collaboration technologies such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom
- A Metaverse match-maker; facilitating one-to-one introductions of business colleagues
- New education and training experiences
- Visualization and modelling of real-world systems
- Market-specific applications in, for instance, Healthcare, Finance, Manufacturing, Transport, Retail…
- A simulated virtual economy for the Metaverse
- A business-oriented version of Sandbox
- Additions to existing Metaverse environments for business applications
Note: The use of Virtual Reality and other similar platforms is welcome, but this is not a requirement to enter the Atos IT Challenge – other project concepts within the Metaverse theme have equal merit.
We look forward to receiving your submission ideas and seeing you bring them to life!
Discover the 3 Finalists
VR Speech Trainer
Francisco de Vitoria University
In a fully connected world based on the Internet, the ability to speak to a huge audience is an uncommon skill. Most of the time, we choose not to do what make us unconfortable, we choose our confort zone over developing our skills. This is where VR Speech Trainer comes into play. We want to…
SensoVerse
Orléans University
Our idea is based on the establishment of a more inclusive communication system in the metaverse. This system would allow deafs to communicate with other users via gloves that would translate sign language into a sequence of words understandable by everyone in the metaverse universe. One can also imagine replicating this in the other direction…
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Institut ivoirien de technologie de Grand Bassam
En Afrique, nous sommes confrontés à un problème très difficile à résoudre concernant l’éducation. En effet dans le système éducatif, la pratique est toute aussi importante que la théorie. Cependant nous constatons dans nos universités un grand manque de laboratoires et de matériel approprié pour la pratique en particulier dans zones reculées car souvent trop…