https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5QF8J-vGAs Learn how to create experiences for Virtual Reality in a Beginner Workshop. We’ll walk you through the steps, from beginning to end, on how to: Install Unreal Engine on your laptop Set up the VR Development Kit available on...
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Super Smash Bros Gaming Tournament
The tournament brought together over a hundred students from around campus to compete, have fun, and start relaxing for spring break! There where lots of giveaways from Nintendo, Amazon, Discord, Pepsi, and Monster. Prizes for the tournament and contest included...
FIU take HackFSU
Hack FSU is a Hackathon hosted by Florida State University in conjunction with FAMU. Celebrating their 5th year hosting a hackathon, FSU welcomed over 400 students from all around Florida for this 36 hour event. 55 students from FIU traveled 8 hours to spend the...
Hacking with Amazon Alexa!
MLH LocalHost event: Hacking with Amazon Alexa is hosted by Women in Computer Science (WiCS) and the Association of Computing and Machinery (ACM). This workshop is designed for beginners interested in creating your first skill for Amazon Alexa, the voice service that...
MangoHacks: Building code for fun can lead to students landing jobs
From improving your rehab to rehabbing your nightlife – these are just some of the problems that about 550 students tried to solve at the recent MangoHacks hosted at FIU’s School of Computing & Information Sciences‘ PG6 Tech Station. Participants in FIU’s largest...
Experience Organizing MangoHacks 18′
Author: Maria-Jose Ramos | Medium On multiple occasions, MangoHacks has been described to me as the most fun hackathon they have ever been to. As an organizer, that is what we sacrifice our sleep for. That is why we spend countless hours discussing which color looks...
Global Game Jam 2018
Global Game Jam is the world's largest game creation event taking place around the world simultaneously, but at different physical locations. A weekend long 48 hour event where you experiment, create and develop games or skills. Think of it as a hackathon focused on...
FIU take 2nd place at SwampHacks
Florida International University place top 3 at SwampHacks, a student led hackathon at the University of Florida, with the development of SwampBox. "We wanted to make it easier, cheaper, safer, and more convenient for per to per rental of goods. Swamp Box improves the...
Neural gonna give you up – FIU Students place 1st at UHack 2017
UHack is a 24-hour hackathon hosted by the University of Miami. Florida International University students Mark Fajet, Sheila Alemany, and Jonathan Beltran developed a recurrent neural network that accepts a song and will create sounds like Rick Astley's "Never Gonna...
“But I don’t know how to code..”
What does a business major at a Hackathon Organizer Convention have in common with chicken and waffles? At first, it seems odd, but once you give it a try, it might pleasantly surprise you. Someone stop me while we still have the chance.