Niantic has announced the launch of The Niantic Beyond Reality Developer Contest, which invites third-party developers to build on the Niantic Real World Platform to create new game experiences that push the boundaries of the company’s technology. This contest offers applicants a chance to compete for a prize pool of more than $1 million USD.
Niantic is seeking applicants that are excited about creating projects that follow core tenets of Niantic: exploration, exercise and real-world social interaction. The required team composition is at least five developers with experience in Unity and Java Server technology. The Niantic Beyond Reality Developer Contest will be a two-phase process: the application phase, and the development phase.
Following the application phase, a select group of ten teams will earn a stipend and access to the Niantic Real World Platform. Finalists will work for a three-month period, with the goal of showing off their incredible work at a Demo Day in San Francisco, hosted by Niantic. In addition to regular guidance and discussion from the Niantic Engineering team, finalists will be brought to San Francisco/Bay Area to meet with executives and lay the groundwork for the work to come.
The contest is open for submissions now through February 17, 2019. Details on how to apply can be found on the developer website. To learn more about the contest, and its requirements, check out the Niantic blog.
