Guides & Tutorials: i-Space: Inter-Secondary School VR Contest 2018/19

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The first Inter-Secondary School Virtual Reality Contest will commence in September 2018. The topic of this VR contest is "Stories from Ancient China", letting students turn stories and fables from ancient China into VR applications so that more people can have an immersive experience of the life in ancient China.

This contest is organised by International STEAM Olympiad Association and co-organised by Department of Electronic and Information Engineering and Pao Yue-kong Library from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Objectives

To nurture a creative, curious, and can-do mindset that help students acquire 21^st century skills and overcome challenges in future.
To build a cultural learning ambience by encouraging students to explore more about topics related to ancient China.
To support STEM education by promoting VR technology to teachers and students.

Participants

Secondary school students (S1 - S4)*

*2018/19 school year

Contest Results

The award ceremony for the Inter-secondary School VR Contest was held on 13 July 2019 in the Digital Visualisation Room (i-Space, 4/F). 12 secondary schools participated in the contest which ended in June 2019. A total of 5 teams are shortlisted to the finalist in the contest. Congratulations to our winners!

Award	Project Title (Chinese only)	School Name	Team Members
Champion	合州釣魚城之戰	Carmel Divine Grace Foundation Secondary School (迦密主恩中學)	Lee Hiu Fung Tin Yu Sum Marco Wong Chi Shing Leung Chun Yui
1st Runner-up	孔子VR之厄於陳蔡篇	Pak Kau College (伯裘書院)	Chan Hau Ki Isabella Guan Jiahao Lam Cho Kiu
2nd Runner-up	圓明園	Munsang College (民生書院 )	Wu Chun Ming Chan Yan Tak Tang Ho Chun Lau Yui
Commendation Award	鄭和下西洋	Ying Wa College (英華書院)	Liu Hugo Lee Daniel Kwan Kiu Tang Darren Tsz Kin
Commendation Award	后羿射日	The Chinese Foundation Secondary School (中華基金中學)	Pang Suet Ling Felicia Kwan Fung Ching Wong Hiu Yin

Timeline

Important Dates	Activities
10 September 2018 (MON)	Open for Registration
3 October 2018 (SAT) or 10 November 2018 (SAT)	Briefing Session & Virtual Reality Day Introduction to the first Inter-secondary School Virtual Reality Contest - Stories from Ancient China Introduction to the latest VR technology VR Workshop of building a simple VR project (viewed by Google Cardboard) Demonstration of PolyU student VR projects* *Winning entries of VR Contest organised by PolyU Library.
9 November 2018 (FRI) 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm	Consultation Sessions for VR Story Proposal Writing (Advance booking is needed.)
~~24 November 2018 (SAT)~~ Extended to 22 December 2018 (SAT)	Deadline for VR Story Proposal Submission Each team must submit the following information either in Chinese or English. A storyline less than 500 words A PowerPoint file illustrating VR Proposal (with no more than 10 slides) A supplementary 2-min video clip to illustrate the VR Proposal (optional) SEND all the above information to lbms@polyu.edu.hk (Acknowledgement of receipt will be sent to participants within three working days.)
22 December 2018 (SAT) 9:00 am to 1:00 pm or 23 January 2019 (WED) 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm	Advanced VR Workshop Topics include: Introduction to Unity How to build your VR project * Workshops provided on two days are identical.
~~6 April 2019 (SAT)~~ Extended to 29 June 2019 (SAT)	Deadline for VR Story Submission Each team must submit the following information either in Chinese or English. A PowerPoint file (with no more than 20 slides) which contains the storyboard and contribution of each team member, etc A supplementary 2-min video clip to demonstrate VR story
13 July 2019 (SAT) 9:00 am to 12:00 pm 12:30 to 1:00 pm	VR Story Presentation - Finals Each team will be given 15 minutes to present and demonstrate their VR stories. Award Ceremony

Rules and Regulations

There is no limit on the number of participating teams for each school. Each team should consist of 2-4 students.
Each team can only submit one VR story for the contest.
All entries must be original and have not been published in other occasions before. By submitting an entry, the participants warrant that the entry neither contains any third party copyrighted materials nor infringes the intellectual property rights of any third parties. Participants should also be aware that the content should not include obscene, violence, religion, politics or any other inappropriate content. The Organisers reserve the right to disqualify against any entry or team that violates the rules without prior notice.
The Organisers reserve the right to display the entries for exhibition and promotion purpose.
The Organisers reserve the right to announce and reveal the winners’ names and photos for promotion purpose.
Prizes are non-exchangeable, non-returnable and non-refundable in any situation.
By submitting an entry, the participants acknowledge that they have read and accepted the Rules & Regulations of the contest.
The Organisers reserve the right to amend and/or cancel the activities as well as the Rules & Regulations without prior notice.
In case of any dispute, the Organisers reserve the right of final decision.

Organiser

International STEAM Olympiad Association

Co-organiser