Have you ever imagined how the workspace of the future would look like? Now you have a chance to build it yourself! We’re excited to announce the latest edition of our RealityHack open source app contest, partnering with Slack. The folks that brought you the coolest team communication platform around will be helping us pick the very best project.
Build an app that makes Estimote Beacons or Stickers work with Slack platform to win fame, glory, and (of course) amazing prizes! The developer (or team) behind the winning app gets an awesome Internet of Things hacker pack (including next generation Estimote Location Beacons, Flic button, Particle Maker Kit, Pocket Operator, Intel Edison, and Proto-X SLT drone), and a ton of swag from Estimote and Slack.
RealityHack Challenge #3: Reinvent the Workplace starts today, and is open for submissions until April 10th. For details, visit the contest page and read on.
Rules & The Good Stuff
We want you to think of the most creative ways to make Estimote Beacons or Stickers work together with Slack to create a better office. Employ a bot to check room occupancy with beacons, build a conversational UI to track objects that go missing way too often, leave digital Post-It notes for colleagues in specific areas of the office, you name it!
The requirements are simple:
- Create an open source mobile app for iOS or Android to be used in the workplace
- Make sure it integrates Estimote SDK and Slack API
- Shoot a short video of the app in action
- Send your submission, consisting of a link to the video and link to the app to realityhack@estimote.com by 11:59 PM PST April 10th
The best projects may even be published as App Templates in Estimote Cloud and in Slack’s Community Integrations directory so that developers worldwide can utilize them! The winning project, chosen by Estimote and Slack teams, will also receive:
- Fame and glory! Estimote and Slack will promote the project in their channels
- a super duper hacker pack including: next generation Estimote Location Beacons, Flic button, Particle Maker Kit, Pocket Operator, Intel Edison, and Proto-X SLT drone
- Swag to show off and brag to all your friends… you are the winner!
No purchase necessary. For the full terms and conditions, head over here.
We can’t wait to see the kind of useful and exciting Slack apps you build incorporating Estimote beacons. We imagine many useful integrations from the office space, to conferences, to retail shops. Show us what’s happening in the world!
Taylor Singletary, Slack Developer Relations
We hope to see a lot of amazing ideas combining Estimote and Slack. Go for it, and show us your brilliant solution! If you have any questions, just drop us a line.
Good luck and don’t forget to visit the RealityHack website.
Wojtek Borowicz, Community Evangelist at Estimote