Our neighborhood, the beautiful city of Kraków, is also home to one of the world’s largest and most modern entertainment venues: TAURON Arena Kraków. The Arena has hosted Elton John, Katy Perry, and this weekend it will host Estimote’s RealityHack hackathon. We give you the beacons and the arena, you build apps to enhance the experience. Deal?
Sign up at realityhackkrk.com and meet us on Saturday, June 11th, at TAURON Arena Kraków.
Let me entertain you
Beacons are hitting it big in sports and entertainment. FC Barcelona and Pittsburgh Penguins reach millions of fans with location-based content. NFL and NBA teams are on board as well. And no wonder: delivering perfectly-placed, perfectly-timed information is the icing on the cake that ensures fans and visitors have a blast. Here’s an opportunity for you to decide how this icing will look. Is it going to be indoor navigation, seat upgrades, food and drinks delivery? You show us!
During the hackathon, you’ll be able to build apps in six categories to upgrade the visitor’s experience:
- Indoor navigation
- Show experience
- Food & beverage
- Merchandise
- Prizes and awards
- VIP experience
We’re kicking off at 9 AM sharp and we move straight on to hacking. You have until 5 PM to put together something that will stun the jury from Estimote and Tauron with your idea and execution. We’ll have mentors on the ground to help you with your brilliant hacks. We’re bringing our own crew from Estimote alongside experts from PLEO skills, Untitled Kingdom, and more.
The whole Arena has already been set up with more than 100 Estimote Beacons: at the stands, around the lobby, and in the VIP skybox. You can use this infrastructure to create your app and if you need more beacons for testing or placing somewhere we didn’t think of, we got your back! Every team will have additional beacons at their disposal.
The best team gets to take home beacons and stickers from Estimote as well as our brand new, limited Physical Web t-shirts that broadcast URL addresses. And the best thing? Arena managers will be closely watching the projects to explore possible contextual services based on beacons and microlocation. Who knows, maybe it’s your idea that will get deployed at one of world’s largest and most modern entertainment venues!
If you haven’t registered yet, now’s the last chance! We have limited capacity and the last spots are still free for the taking. Grab them now and we’ll see you on Saturday. RSVP here.
Oh, and one more thing. Make sure to drop by at the before party at Estimote Kraków HQ at Krakusa 11, Friday evening. We’ll be serving drinks and snacks and answering all the questions you might have about RealityHack @ TAURON Arena. Fun times ahead!
Wojtek Borowicz, Community Evangelist at Estimote