The idea

In under 72 hours, at the 2020 MIT Reality Hack, create an immersive multi-user virtual environment (MUVE) where anyone around the world can connect to, and collaborate on ideas in an immersive environment.

The Work

We crafted a unique digital environment and programmed a variety of interactive objects, and then used Unity and Normcore to blend them together to create an immersive and networked digital meeting space.

The Result

Ide Træ was recognized as one of the top 10 projects overall, and in the top 5 in the VR category at the 2020 MIT Reality Hack.

What is Ide Træ?

Ide Træ is a project that was created during the 2020 MIT Reality Hack, and was envisioned as a networked virtual reality multi-user virtual environment (M.U.V.E), which would be a digital space for people all around the world to gather and connect; and to provide a creative space for ideation and collaboration.

Born as a "meta-hackathon" tool, with sci-fi novel influence, this project uses virtual reality to solve three problems that were encountered at this event:

Accessibility - There's always someone who would want to attend a hackathon, but not be able to cover the incurred expenses for traveling and lodging.
Communication - It's hard to explain and collaborate on 3D and immersive concepts using 2D drawings.
Efficiency - There should not be a tradeoff between physically staying with a concept to present it to others, and learning about the ideas of others.

At the conclusion of the 2020 MIT Reality Hack, Ide Træ was recognized as one of the projects in the "Top 5 in VR" category.

Create

Give it a cool name - and watch a virtual world grow like fruit on the tree.

Collaborate

Grab your fruit headset to pull yourself into the void - a blank canvas with tools to draw, erase and leave audio recordings.

Celebrate!

Once you've made something awesome, take off the headset, walk to the podium - and press the button for something cool to happen.