📌 Results of the First World Labs Hackathon
World Labs, a company founded by Fei-Fei Li, hosted its debut hackathon titled World Labs Hack 01: Spatial Intelligence, which took place on February 27–28. The main theme of the event was creating applications based on their proprietary platform for 3D worlds, Marble.
Thirty-two teams participated in the competition, working with models to develop a wide range of projects—from robot and agent simulators to augmented and virtual reality, game development, art installations, and real estate solutions.
In addition to financial support—which was kept confidential—the winners received extended access to the Marble API, grants, cloud computing resources, mentorship from Fei-Fei Li herself, and assistance in commercializing their ideas through integration into Autodesk’s ecosystem of tools.
The results of the contest were announced online:
First place went to Musée du Monde—a highly interactive museum that allows users to immerse themselves inside famous paintings. Visitors can enter works such as Van Gogh’s Bedroom or worlds inspired by Vermeer and Matisse. Each painting is transformed into a fully explorable 3D environment.
Second place was awarded to Jar of Marbles—a user interface for organizing Marble virtual worlds using semantic analysis. Generations are clustered together, and interaction with them is managed through gesture control utilizing computer vision and body movement technologies.
Third place was given to Augmented Virtuality Room Explorer—a modeling platform for robots and agents. The device uses lidar to scan the environment, builds a semantic map based on vision models, and displays real-time situational information.
A separate mention was made of Marble Estates—a system for creating virtual 3D property tours based on 2D floor plans.
These are just some of the innovative ideas that emerged during the hackathon, showcasing the potential for growth in the fields of 3D technologies and artificial intelligence.
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