On November 27, 2017, the VR / AR Industry Competition and the 2nd 'Honggutan Cup' VR / AR Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition 2017 jointly sponsored by Nanchang Municipal Government and International iCAN Alliance were held in Beijing Zhongguancun Creates Space officially announced the start of this competition is divided into registration, preliminary and final three parts, for the Chinese and overseas Chinese entrepreneurship and innovation entrepreneurship team and social entrepreneurship project, the final winner will have access to well-known mentor, support policies and Venture funds and other aspects of the support.
The competition by the Ministry of Industry and Ministry of Education as the guidance unit, by the Nanchang municipal government, iCAN International Union jointly sponsored by Nanchang Honggutan district government, Nanchang Mission City specifically hosted the contest to 'create reality reality' as its theme, the project team and Enterprise groups, the main target for the major universities in the country's electronic and computer related classes and other related professional students and teachers, software application development team, AR / VR technology entities start-ups and overseas outstanding business team and companies.
iCAN contest chairman, Peking University, Professor Zhang Haixia, on behalf of the organizing committee, said: iCAN has long been committed to innovative personnel training and screening projects for science and technology projects. Nanchang City seizes the opportunity for the development of new industries and co-hosts the VR / AR Competition. Advantages, through the competition to attract talented people and projects landing, help local industry upgrade.
Competition organizers Nanchang Honggutan District Human Machine Intelligent Industry Promotion Association Duanmu Lin said, 'We hope that this competition will be able to promote the national outstanding students and start-ups and Nanchang VR industry base for seamless docking, give full play to Nanchang' one Five or nine 'industrial planning pattern advantages to promote and strengthen the VR / AR field of government, production, learning, research and use of the organic combination.' Competition Organizing Committee official said, 'With the second Red Valley Beach VR / AR Innovation Venture The start of the competition will enable more outstanding college students and start-ups to understand the confidence and favorable conditions for the establishment of VR industry cluster in Nanchang and make the current Red Valley Beach Cup VR / AR Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition become the flag and benchmark for establishing a VR base in Nanchang, excavate, Attract a group of talented people and projects to Nanchang for development.
The second session of the Red Valley Beach Cup VR / AR innovation and entrepreneurship competition is divided into three stages: registration, preliminary race, finals, is expected to have more than 400 teams to participate in the competition where qualified teams through the designated site for online registration and submission of works, after Selection of the Preliminary Rounds A total of 50 projects from the project team and the enterprise group, each of which has been selected for technical and application categories, will enter the final, with the final to be held in Nanchang in January 2018. At the appointed time, each team will pass the live demonstration and on-site defense In the form of competition, the final jury will be selected by the winning team.
This competition has the top industry cooperation scale, brings together the world's most experienced industry experts, top producers, first-class hardware equipment manufacturers and well-known media, with focus and vertical support in the industry's important partners; access to 100 million Venture Capital Fund to support; get realmax, Google GardBoard, Microsoft Hololens and other technology platforms strong support.
In order to ensure the fairness and authority of this contest, the Organizing Committee of the Competition will employ well-known individuals in the industry to form a professional review team to jointly evaluate the entries. These include professors with relevant professions in colleges and universities, well-known VR / AR software developers and Equipment supplier representatives, venture capital experts and industry-renowned technical experts.
In addition, the special VR industry funds and competitions in Nanchang introduced funds such as Hongtai Fund and Sheng Shan Capital to obtain equity investment opportunities for outstanding teams participating in the competition. Nanchang, the excellent team encouraged to participate in the competition, the organizing committee of the competition will actively encourage the landing team to give priority to various preferential policies for the construction of the virtual reality VR industrial base in Nanchang.
According to China National Grid Network, Nanchang municipal government in accordance with the 'one nuclear dual' economic development ideas, Nanchang grasp the opportunities for the development of the VR industry, in February 2016 announced the construction of the world's first urban VR industry base - China (Nanchang) virtual reality VR industry base, started the construction of global virtual reality science and technology industry base 'the first shot'.
Since then, Nanchang continued to consolidate the industrial base, the location of the environment, the cost advantages of personnel under the premise of continuous introduction of nurturing and support, market innovation related policies, in addition also through the establishment of angel venture capital fund VR / AR industry, the establishment of provincial financial business district, etc. , Vigorously develop the financial support for the VR / AR industry to provide comprehensive support and protection.
About iCAN contest
The iCAN competition started in 2007 and was initiated by Peking University and gradually became an international event of innovation and entrepreneurship led by the government and led by the private sector. The competition is mainly vertical to the field of IoT and intelligent manufacturing. The competition for intelligent hardware, robotics, , VR / AR, etc. In the past 10 years, the competition adhering to the concept of "self-confidence, persistence and dreams" attracted nearly 100,000 participants from more than 20 countries in the world, covering over 400 colleges and universities in China, Affecting millions of people.While the era of manufacturing 2025 and Industry 4.0 in China is approaching, the iCAN Contest will actively cultivate a group of innovative and high-tech talents with a 'craftsmanship' for innovative technological R & D and manufacturing enterprises and find and cultivate Batch high-quality venture projects hatch.