Oculus LaunchPad 2019
Oculus Launch Pad is an annual fellowship program designed to support promising VR content creators from diverse backgrounds with hands on training and support, so they can iterate on their unique ideas and bring them to market.
Combined with technical support, workshops, and fostering a collaborative environment of developers, Oculus has poured a ton of resources in emerging artists, designers and creators.
The bootcamp gathers 100 professional to grow as emerging leaders in the field. Those selected to participate received admission to bootcamp, hardware support, on-site meals, travel support, as well as admission to Oculus Connect 6. The bootcamp is comprised of hands-on courses with industry leaders, designed to foster and grow passion for VR development.
After bootcamp, all Launch Pad participants received three months of development and VR support to continue their app development process. All creators joined an online community of peers with additional coaching from Oculus experts as we developed our projects into a working prototype. Finally participants were invited to OC6 where I got to watch the Zuck give his keynote address.