Hacking Culture Bootcamp SUPER-success in Amsterdam!

Participants had the opportunity to experiment with smart audio/video formats and come up with inspiring TV applications

Posted on: 11 May 2015

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This weekend the first E-Space hackathon took place in Amsterdam, from the evening of the 8th until the 10th of May. The event, organised by the Europeana TV pilot of E-Space project, was challenging game and app developers, storytellers and interactive designers to create new multi-screen experiences with a focus on digitised historical footage. Participants had the opportunity to experiment with smart audio/video formats and come up with inspiring applications that create new TV experiences for the public or private domain, using Europeana content.

On Sunday afternoon the final pitches and award ceremony of the Hacking Culture Bootcamp took place with announce of the winners teams, who won a business modeling workshop in London!

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For more information visit the event website or www.waag.org/en/event/hacking-culture-bootcamp

 

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