Live Action VR workshop led by Freedom 360 at Samsung Studio Soho. July 10, 2015

VR Hackathon NY team: Callie Leone and Edson Soares (ITP student) at the Gear VR table.

Alex Chechelnitsky and Joergen Geerds of Freedom 360 give a workshop on live action VR. Samsung Studio Soho downstairs lounge.

Live Action VR workshop led by Freedom 360 at Samsung Studio.

An all-women team of VR hackers.

Ken Perlin, head of NYU Media Research Lab, beams into Samsung Studio from Microsoft, Redmond. He talks about shared VR space.

Mega Meet Up at Samsung Studio. Speakers: Ken Perlin & David Lobser, Samsung's Tom Harding, Littlstar dev team, Freedom 360's Joergen Geerds.

VR hackers in main area at ITP/NYU.

VR hackers holed up in classroom at ITP/NYU.

VR hackers abound!

(L to R) Littlstar dev team, NYVR's Eric Greenbaum, Judges

(L to R) LoNyLa/TimeWave Producing AD J Dakota Powell. Judges: Omer Shapira, Fake Love's head of VR, Chaki Ng, GM of Viacom Lab, Clara Fernandez-Vara, Assoc. Professor at NYU Game Centre and producer Steven Tabakin of Tashtego Films.

Xin Jiang (right), SVU student, films the hackathon. Xin is creating a documentary on the evolution of virtual reality.

ITP students Stream Gao and Edson Soares join the VR Hackathon team. They help to set up and do a dry run on Thursday, July 9, 2015.

Eighteen teams pin their project details on a large white board. ITP's main working area.

End of day 1 of hacking. Team and hackers chill in front of ITP/NYU.

Unpacking Gear VR from Oculus.

Waiting for VR team presentations to start on Sunday, July 12, 2015.

A hacker's box of gear!