At the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas on Monday, Diamandis and his organization announced a new $10 million competition to develop “real-life avatars” to enable humans “to remotely see, hear, and interact with physical environments and other people.”
The four-year global competition, announced in partnership with All Nippon Airways, challenges the public to form teams and register by Oct. 31, 2018 to compete for several $1 million prizes (awarded in April 2020 and 2021) and a grand $8 million prize (awarded in October 2021).
The $10 million ANA Avatar XPRIZE is a four-year competition focused on accelerating the integration of emerging and exponential technologies into a multipurpose avatar system that will seamlessly transport human skills and experience to the exact location where and when they are needed.
Register now to be updated on all things Avatar XPRIZE and to be one of the first to sign-up as team when team registration opens June 15th.
Other articles:
https://fortune.com/2018/03/12/xprize-avatar-peter-diamandis/
https://www.geekwire.com/2018/ana-avatar-xprize-puts-10-million-boost-breakthroughs-telepresence/
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/03/12/new-10-million-avatar-xprize-competition-announced.html
https://mashable.com/2018/03/12/x-prize-avatars/#zlPSWo3VuZqZ
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