The Interactive & Immersive HQ
The Interactive & Immersive Championship pits top members of the TouchDesigner community against one another for the glory of showing the world their technical and artistic prowess.
Competitors who place first, second or third win thousands of dollars worth of prizes. These include TouchDesigner and Notch licenses, as well as a swag bag full of software and hardware provided by our sponsors and supporters.
The Championship is Proudly Sponsored by:
Industry experts, high-end developers, and well-known artists will be hosting, commentating, and judging the challenges as they are happening live. The hosts will be interacting with Twitch chat and answering viewer questions during the challenges.
The event will be broadcast LIVE This August 21st and 22nd at 12pm EDT both days!
If you’ve got a couple years of experience working with TouchDesigner, I strongly urge you to enter The Interactive & Immersive Championship.
It’s a unique chance to get your name and brand recognized by 1000s of viewers. Additionally, the winners will be recognized across our email list and social channels, as well as in an internationally syndicated press release. That’s to say nothing of the thousands of dollars’ worth of prizes the top 3 competitors will win.
Regardless of whether you compete, you will NOT want to miss The Championship.
This is a rare opportunity to get an inside look into how the pros build, optimize, and craft generative and interactive media using TouchDesigner and Notch. There will even be Q&A sessions for viewers to ask competitors questions during and after the competition.
In the first challenge, competitors will be required to pick their favourite interactive inputs and sensors (audio, mouse, keyboard, Microsoft Kinect, Leap Motion, Oculus VR controllers, LIDAR, etc) and create a compelling interactive scene within 90 minutes.
Competitors will have to pull out all the stops in their toolkit to combine TouchDesigner with any other real-time application to create an amazing piece of immersive media in 90 minutes. Competitors can utilize Notch, Unreal Engine, Processing, Ableton Live, and more.
Judge rank the competitors in each of the first two challenges and the top 8 average placements will move on to the final round.
The finalists will be tasked with creating a brand new piece of real-time immersive media based on their favourite artist, whether it's van Gogh or Memo Akten. Competitors will need to use all their pro tricks and technique to achieve the most visually stunning and interesting generative piece that honours their favourite artist in 100 minutes!
Co-Founder
Elburz Sorkhabi is the co-founder of The Interactive & Immersive HQ and one of the top TouchDesigner developers in the world. He brings insight he has used to lead clients including Google, Kanye West, Netflix, TIFF, Burj Khalifa, Nike, Under Armour, IBM, and many more. Elburz has deployed large-scale projects around the world from Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Scotland, and Paris.
Interactive System Designer & Media Maker
Matthew Ragan is an interactive system designer and media maker. His personal work explores the intersection of digital media, live performance, and interactive installations on scales both massive and intimate.
