{"id":3736,"date":"2021-09-05T17:34:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T17:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.alfaisal.edu\/?p=3736"},"modified":"2021-09-05T17:34:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T17:34:47","slug":"alfaisal-university-hosts-saai-hackathon-20th-22nd-of-august-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.alfaisal.edu\/en\/alfaisal-university-hosts-saai-hackathon-20th-22nd-of-august-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfaisal University Hosts SAAI Hackathon 20th &#8211; 22nd of August, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 20-22, 2021: The SAAI Factory is a hackathon fostering community and celebrating innovation in the creative industries: Design, Gaming, Performing Arts, Virtual\/Augmented Reality, Music, Calligraphy and Visual Arts. The SAAI hackathon\u2019s regional hub in Riyadh was organized by Alfaisal University\u2019s AI Research Center in the College of Engineering in collaboration with its Knowledge Partner, the Royal Institute for Traditional Arts (TRITA).<\/p>\n<p>At the Super Artistic AI (SAAI) Hackathon, Alfaisal University students, faculty and alumni worked with local artists and art scholars in the regional hub activities on August 20-22, a feature of the hackathon that pairs artists with student\/alumni collaborators. The global <a href=\"https:\/\/saai.devpost.com\/\">SAAI hackathon<\/a>, which launched August 6, invited participants to explore creative works at the intersection of arts and technology. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/saai.devpost.com\/details\/symposium\">Kickoff <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/saai.devpost.com\/details\/symposium\">Symposium<\/a>, Alfaisal University\u2019s Director of the AI Center, Dr. Areej Al-Wabil presented a keynote on \u201cVirtual Reality Engines for Designing Immersive Experiences\u201d which featured Alfaisal University\u2019s mixed-reality projects and immersive experiences that are believable to the human mind, using augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR) &#8211; collectively known as extended reality or XR. \u201cWe are aiming to facilitate the cross-pollination of creativity, skills and ideas among a diverse community to collectively hack creative works at the intersection of Arts and Technology,\u201d said Dr. Areej Al-Wabil, who also serves as a member in SAAI\u2019s Jury and hackathon executive committee.<\/p>\n<p>The Final Submissions for the SAAI Hackathon\u2019s Artwork will be om 14th of September 2021.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow the event via SAAI different channels and platforms.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Social Media Wall &#8211; Posts from All Regional Hubs <a href=\"https:\/\/my.walls.io\/SAAI-FACTORY\">walls.io\/SAAI-FACTORY<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Youtube Channel for Live Streams <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCt97Vf7EdRf9x8UUJXq0zFw\/featured\">SAAI Channel<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/saaifactory\">com\/saaifactory<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FactorySaai\">com\/FactorySaai<\/a><\/li>\n<li>CryptoVoxels <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cryptovoxels.com\/parcels\/2939\">https:\/\/www.cryptovoxels.com\/parcels\/2939<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 20-22, 2021: The SAAI Factory is a hackathon fostering community and celebrating innovation in the creative industries: Design, Gaming,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,19],"tags":[],"college-department":[{"term_id":10,"name":"College of Engineering","slug":"college-of-engineering","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":10,"taxonomy":"college-department","description":"","parent":0,"count":272,"filter":"raw"}],"class_list":["post-3736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-students","college-department-college-of-engineering"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alfaisal University Hosts SAAI Hackathon 20th - 22nd of August, 2021 - Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.alfaisal.edu\/en\/alfaisal-university-hosts-saai-hackathon-20th-22nd-of-august-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alfaisal University Hosts SAAI Hackathon 20th - 22nd of August, 2021 - Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"August 20-22, 2021: The SAAI Factory is a hackathon fostering community and celebrating innovation in the creative industries: Design, Gaming,...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.alfaisal.edu\/en\/alfaisal-university-hosts-saai-hackathon-20th-22nd-of-august-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-05T17:34:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news.alfaisal.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/006-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1404\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1061\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Harshin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Harshin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.alfaisal.edu\\\/en\\\/alfaisal-university-hosts-saai-hackathon-20th-22nd-of-august-2021\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.alfaisal.edu\\\/en\\\/alfaisal-university-hosts-saai-hackathon-20th-22nd-of-august-2021\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Harshin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.alfaisal.edu\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/287caa76f4b08af044c781f938204bd0\"},\"headline\":\"Alfaisal University Hosts SAAI Hackathon 20th &#8211; 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