• You must be at least the age of majority in your country, state, province, or jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry;
• This Hackathon is open to Creators located in these countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States.
• Employees or partners of Meta (including members of the Spark Partner Network) and Lenslist (both Lenslist and Lens That) and their immediate family are not eligible to participate,
• Individual Creators and collaborative Teams of 2-4 Creators can all participate in this Hackathon.

1. Create & Publish your World AR effect

• First things first – Design your AR effect in Meta Spark Studio and then publish it on Instagram. Download Meta Spark Studio here,
• Keep in mind, your effect should coincide with the theme: Showcase Your Culture, but you can interpret the theme in your own way,
• Your effect should be a World AR effect, meaning its main features should be visible with the rear view camera of your smartphone,
• Your effect should include interactive or utility-focused 3D objects,
• Keep in mind that in order for your submission to be valid, effects must be published on your Instagram account via Spark AR Hub. If your effect didn’t go through the verification process yet, you can also submit it using the demo/test link. Go here to find out how to publish a link-only effect,
• Works must follow Facebook’s Community Standards and comply with Facebook’s Terms of Service, Meta Spark Studio Terms, Meta Spark and Frame Studio Terms and Meta Spark Policies,
• Important note: Retain your original source files in the highest quality possible, as we might need them to make the final decision.
• Go here to read the full Terms & Conditions.

2. Submit your AR effect using our Submission Form at the bottom of this page 👇

• Each Creator or Team can submit 10 Effects max,
• Each and every effect should be submitted separately,
• Before submitting your first Effect, you’ll have to fill in a registration form concerning your AR experience and basic personal information,
• In 48h you will get a confirmation email from our Lenslist Team, so that you can be sure your entry was valid and in accordance with our Terms & Conditions.
• Go to the form at the bottom of this page and submit your effect and Showcase Your Culture!

• Your AR project can’t include references to any real people, dangerous situations, other brands, show or imply alcohol or drunkenness, or anything offensive,
• It has to be original! It means you can’t use any third-party pre-existing copyright materials and/or stock images in your project. No other person or entity may have rights to any submitted Work, while you can still use royalty free assets,
• Effects submitted for our hackathon can be used by you for personal, non-commercial and portfolio use only,
• Lenslist reserves the right to remove inappropriate, offensive and harmful submissions as well as projects that do not fit the brief.

In order for your submission to be valid, effects should be published on your Instagram account via Spark AR Hub, so no other software or platform can be used. Although, if your effect didn’t go through the verification process yet, you can also submit it using the demo/test link. Go here to find out how to publish a link-only effect.

You can use free assets (eg. from Sketchfab) or those with royalty-free, non-commercial license as a part of your submitted effect. You can’t use any third-party pre-existing copyright materials and/or stock images in your project. No other person or entity may have rights to any submitted Work.

Your ideas are safe with us! Submissions will not be visible to the public on Lenslist until the Submission Period is over, although, during the Submission Period, your project may be featured on Lenslist social media channels – of course with credits given to you – only as a way of spreading the word about our Hackathon. Your design is your property and it will stay that way!

In order to take part you need to have a valid Facebook account. It means that all Facebook/Instagram accounts must be at least thirty (30) days old and have not changed the age or date of birth in the last 30 days prior to entering the hackathon.

No, submitting your effect to our hackathon is totally free. Both downloading the software and entering the hackathon do not require any additional fee on your part.