announcement, event
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Play Labs, a Summer Accelerator at MIT, ...

SUMMER, 2018 CLASS ON THE MIT CAMPUS TO SHOWCASE 10 STARTUPS ACROSS A MIX OF ESPORTS, BLOCKCHAIN, VR/AR AND ED-TECH

The Demo Day will be on August 14, 2018 at 6:00 pm EDT at MIT in classroom E51-115.

Play Labs, a Summer Accelerator at MIT, Announces 2018 Class of Playful Startups and Demo Day
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Welcoming Colopl Next as an investor and ...
Welcoming Colopl Next as an investor and sponsor for Play Labs
announcement, event
Rizwan Virk
Play With Us at our MIT Open House - July 3rd

On Tuesday, July 3rd, we’re inviting the public to test the latest products and games created by the companies we’re hosting at Play Labs!

WHERE: 32 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA, Rooms 32-124 & 32-144
WHEN: July 3rd, 5pm - 8pm

Play With Us at our MIT Open House - July 3rd
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Welcoming Theta Labs As Blockchain Partner

We're excited to welcome Theta Labs, Inc., as a partner and sponsor for our summer 2018 batch!  This is the first year we will be including blockchain startups, and Theta will be a part of that.  Theta's founder/CEO, Mitch Liu, an MIT alum, will be a mentor for our teams as well, and Theta's participation will encourage adoption of blockchain in the MIT startup eco-system.

You can see the full press release announcement below, or on PR Newswire here

Welcoming Theta Labs As Blockchain Partner
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Call For Startups - Play Labs - Summer, 2018 ...

demo day

RSVP for our Demo Day, August 15, at MIT and online!

We have 13 playful tech startups that we have been mentoring on the MIT campus, with a variety of VR/AR/esports/gaming/enterprise applications. They will be presenting on stage and there will be an opportunity to try out their demos after the presentations.

Demo Day is August 15, 2017 from 6-9pm

RSVP for in person demo day: (MIT, classroom 10-250)

RSVP for online demo day:  (if you can't make it in person)

The first batch consists of playful startups spans a wide breadth of categories, including:

  • VR pets & games (3 startups)
  • VR business applications (2 startups)
  • AR/MR  Applications/Tools (2 startups)
  • VR/VRWeb/360 development tech (3 startups)
  • eSports (2 startups)
  • Machine Vision and Deep Learning (2 startups)
  • Online Games (2 startups)