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Origin Fest 2025
VR Fair & Hackathon

Origin Research and Innovation Lab at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT)

Our three-day VR Fair &Origin Fest, taking place May 9th–11th, 2025 at the Origin Lab on the DeKUT campus.

9th-11th MAY 2025

About Origin Fest

Origin Fest is a co-innovation hackathon that unites innovators, entrepreneurs, researchers and educators to solve real-world challenges using frontier technologies. This year’s Origin Fest will focus on applying Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Extended Reality (XR) to enhance teaching and learning Science and Mathematics subjects. Five challenges will be posed, and partnering industry and education institutions will implement and scale the winning solutions.

You can choose to participate and enter to become a problem solver to one of our challenges.

Registeration Deadline APRIL 30th

How to Register for Origin Fest 2025

General attendee
As a General Attendee, you’ll have access to a wide range of panels, workshops, and exhibitions that explore cutting-edge topics.
  • Live Demonstrations
  • Workshops
  • Exhibition
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Problem Solver
As a Problem Solver at the Origin Fest Hackathon, you’ll dive into one of our 4 challenges. Collaborate with like-minded thinkers, tinkerers, and creators as you prototype solutions with impact. Take on one of our themed challenges for a chance to win prize money, gain mentorship, and access opportunities to develop and scale your project beyond the festival.
  • Participate in the Hackahton
  • Hands on Training
  • Prize Money
  • Idea Incubator
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Challenger
As a Challenger at Origin Fest, you can submit a pressing issue or opportunity related to Immersive Technology and Education. Share your challenge with a community of passionate young innovators, technologists, and creatives ready to co-create meaningful solutions. You’ll have the opportunity to present your challenge, collaborate with hackathon teams, and participate in shaping the outcome. Best of all, you’ll retain ownership of the developed solution, with the potential to bring it to life and scale it beyond the festival. Bring the challenge — we’ll help you build the future.
COMING SOON

About Virtual Mechatronics Lab (VML)

The Virtual Mechatronics Lab (VML) is a cutting-edge innovation hub at DeKUT, dedicated to revolutionizing engineering education, research, and industrial automation. VML integrates immersive digital solutions with real-world engineering applications, focusing on Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Metaverse. The lab actively collaborates with industry leaders to drive forward projects in AI, VR, AR, and Digital Twin applications .
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What to Expect.

Interactive Training

Participate in hands-on VR/AR sessions designed for both pupils and teachers, aimed at enhancing understanding and classroom application of immersive technologies.

Live Exhibitions

Engage with demonstrations and showcases of ongoing work at the forefront of educational innovation.

Expert Insights

Gain perspectives from panel discussions featuring experts on how frontier technologies like VR and AI are transforming pedagogy and overcoming challenges in education.

Coaching Clinics

Access one-on-one guidance on effectively integrating VR/AR/Xtools into teaching and learning practices.

Networking Opportunities:

Connect with fellow educators, tech innovators, curriculum developers, and key stakeholders from the education and innovation ecosys

School-Focused Programming

Day 1 is curated especially for primary and secondary schools, with no participation fee. Schools may choose to attend the first day or all days.

9th-11th MAY 2025

Origin Fest Program

Day 1
May 9, 2025

Introduction & Immersion into VR

Objective: Familiarize participants with VR, AR and XR; demonstrate classroom integration approaches; explore fron

Theme & Objective

Expert panel on XR evolution and use cases

 Hands-on VR/AR demonstrations and exhibits

Continuous coaching sessions for teachers and students

Day 2
May 10, 2025

AI & VR in Education – Interactive Learning

Objective: Introduce AI-powered VR applications; foster student creativity through programming and development.

Theme & Objective

VR/AR development workshops

Demonstrations of MediAR and 360° learning content

Plenary session for Origin Fest participants

Presentation & panel discussion by invited guests

Day 3
May 11, 2025

Competitions, Awards & Future Roadmap

Objective: Recognize outstanding solutions; conduct hackathon judging; chart the way forward for implementation and scale-up.

Theme & Objective

VR/AR hackathon final pitches

Judging panel and awards ceremony

Review session and roadmap discussion

Origin Fest Registration Deadline April 30th REGISTER NOW

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