Three competitive phases
In the first phase participants will focus on sketching buildings , transportation , and infrastructure concepts for Mawrth Vallis — Welsh for Mars Valley — a potential landing site identified by NASA . The concepts have to reflect the conditions on Mars , such as its weaker gravity , lack of oxygen , and exposure to radiation . The concept phase wraps up in early November , and winners will receive HP ZBooks and HP Z Workstations .
In the modeling phase , participants will create a 3D model focusing on any aspect of the future built environment on Mars , with the help of Autodesk software . With the creative and technical guidance from Technicolor , co-creators will use Unreal Engine to bring the 3D models to life and create a virtual reality simulation of what life on Mars could be like .
In the final phase — rendering — participants will create a still , animated , real-time or VR rendering depicting their invention for a smart city or region on Mars that supports life for a million humans .
In the modeling phase , participants will create a 3D model focusing on any aspect of the future built environment on Mars , with the help of Autodesk software .
28 Innovation Journal · Issue 8 · Winter 2017