• If it were somehow possible to bring Einstein back in avatar form what would he look like?
• Would he be serious, or playful?
• How would he respond to a life online?
• Would his 21st Century avatar form look like his 20th Century body?

Put your own imagination and sense of discovery to work and create a “21st Century” Einstein: you’ll not only be creating an avatar for a 20th Century icon, you’ll be contributing to science.

CONTEST RULES

Creating a Face for an Important Cause

The winning entry in the Einstein Avatar Creation Competition will be used in an online fundraising campaign for IMRIC. This fundraising campaign will include virtual world, social media, live event and video to reach out to individuals and raise funds for global medical research projects.

VIEWER INTERFACE CONTEST

Rules and Criteria

• We are inviting anyone with an interest in 3D design to create an Einstein avatar and to imagine how he’d look if he took form in a virtual world.

• The winning entry will be used in the virtual world of Second Life to engage with audiences and to film machinima (machine based cinema) that will be used in a global online campaign to raise funds for medical research.

Submissions

• Your submission should be sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Please e-mail us a photo of your submission and provide either:

• A link or attachment with the 3D assets (OBJ files, textures, etc.)

• Details or confirmation that you have sent Second Life assets to Dusan Writer (Second Life name)

Contest criteria

• Design an avatar for Albert Einstein. While the avatar should be recognizable as Einstein, feel free to use your imagination to design an Einstein suitable to our digital Century.

• Entries should be Second Life compatible although they can take advantage of the “mesh import” function of the virtual world. (In other words, entries created in Blender, Maya or other software products are acceptable, so long as they can be imported into Second Life using Collada).

• Entries should be original work only, and entrants must certify that they are the sole rights holder or have all necessary permissions for submitted content.

• Entries can consist of photos, 3D models, videos, or Second Life asset folders.

• Following initial entries, a short list of no more than 6 finalists will be selected and their entries publicized. These entries will be required to submit all “raw” assets including OBJ files, textures, or Second Life compatible items like “shapes” and “skins”.

Judging

• A panel of judges will evaluate the entries. The criteria for judging is to select an avatar that best represents the ideals, vision, iconography and image of Albert Einstein as imagined for the 21st Century.

• The panel, to be selected by IMRIC, will have the right to make a final decision about the winning entrant.

Prizes

• First place: $1,500

• Second place: $750

• Third place: $250

• In order for winners to receive their prizes, they will be required to sign a release form related to the use of the assets and to certify rights.

Ownership

• All entrants will grant an exclusive license to IMRIC for the purposes of display and promotion related to the contest.

Dates

• Submission: Submit no later than 11:59 PM (2359hrs) Eastern Standard Time, September 9, 2011

• Announcement of finalists: September 12, 2011

• Winners announced: September 19, 2011

Disclaimer Stuff

• In accepting the prize, the winner, acknowledges that Remedy Communications and IMRIC will not be held liable for any loss or damages associated with accepting or using this prize(s).

• In making a submission, the entrant acknowledges that they are are the creators, or have full and unencumbered ownership of the submission.

Pulled from   http://www.imric-virtualmarathon.com/