Seattle AR/VR Hackathon: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seattle-vr-hackathon-6-tickets-36462884469?aff=es2
(Event also has a free networking mixer on Friday 9/15/2017. The apps developed during the hackathon are open for viewing by the public, do come on the evening of 9/17/2017)
Microsoft Dream Build Play: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/projects/campaigns/dream-build-play-challenge
For basic Unity development, ensure your system meets the following requirements:
OS: Windows 7 SP1+, 8, 10; Mac OS X 10.9+.
Windows XP & Vista are not supported; and server versions of Windows & OS X are not tested.
GPU: Graphics card with DX9 (shader model 3.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities.
If yes, go ahead and download Unity from the following link:
https://unity3d.com/get-unity/download?_ga=2.160234229.913328333.1504697698-1852165835.1503699492
Depending on which platform (PC or Mobile) you want to develop for, make sure you have the following in place as well.
iOS: Mac computer running minimum OS X 10.9.4 version and Xcode 7.0 or higher.
Android: Android SDK and Java Development Kit (JDK).
Windows Store: Windows 8.1 (64-bit) and corresponding Visual Studio and platform SDK:
Windows 8.1/Windows Phone 8.1: Visual Studio 2013 or later and Windows 8.1 SDK;
UWP: Visual Studio 2015 or later and Windows 10 SDK;
IL2CPP scripting backend also requires C++ compiler feature to be installed with Visual Studio.
WebGL: Mac OS X 10.9+ or Windows 7 SP1+ (64-bit editor only).