Vision VR/AR Awards recognized 21 of the most innovative virtual and augmented reality projects across eight categories, including Best Film/Interactive Story, Best AR experience, and Artistic Achievement.
LOS ANGELES -- As part of the inaugural Vision VR/AR Summit 2016, the winners of the 2016 Vision Awards have been announced. The Vision VR/AR Awards recognized 21 of the most innovative virtual and augmented reality projects across eight categories, including Best Film/Interactive Story, Best AR experience, and Artistic Achievement, among others.
The honors were presented at a special Vision Awards Ceremony last night hosted by VR pioneer Nonny de la Pena, senior research fellow at the University of Southern California. Finalist judges included Brandon Bray from Microsoft, Jed Ashforth from Sony, Chris Pruett from Oculus, Timoni West from Unity Technologies, Per Nielsen from PTC, and Will Mason from UploadVR.
The full list of winners, runners up and honorable mentions for each category are included below:
VISION INSPIRE AWARD
- Winner: I Expect You to Die -- Schell Games
- Runner Up: Fantastic Contraption -- Northway Games & Radial Games
- Runner Up: Faster Than Light -- Anomaly Productions
- Honorable Mention: BRAVEMIND Military Sexual Trauma -- USC Institute for Creative Technologies
- Honorable Mention: Job Simulator -- Owlchemy Labs
- Honorable Mention: Whateverland -- Lucid Trips
BEST VR EXPERIENCE
- Winner: Thunderbird: The Legend Begins -- Innvervision Games
- Runner Up: Fantastic Contraption -- Northway Games & Radial Games
- Runner Up: Job Simulator -- Owlchemy Labs
- Honorable Mention: Apollo 11 VR -- Immersive VR Education
- Honorable Mention: Classroom Aquatic -- Sunken Places
- Honorable Mention: Modbox – Alientrap
BEST AR EXPERIENCE
- Winner: Eleanor of Ayer -- Gelly Bomb Games
- Runner Up: Faster Than Light -- Anomaly Productions
- Runner Up: Table Zombies -- SRG United Solutions
- Honorable Mention: Clandestine: Anomaly -- ZenFri Inc.
- Honorable Mention: Kraft Interactive Placemat -- Gravity Jack
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- Winner: Modbox -- Alientrap
- Runner Up: EasyAR Engine -- EasyAR
- Runner Up: Residential Condominium -- Architectural Simulation
- Honorable Mention: Fantastic Contraption -- Northway Games & Radial Games
- Honorable Mention: Kraft Interactive Placemat -- Gravity Jack
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- Winner: Technolust -- IRIS VR Inc.
- Runner Up: Lucid Trips -- Whateverland -- VR Nerds/Lucid Trips Team
- Runner Up: SENS -- Red Corner
- Honorable Mention: Arizona Sunshine -- Vertigo Games
- Honorable Mention: Jake and Tess’ Finding Monsters Adventure -- Black River Studios
- Honorable Mention: Residential Condominium: Architectural Visualization -- Arch Visual
BEST GAME
- Winner: Budget Cuts -- Neat Corporation
- Runner Up: Classroom Aquatic -- Sunken Places
- Runner Up: I Expect You to Die -- Schell Games
- Honorable Mention: Adventure Time: Magic Man’s Head Games -- Turbo Button & Cartoon Network Games
- Honorable Mention: Jake and Tess’ Finding Monsters Adventure -- Black River Studio
- Honorable Mention: Vanguard V – ZeroTransform
BEST FILM/INTERACTIVE STORY
- Winner: Apollo 11 VR -- Immersive VR Education
- Runner Up: The Fabulous Journeys of Teo & Leonie -- Kenzan Studios
- Runner Up: The Shoebox Diorama -- Daniel Ernst
- Honorable Mention: Happyland360 -- VOSTOKVR featuring V3RA
- Honorable Mention: Waves of Grace -- Vrse (Gabo Arora & Chris Milk, United Nations, Vice, Vrse.Works, Vrse Inc.)
BEST LIVE-ACTION EXPERIENCE
- Winner: U2 Song for Someone -- Vrse, Chris Milk, U2, Apple, Universal Music Group
- Runner Up: Get Barreled in Tahiti with Samsung Gear VR -- Rapid VR
- Runner Up: Sinking -- Maren Demant
- Honorable Mention: Imago -- Project Hypnos
- Honorable Mention: Waves of Grace -- Vrse (Gabo Arora & Chris Milk, United Nations, Vice, Vrse.Works, Vrse, Inc.)
For more information and content on the winners, please visit the Unity blog.
Designed for artists, engineers, programmers, designers, producers, and more, the Vision VR/AR Summit 2016 is a cross-industry event geared towards furthering the knowledge base of anyone developing virtual or augmented reality content. The inaugural 2016 Vision VR/AR Summit is being held at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, CA, February 10-11. Hosted by the brightest minds in the industry, the event showcases some of the most creative new projects the community has to offer, hands-on training for all levels and areas of expertise, as well as numerous networking opportunities.
Source: 2016 Vision Virtual and Augmented Reality Summit
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
