Finalists Announced for The 7th International VR Awards: Sony and Meta face off in the VR Hardware of the Year.
Thursday 17th August 2023, 6 PM BST, London, UK
- Maze Theory, Sony and Out Blue Games are amongst the finalists in the running for VR Game of the Year 2023.
- The Pico 4, Meta Quest Pro, and PlayStation®VR2 will be battling for the title of VR Hardware of the Year winners along with non-headset nominees like Cyberith VidMill.
The VR Awards, the world’s premier international ceremony honouring exceptional accomplishments in the virtual reality industry, is thrilled to unveil the finalists for the highly anticipated 2023 edition.
AIXR is delighted to commemorate yet another year of remarkable VR excellence by revealing the impressive lineup of nominees for the 7th International VR Awards. These finalists represent a collection of unparalleled submissions, showcasing the finest quality and innovation ever witnessed in the history of the Awards. The Academy extends its best wishes to all the finalists as they embark on the upcoming judging phase.
Continuing its successful partnership, AIXR is proud to once again collaborate with Immersive Tech Week in Rotterdam, Netherlands, to host the ceremony and festivities. The association between these two prominent events has proven to be a significant milestone, enabling both ITW and VR Awards to engage a broader audience of immersive enthusiasts and industry professionals from around the world.
With the announcement of the finalists, excitement builds for the upcoming Awards ceremony, where the global VR community will gather to celebrate the groundbreaking achievements and advancements within this rapidly evolving industry. Stay tuned for further updates as we approach the highly anticipated event.
The finalists are as follows:
VR Healthcare Solution of the Year
- FundamentalVR – CareVR
- NextWave Safety Solutions, Inc. – Safe Patient Handling VR
- Osso VR – Osso Academy
- Siemens Healthineers / Virtual Zone Studios – Time is Brain Experience
- Veyond Metaverse Inc. – Veyond Connect
VR Education and Training Solution of the Year
- Born Studios Limited – VATA
- CXR.Agency – The Broken Mile: A VR Training Program for Fiber Optic Network Solutions
- Enea Operator Sp. z o.o. – Technical Service Employee Training
- HOLOGATE / HGXR – HGXR X Extended Reality Training and Simulation
- Innerspace GmbH – VR Cleanroom Training Simulator
- NORCAT – Certi-Fire VR
- Nexefy Pty Ltd – FARP – Receipt and Dispatch
- NextWave Safety Solutions, Inc. – Blueprint Reading VR
- StudioCOIN Corp. – Forum VR – Mission Blue
- UP360 – Escape EDU
- VirtualSpeech – ChatGPT Conversational AI and VR Soft Skills Training
- YORD / ArtMaster – VR Piano Application
VR Enterprise Solution of the Year
- Contact CI – Maestro EP
- Digitalnauts / Openreach – Openreach Innovation Hub
- LS GROUP – ACJ TwoTwenty Configurator
- Luxoom Medienprojekte GmbH – REVELATE XR
- RP1 – RP1
- Vrgineers – Vrgineers Portable Trainer
The AIXR Social Impact Award
- IVAR Studios/Team Shrub/Arctic Research Centre – Qikiqtaruk: Arctic at Risk
- Kost Lab – Body of Mine
- Lucid Reality Labs / The American Red Cross – Lifeguard VR
- NUMENA / Spectra Cities – Spectra Cities
- TIME Studios / Flight School Studio / Meta VR For Good – MLK: Now Is The Time
Rising VR Company of the Year
- Andromeda Entertainment
- DeepWell DTx
- Delta Reality
- Flipside XR
- Impact Reality XR LLC
- Kinemotik Studios
- Petricore
- Purple Yonder
- RP1
- Soundscape
- Squido Studio
- The MetaMovie
Outstanding VR Company of the Year
- Avantis Education
- Borderless
- FundamentalVR
- Innerspace GmbH
- Innerspace VR
- NORCAT
- SENSORIUM
- Soul Assembly
- Virtualware
- Vrgineers, Inc.
- nDreams
VR Location-Based Entertainment of the Year
- Brendan Bradley – Non-Player Character
- East City Films – In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats
- Emissive – Horizon of Khufu
- Glenn Kaino Studio – Aki’s Market
- HOLOGATE – Ghostbusters VR Academy
- JetStyle – VR Ride Scheveningen
- Ready Team One – Isle of Trials: Curse of the Fire God
- The Park Playground – NanoClash Focus
- VIRTUAL ZONE – D–DAY
- Zero Latency VR – Zero Latency Gen 3
VR Marketing Campaign of the Year
- DENTSU & ambr, Inc. – TOKYO GAME SHOW VR 2022
- MEDIASQUAD GmbH – SWARCO Virtual Meta-City
- MyDearest, Inc. – VR Communicator
- Qatar Airways and Neutral Digital – QVerse
- vrisch multimediaproduction GmbH – EGLO World of Lights
VR Film of the Year
- Felix & Paul Studios – Space Explorers – Spacewalkers Extended
- IREP Co., Ltd. – A night in another world
- Oready Innovation Lab – Wonder of Life
- Public Agency – Villa Ventorum
- TARGO – Behind the Dish
- Very Cavaliere Productions – Reimagined Volume II: Mahal
VR Experience of the Year
- ASTREA – Evolver
- Astrolabe Immersive – The Tarot Experience VR
- Games by Stitch – Broken Spectre
- MiniSea – CAMPING-MIND
- Rematch STM Ltd – LockerRoom
- Soundscape – Soundscape
- TRIPP – Sanctum
- Zhestkov.Studio – Modules
- quantumbar.ai – Quantum Bar
VR Hardware of the Year
- Actronika – Skinetic
- Contact CI – Maestro EP
- Cyberith VidMill – Video Production Treadmill
- HTC VIVE – VIVE XR Elite
- Meta – Meta Quest Pro
- PICO – PICO 4 Headset
- Somnium Space Ltd. – Somnium VR1
- Sony Interactive Entertainment – PlayStation®VR2
VR Game of the Year
- Combat Waffle Studios – Ghosts of Tabor
- Funktronic Labs – The Light Brigade
- Maze Theory – Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom
- MyDearest – Dyschronia: Chronos Alternate
- Out Of The Blue Games – Call of the Sea VR
- Schell Games / Innersloth / Robot Teddy – Among Us VR
- Skybound Entertainment – Before Your Eyes
- Skydance Interactive – The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution
- Sony Interactive Entertainment – Horizon Call of the Mountain
- Squido Studio – No More Rainbows
- Stalwart Games – Barbaria
- Wanadev – Propagation: Paradise Hotel
The full list of finalists can be found live on the VR Awards website. To stay up to date with the latest on the 7th International VR Awards, register interest.
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