06 Vision Awards Recognize VR/AR Excellence

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 recognize 21 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 hosted by 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 Mans 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 feat 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.)

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