Vision VR/AR Award Winners Announced, Recognizing Innovation in VR and AR

Judges Included VR/AR Luminaries From Microsoft, Oculus, Sony, PTC, Unity Technologies, University of Southern California and UploadVR

(firmenpresse) - LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 02/11/16 -- As part of the inaugural , the winners of the 2016 Vision Awards have been announced. The 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 , 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 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.)

For more information and content on the winners, please visit the .

Designed for artists, engineers, programmers, designers, producers, and more, the 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.



Melissa Sheridan
Alight PR

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