Introducing The Nominees For The 2019 VR Awards

VR hardware is front and center at this year’s festivities following the release of Oculus Quest and HP Reverb.

AIXR has announced the 2019 nominees for their third annual international VR Awards, an event dedicated to celebrating outstanding achievements in the VR industry.

The award ceremony recognizes multiple achievements in VR, such as hardware advancements, gaming, film, social experience, and marketing to name a few. This year’s red carpet, black-tie event will take place on November 11th in Central London’s prestigious 8 Northumberland Avenue, where 300+ international delegates from the most influential backgrounds of the VR industry will be in attendance celebrating the latest in VR innovation.

Choosing a winner for each category will be the responsibility of over 80 expert judges who will deliberate over each finalists looking that one thing that makes them stand out from the others.

Steve Bambury, one of the judges for the VRAwards, and a VR consultant who many consider a leader in the VR education industry, told VRScout that he will be looking for something engaging and immersive but also something that has clear potential for integration in actual classrooms; something that can redefine the way students learn about particular areas of subject.

In an official press release, Daniel Colaianni, Chief Executive, AIXR said, “The VR Awards is a platform of growth for the innovators, pioneers and creatives of tomorrow, the finalists announced today deserve to be where they are, and deserve to be celebrated for their outstanding work,” Colaianni adding, “The VR Awards strives to recognize all areas of this flourishing industry as it continues to grow.”

The VR Awards takes place at 6pm on Monday 11th November, Central London. Tickets for this year’s ceremony can be bought here: https://vrawards.aixr.org/tickets

VR Hardware of the Year:

Oculus – Quest
VRgineers – XTAL 5K HMD
Oculus – Rift S
HTC – Vive Pro Eye
VR Electronics – Teslasuit
HP – Reverb VR Headset

VR Game of the Year:

SIEE & ASOBI Team – ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission
Ninja Theory – Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice VR Edition
Coatsink – Shadow Point
Sony London Studio – Blood & Truth
Owlchemy Labs – Vacation Simulator
Outerloop Games – Falcon Age
Secret Location – Transpose
First Contact Entertainment – Firewall Zero Hour
Survios – CREED: Rise to Glory™
Archiact – FREEDIVER: Triton Down
Resolution Games – Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs
Innerspace VR & ARTE France – A Fisherman’s Tale
SignSine – PROZE: Enlightenment

VR Experience of the Year:

ILMxLAB & Oculus Studios – Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series – Episode I
NBC Universal & Digital Domain – Eleven Eleven
StartVR – Awake
REWIND & SkyVR – Curfew: Join The Race
Lucas Rizzotto – Where Thoughts Go
Cinétévé Experience & Backlight Studio – The Scream VR

VR Film of the Year:

Fable Studio, Third Rail Projects & Oculus Story Studio – Wolves in the Walls: It’s All Over
Grammatik Agency – the bOnd
Baobab Studios – Crow: The Legend
Walt Disney Animation Studios – Cycles
Secret Location & Electric Shepherd Productions – The Great C
Breaking Fourth Limited – Lucid
Felix & Paul Studios – Traveling While Black
Simpals Studio – Aripi
Parable, Channel 4 & 59 Productions – Grenfell: Our Home

VR Marketing of the Year:

Backlight, Orangina Suntory & Marcel – Oasis Pocket Adventure: The Infrunite Slide
UDG Ludwigsburg & Nerdindustries – Porsche “Hall of Legends” VR Experience
Qualcomm Technologies – Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit 2018 Invitations
NUMENA – S 1000 RR VR
Proektmarketing +1 – Ledvizor VR-presentation space
LR Studio – VR experience for Santos de Cartier launch
Ready At Dawn – Lone Echo II: Trailer Experience
Happy Finish, H+K Strategies & Ford – Ford ‘WheelSwap’ VR

Rising VR Company of the Year:

Innovative VR Company of the Year:

VR Education & Training of the Year:

Filament Games – Breaking Boundaries in Science
Vodafone & Make Real – Working at Height
Isbank – IsReality (Isbank)
Orka Informatics – Virtual Training Ship Simulation (VTS)
Nanopixel & Eandis – Training: Replace low voltage fuses without life-threatening risks
Somewhere Else Solutions – BODYSWAPS®
Avantis Systems – ClassVR
Immerse – DHL: Gamification of the Cargo Loading VR Training Process
Engine House VFX – Exoplanet Explorers 2
MOYOSA Media – Mighty Masters

VR Healthcare of the Year:

Immerse – GE Healthcare: Increasing training opportunities for radiographers through VR
Oxford Medical Simulation – Oxford Medical Simulation
Fundamental Surgery – Fundamental Surgery (FS)
Precision OS Technology – Augmented Baseplate Shoulder Simulation & Patient Specific Planning
Oxford VR – Fear of Heights (clinical acrophobia)
Virtualware & King’s College London – VR for Psychosis Research and Treatment

Out of Home VR Entertainment of the Year:

ILMxLAB & The VOID – Ralph Breaks VR
Ballast Technologies & Wiegand.Maelzer – VRSlide
DIVR – Golem VR
MWMi – Chained: A Victorian Nightmare
Dreamscape Immersive – Curse of the Lost Pearl: A Magic Projector Adventure
Holocafe – FaBIOS Fantastic Fun Factory
Zero Latency – Sol Raiders
Vertigo Games & Jaywalkers Interactive – Arizona Sunshine LBVR
Ymagis & Backlight Studio – TOYLAND : CRAZY MONKEY
Ubisoft Blue Byte – Beyond Medusa’s Gate
EXIT Adventures – HUXLEY 2 – THE ADVENTURE BEGINS
Flight School Studio – War Remains

VR Social Impact Award:

BBDO DUBLIN – RSA CONSEQUENCES
Vulcan Productions – X-Ray Fashion
Force Field Entertainment – Anne Frank House VR
Galactig – Dementia Yn Fy Nwylo I / First Hand
VILD Studio – CHILDREN DO NOT PLAY WAR
Springbok Entertainment – The 100% – Maggie’s Story
Vulcan Productions – Ghost Fleet VR
East City Films – Common Ground
Artie – Mercy
Visualise & Don’t Panic – The Right Choice – ICRC

VR Enterprise Solution of the Year:

Make Real & Lloyds Banking Group – Lloyds Resilience & Vitality
VBlueprint Reality – MixCast VR Marketing System
Autodesk – Autodesk VRED – VR Collaboration
Goodpatch – Athena
Virtualware – VIROO: Virtualware Immersive Room
Elara Systems – VR Command Center