The Advanced Imaging Society, a non-profit trade group with members including major Hollywood studios, held its annual Lumiere awards this week on the Warner Bros. studio lot. A number of VR and AR projects were recognized.
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-Ality was selected as VR game of the year. Last year, projects like Dear Angelica and Google Earth VR took home awards. Check out the full list of winners in immersive categories at the 2018 awards below. Also, be sure to check out our own best of 2017 list too.
Best VR Game
“Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-Ality” from Adult Swim & Owlchemy Labs
Best VR Location Based Animated Short
“Tree” from the New Reality Company
Best Location Based VR: Animated
“Raising A Rukus” from The Virtual Reality Company
Best VR Documentary
“Sensations of Sound” from The New York Times & Lytro
VR – Documentary Jury Prize
“The Last Goodbye” from the Moving Picture Company
Best VR Brand Experience: Motion Picture
“Spiderman: Homecoming VR Experience” from Sony Pictures Entertainment
Best Branded Experience: Sports
“F1 Experiences” from Grabit Interactive
Best VR Brand Experience
“Born in Baja” from Ford
Best Sports VR Experience
“Take Every Wave: Laird in VR” from RYOT
Best Music VR Experience
Alex Aiono feat. T Pain “One At A Time” from Interscope & Two Bit Circus
Best Live Action VR
“Rose Colored” from Invar Studios & Adam Cosco
Best Augmented Reality Experience
“Altered Carbon” from Netflix
Best VR Animated
“Asteroids!” from Baobab Studios
Best VR Science Experience
A Journey Through the Milky Way from National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
