Virtual Reality does not have many comprehensive award shows, but the Proto Awards just might be the closest thing the industry currently has to The Oscars many of the VR scene’s most elite designers and personalities gathered toghether at the AVALON theater in Hollywood for one purpose: to name the most impressive experiences of the year.
Tonight’s biggest winners include Space Pirate Trainer and Tilt Brush. Check the list below for the full list of honorees:
Best Social Experience:
Lecture VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd.
AltspaceVR – AltspaceVR (Winner)
Rec Room – Against Gravity
Pool Nation VR – Perilous Orbit & Cherry Pop Games
New Retro Arcade: Neon – Digital Cybercherries Limited
Speech Center VR – Cerevrum Inc
Best Mobile Experience:
The Night Cafe: A VR Tribute to Vincent Van Gogh – Borrowed Light Studios
Ctrl – Breaking Fourth
Zen Zone – Aaron Lemke
Pearl – Google Spotlight Studios
Tactera – E McNeill (Winner)
Music From Every Angle – m ss ng p eces
Most Transportive Experience:
Apollo 11 VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd.
The Climb – Crytek
ADR1FT – Three One Zero
Old Friend – Tyler Hurd
theBlu: Season 1 – Wevr (Winner)
Irrational Exuberance: Prologue – Ben Vance, Wevr
Best Game:
Raw Data – Survios
The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed – Cloudhead Games
Job Simulator – Owlchemy Labs
The Climb – Crytek
Space Pirate Trainer – I-Illusions (Winner)
Bullet Train – Epic Games
Best Interaction Design:
Job Simulator – Owlchemy Labs
Waltz of the Wizard – Aldin Dynamics
SoundStage – Logan Olson
Tilt Brush – Google
Rec Room – Against Gravity
Fantastic Contraption – Northway Games & Radial Games (Winner)
Most Innovative:
Pixel Ripped 1989 – Pixel Ripped Inc
Tilt Brush – Google (Winner)
Blocks – Leap Motion
VR Noir: A Day Before the Night – StartVR
The Lab – Valve
FIREBIRD: La Peri (Book 1) – Innerspace VR
Best Original Score:
Zen Zone – Aaron Lemke
Pearl – Google Spotlight Stories (Winner)
Pixel Ripped 1989 – Pixel Ripped Inc
Apollo 11 VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd.
Windlands – Psytec Games Ltd
The Rose And I – Penrose Studios
Best Live Action Experience:
Music From Every Angle – m ss ng p eces
Hard World for Small Things – Wevr
Zoolander Infinity – David Rosenbaum, Jaunt
Waves – Wevr
The Presence – Pseudoscience Pictures
The Argo File – Argos VR (Winner)
Best Sound Design:
Zen Zone – Aaron Lemke
Space Pirate Trainer – I-Illusions (Winner)
Trials on Tatooine: A Cinematic Star Wars Experiment – ILMxLAB
Chronos – Gunfire Games
Reeps One: Does Not Exist – Aurelia Soundworks
Land’s End – ustwo games
Best Educational Experience:
Apollo 11 VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd. (Winner)
Lecture VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd.
GravlLab – Gravitational Testing Facility & Observations – Mark Schramm
House of Languages VR – Fox3D
C O S M Worlds Within Worlds – Dynamoid
The Field Trip to Mars – Framestore VR Studio & McCann
Best Student Experience:
We Are Alfred – Embodied Labs
Shining360 – Claire Hentschker
Lions & Deer – Lean House Media
Chapel – Dean Moro and Lauren Krikorian
Fruit Golf – Coal Car Studio (Winner)
My real virtual body: Body Swapping in virtual reality – Alice Chirico
Best Music Experience:
Soundscape – SNAKE Productions
Old Friend – Tyler Hurd
Music From Every Angle – m ss ng p eces
Grace – MacInnes Scott
SoundStage – Logan Olson (Winner)
Apex – Arjan van Meerten
Best Art Direction:
Kismet – Psyop
FIREBIRD: La Peri (Book 1) – Innerspace VR (Winner)
Chronos – Gunfire Games
Apex – Arjan van Meerten
Cosmic Trip – Funktronic Labs
theBlu: Season 1 – Wevr
Best Narrative Experience:
Waves – Wevr
Knives – Adam Cosco
The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed – Cloudhead Games (Winner)
Pearl – Google Spotlight Stories
The Martian VR Experience – Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Innovation Lab, RSA Films, The Virtual Reality Company
Kiya – Emblematic Group
Best Independent Experience:
Tactera – E McNeill
SoundStage – Logan Olson
Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope – Croteam
Space Pirate Trainer – I-Illusions (Winner)
Shape Space VR – Zen Parade – Kevin Mack
Windlands – Psytec Games Ltd
Best User Interface:
Dota VR Hub – Valve
Envelop VR – Bob Berry
Orian Trail VR – Schell Games
Transport – Wevr
Modbox – Alientrap (Winner)
Speech Center VR – Cerevrum Inc
Best Overall:
Tilt Brush – Google (Winner)
Raw Data – Survios
Space Pirate Trainer – I-Illusions
Bullet Train – Epic Games
Modbox – Alientrap
The Lab – Valve
The Founders’ Award:
Dr. Thomas A. Furness III
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So what do you think? Did the best experiences win or get snubbed? Let us know in the comments below!
