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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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. 
