Winner of the VR Awards 2018

Last week, the VR Awards took place for the second time in London. Of course, there were many winners, which you can see here in our list. The jury consisted of 38 people, all of whom are representatives of the virtual reality industry.

The VR headset of the year was HTC Vive Pro, which prevailed over Oculus Go, for example. The VR game of the year, on the other hand, was "The Gallery - Episode 2: Heart of the Emberstone". The VR experience of the year is "Manifest 99". The list below shows the winners (highlighted in bold) and all the nominees. On the official side more information about the VR Awards is available.

VR Headset of the Year

• HTC - Vive Pro
• Oculus - Go
• VRgineers Inc - VRHero 5K Plus
• HTC - Vive Focus

VR Game of the Year

• Bethesda Softworks - Fallout 4 VR
• Bethesda Softworks - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
• Beat Games - Beat Saber
• Survios Inc - Sprint Vector
• Ready At Dawn - Lone Echo / Echo Arena
• Hidden Path Entertainment - Brass Tactics
• Vertical Robot - Red Matter
• VRWERX - Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul
• ARVORE Immersive Experiences - Pixel Ripped 1989
• inXile Entertainment - The Mage's Tale
• Cloudhead Games Ltd - The Gallery - Episode 2: Heart of the Emberstone
• Electric Hat Games - TO THE TOP
• nDreams - Shooty Fruity

VR Experience of the Year

• REWIND - Silicon Valley: Inside The Hacker Hostel
• Framestore - A Moon For All Mankind
• Magnopus - Coco VR
• Magnopus - Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab
• Preloaded and BBC Worldwide - BBC Earth: Life in VR - California Coast
• Tomorrow Never Knows - The Day The World Changed
• Flight School - Manifesto 99
• Framestore - Sky4DVR
• Human Interact - Starship Commander
• Interactive Media Foundation gGmbHl - Ulm Stories - The Dream of Flying
• NextVR - NBA League Pass in NextVR: 2017-2018 Regular Season

VR Film of the Year

• Baobab Studios - Asteroids!
• ILMxLAB - CARNE y ARENA
• Pink Kong Studios - Aurora
• Room One Films - The Committee
• Lucid Dreams Productions - The Sun Ladies
• Olympic Channel & Jaunt - Trending Gold
• Vision3 - My Africa
• NSC Creative, Atlas V, RYOT & Kaleidoscope - Vestige
• FoxNext VR Studio - Isle of Dogs Behind the Scenes (in Virtual Reality)
• TopDogVR - Speed Kills VR

VR Marketing of the Year

• ILMxLAB - Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay
• Flight School and Momentum Worldwide - GMC Rangeland Derby VR
• BackLight - L'Oreal / Diesel Only the Brave
• Pebble Studios - Pebble Studios: DuckTales | 360° Adventure: The Lost Key of Tralla La
• Magnopus - Coco VR
• Somewhere Else - Delicatessen
• GrandPano - SPP - SMART HOME
• Magnopus - Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab
• Welcomm (working together with Bravo!/Plato Reality) - Melbourne, meet your new train
• TAKELEAP - IKEA Virtual Reality Store
• Audi and ZeroLIght - Audi VR Experience

Rising VR Company of the Year

• Flight School
• SpringboardVR
• VRgineers Inc.
• Fast Travel Games AB
• Neurogaming Limited
• Cooperative Innovations
• Anzu.io

Innovative VR Company of the Year

• Striker VR
• Ultrahaptics
• Pixvana
• Spinview
• AiSolve
• TAKELEAP
• Human Interact
• Visbit Inc.
• Flipside
• Gravity Sketch

VR Education of the Year

• Schell Games - HoloLAB Champions
• MEL Science - MEL Chemistry VR
• Elara Systems - Alcon Virtual Eye Experience
• ITI, United Rentals, & Serious Labs - VR Crane & Equipment Operator Training Simulator Suite
• Alliander - Alliander Virtual Platform
• VR Factory - Bartender VR Simulator
• MEDIASQUAD Medienentwicklungs- und Vertriebs-GmbH - Pharmaceutical Line Clearance VR Training
• FarBridge, Inc - MasterWorks: Journey Through History

VR Healthcare of the Year

• Elara Systems - Alcon Virtual Eye Experience
• Medis Media - 3D Organon VR Anatomy - Enterprise edition
• VRHealth - First Certified VR Medical Device Company in the world
• Rescape Innovation Ltd - DR.VR
• Infinite MR - Cigna Peak Challenge
• INFINITE MIXED REALITY - INFINITY HOUSE
• Virti - Virti
• appliedVR - EaseVR
• NUMENA Virtual Reality Architects - B. Braun Spine Days

Out-of-home VR Entertainment of the Year

• ILMxLAB and The VOID - Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire
• Figment Productions - Kraken Unleashed, SeaWorld Orlando
• Framestore - A Moon For All Mankind
• BackLight - Eclipse
• Neurogaming Limited - World of Tanks VR
• HOLOGATE - HOLOGATE
• Kynoa - Koliseum Soccer VR
• Neurogaming Limited - PolygonVR
• Frontgrid - ParadropVR

VR Social Impact Award

• ILMxLAB - CARNE y ARENA
• The Distillery - What Will Your Day Bring?
• Flight School - Evolution of Testicles
• The Guardian Media Group - The Party - A virtual experience of autism
• Virtual Dream Foundation - Virtual Dream
• CNN - Global Warning - Arctic Melt
• VISYON - Window to our World
• VR CITY - Malaria: Life on the frontline
• Animal Equality - The Dairy Industry in 360 Degrees

VR Architecture and Real Estate of the Year

• GrandPano - ALL in ONE VR for architecture
• Virtual Worlds - Virtual Worlds 4D Theatre
• Overstruct - Overstruct
• Nanopixel - Bostoen - Creating your dream house before it's even built

Source: Official site