Nominations for VR Awards 2020

On 12 November 2019, the fourth VR Awards will take place, but this time on the social VR platform "VRChas", which also works normally on the screen in addition to VR headsets. The nominations have now been announced.

The prizes will be awarded in 13 categories, including the new category for the best VR Influencer. Otherwise, the best VR game, the best VR film etc. will be awarded. You can basically watch the VR Awards 2020 for free, but for 35 British pounds you get a ticket, for example, to experience virtual 1:1 meetings with industry representatives, which will be possible before and during the event (plus networking with other ticket holders). For 199 British pounds you even get curated meetings. Info on this can be found on the official side.

VR Healthcare of the Year

• Make Real & NHS - Blood Identification VR
• FundamentalVR - Fundamental Surgery HomeVR modality
• Sector 5 Digital - Galderma Interactive Anatomy (GIA) VR
• Health Scholars - Health Scholars ACLS VR Simulation Trainings
• Oxford Medical Simulation - OMS: Interprofessional
• PeriopSim - PeriopSim
• Oxford VR - Social Engagement
• Exonicus - Trauma Simulator

VR Education and Training of the Year

• VirtualSpeech - Collaborative Soft Skills Training in VR
• Orka - DHL SLAM
• GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy International LTD - Large-Scale Multi-user Fuel Movement VR Training Simulator
• ITI - ITI VR Construction Hazard ID
• TANTRUM Lab - McDonald's Hospitality Training
• MEL Science - MEL Chemistry VR
• Accenture - Police Stop and Search VR Training
• Make Real & Lloyds Banking Group - Relationship Management
• TAFE NSW - VR in Vocational Education & Training: Evaluating Effectiveness & Efficacy

VR Enterprise Solution of the Year

• Neutral Digital - British Airways First Class VR
• MEDIASQUAD GmbH - BRP-Rotax VR Job Assessment
• Enduvo - Enduvo 1.0
• Accenture - Immersive Collaboration Platform (ICP)
• Vrgineers, Inc. - US Airforce Flight Simulator
• Immerse - Virtual Enterprise Platform

VR Social Impact Award

• AARP Innovation Labs - Alcove
• Entropia XR - GALERIKU - A VR MUSEUM LIKE NO OTHER
• RT - Lessons of Auschwitz: VR tribute by school students
• East City Films & Chartered Society of Physiotherapy - Some Inattention On The Left

Rising VR Company of the Year

• Cybershoes GmbH
• Emperia
• Evernever Games
• Klip VR Immersive Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
• VR Inn

Innovative VR Company of the Year

• Ballast Technologies
• Cleanbox Technology
• EVA Esports Virtual Arenas
• Kagenova
• Orka
• Qualcomm
• Skydance Interactive
• VISBIT Inc

Out-of-home VR Entertainment of the Year

• ILMxLAB & The VOID - Avengers: Damage Control
• SOMNIACs - Birdly - Paradise Lost
• Ballast Technologies Inc. - DIVR+
• Vertigo Arcades - Ghost Patrol VR
• HOLOGATE - HOLOGATE 'FLASH'
• The VOID - Jumanji: Reverse the Curse
• The Dream Corporation - OTHERWORLD
• Frontgrid - ParadropVR City Flyer
• Wevr - TheBlu: Deep Rescue
• REWIND - Universal Monsters Presents: Bride of Frankenstein holoride

VR Marketing of the Year

• Khora - 360° VR Space Safari
• Glassworks Barcelona - Audi e-tron Room: The Future Paradox
• Imagination - Land Rover Defender VR Experience
• ICEF - LONDONIST Student Accommodation Agency
• EAB - This is USAFA
• HIKKY CO., LTD. - Virtual Market 4
• MALVI - VR Accommodation Experience

VR Film of the Year

• Felix and Paul Studios - Algeria: A Spark of Light
• Fabio Rychter & Amir Admoni - Gravity VR
• Samantha Quick - Lutaw
• Walt Disney Animation Studios - Myth: A Frozen Tale
• Enrique Agudo - The Pantheon of Queer Mythology

VR Experience of the Year

• Accenture - All Kinds of Limbo
• Dimension - Britannia VR: Out of Your Mind
• Magnopus - Elixir
• Charlotte Mikkelborg - Fly
• Funktronic Labs - Fujii
• Force Field Entertainment - National Geographic Explore VR
• Atlas V - The Dawn of Art
• Tender Claws - The Under Presents
• Zenart VR - Zen Universe

VR Hardware of the Year

• Pimax Artisan
• Valve Index
• Oculus Rift S
• Varjo VR-2
• VRgineers, Inc. - XTAL 8K

VR Game of the Year

• Sanzaru Games - Asgard's Wrath
• Stress Level Zero - Boneworks
• Cortopia Studios - Down the Rabbit Hole
• Valve - Half-Life: Alyx
• nDreams - Phantom: Covert Ops
• Cloudhead Games - Pistol Whip
• Insomniac Games - Stormland
• Kluge Interactive - Synth Riders
• Fast Travel Games - The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets
• Fireproof Studios Ltd - The Room VR: A Dark Matter
• Skydance Interactive - The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
• Schell Games - Until You Fall

VR Social Influencer (New Category)

• Cas and Chary VR
• Eric for President
• Kent Bye
• Nathie
• ThrillSeeker
• Virtual Reality Oasis

Sources: VR Focus, Mixed