VR Oscars: Proto Awards announces 2016 winning apps - who are the big winners?

[51CTO.com original article] At 7:00 pm on October 8th, US time, the 2016 Proto Awards ceremony was held at the AVALON Theater in Hollywood. Google Tilt Brush became the biggest winner of the night, winning the overall award and the most innovative award. Space Pirate Trainer also performed amazingly, winning the three awards of Best Game, Best Independent Game, and Best Sound Design, and was shortlisted for the most important overall award.

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The Proto Award Virtual Reality Foundation is a non-profit organization that aims to encourage and showcase the breakthrough achievements of individuals and teams in the field of virtual reality. The Proto Awards is to the VR industry what the Oscars are to the film industry. It has awards for Best Interactive Design , Best Sound Design, Best User Interactive Experience, Best Innovation, Best Art Direction, Best Live Operation Experience, and Best Team.

The following is the complete list of winners: (the app name is in front, followed by the developer and company name)

1. Best Social Experience Award

AltspaceVR – AltspaceVR (Award-winning app)

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Lecture VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd.

Rec Room – Against Gravity

Pool Nation VR – Perilous Orbit & Cherry Pop Games

New Retro Arcade: Neon – Digital Cybercherries Limited

Speech Center VR – Cerevrum Inc

2. Best Mobile Experience Award

Tactera – E McNeill (Award-winning app)

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The Night Cafe: A VR Tribute to Vincent Van Gogh – Borrowed Light Studios

Ctrl – Breaking Fourth

Zen Zone – Aaron Lemke

Pearl – Google Spotlight Studios

Music From Every Angle – m ss ng p eces

3. Best Transmission Experience Award

theBlu: Season 1 – Wevr (Award-winning app)

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Apollo 11 VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd.

The Climb – Crytek

ADR1FT – Three One Zero

Old Friend – Tyler Hurd

Irrational Exuberance: Prologue – Ben Vance, Wevr

4. Best Game Award

Space Pirate Trainer – I-Illusions (Award-winning app)

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Raw Data – Survios

The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed – Cloudhead Games

Job Simulator – Owlchemy Labs

The Climb – Crytek

Bullet Train – Epic Games

5. Best Interaction Design Award

Fantastic Contraption – Northway Games & Radial Games (Award-winning app)

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Job Simulator – Owlchemy Labs

Waltz of the Wizard – Aldin Dynamics

SoundStage – Logan Olson

Tilt Brush – Google

Rec Room – Against Gravity

6. Most Innovative Award

Tilt Brush – Google (Award-winning app)

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Pixel Ripped 1989 – Pixel Ripped Inc

Blocks – Leap Motion

VR Noir: A Day Before the Night – StartVR

The Lab – Valve

FIREBIRD: La Peri (Book 1) – Innerspace VR

7. Most Original Award

Pearl – Google Spotlight Stories (Award-winning app)

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Zen Zone – Aaron Lemke

Pixel Ripped 1989 – Pixel Ripped Inc

Apollo 11 VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd.

Windlands – Psytec Games Ltd

The Rose And I – Penrose Studios

8. Best Action Design Award

The Argo File – Argos VR (Award-winning app)

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

9. Best Sound Design Award

Space Pirate Trainer – I-Illusions (Award-winning app)

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Zen Zone – Aaron Lemke

Trials on Tatooine: A Cinematic Star Wars Experiment – ​​ILMxLAB

Chronos – Gunfire Games

Reeps One: Does Not Exist – Aurelia Soundworks

Land's End – ustwo games

10. Best Educational App

Apollo 11 VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd. (Winner)

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Lecture VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd.

GravlLab – Gravitational Testing Facility & Observations – Mark Schramm

House of Languages ​​VR – Fox3D

COSM Worlds Within Worlds – Dynamoid

The Field Trip to Mars – Framestore VR Studio & McCann

11. Best Student App

Fruit Golf – Coal Car Studio (Award-winning app)

We Are Alfred – Embodied Labs

Shining360 – Claire Hentschker

Lions & Deer – Lean House Media

Chapel – Dean Moro and Lauren Krikorian

My real virtual body: Body Swapping in virtual reality – Alice Chirico

12. Best Music Experience Award

SoundStage – Logan Olson (Award-winning app)

Soundscape – SNAKE Productions

Old Friend – Tyler Hurd

Music From Every Angle – m ss ng p eces

Grace by MacInnes Scott

Apex – Arjan van Meerten

13. Best Art Direction Award

FIREBIRD: La Peri (Book 1) – Innerspace VR (Award-winning app)

Kismet – Psyop

Chronos – Gunfire Games

Apex – Arjan van Meerten

Cosmic Trip – Funktronic Labs

theBlu: Season 1 – Wevr

14. Best Narrative Award

The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed – Cloudhead Games (Award-winning app)

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Waves – Wevr

Knives – Adam Cosco

Pearl – Google Spotlight Stories

The Martian VR Experience – Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Innovation Lab, RSA Films, The Virtual Reality Company

Kiya – Emblematic Group

15. Best Independent Game Award

Space Pirate Trainer – I-Illusions (Award-winning app)

Tactera – E McNeill

SoundStage – Logan Olson

Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope – Croteam

Shape Space VR – Zen Parade – Kevin Mack

Windlands – Psytec Games Ltd

16. Best User Interaction Experience Award

Modbox – Alientrap (Award-winning app)

Dota VR Hub – Valve

Envelop VR – Bob Berry

Orian Trail VR – Schell Games

Transport – Wevr

Speech Center VR – Cerevrum Inc

17. Comprehensive Award

Tilt Brush – Google (Award-winning app)

Raw Data – Survios

Space Pirate Trainer – I-Illusions

Bullet Train – Epic Games

Modbox – Alientrap

The Lab – Valve

18. Founders Award

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