The Virtual Reality foundation is a Los Angeles based non-profit that founded the first ever VR award show: The Proto Awards.
2016 was a benchmark year for VR. With so many new apps and games, this year’s Proto Awards really hit its stride.
Here are some event categories and the nominees:
1. Most Transportive Experience
- Irrational Exuberance: Prologue – Ben Vance, Wevr
- The Climb – Crytek
- Apollo 11 VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd.
- Old Friend – Tyler Hurd
- ADR1FT – Three One Zero
- theBlu: Season 1 – Wevr
2. Best Game
- Job Simulator – Owlchemy Labs
- The Climb – Crytek
- Raw Data – Survios
- Bullet Train – Epic Games
- The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed – Cloudhead Games
- Space Pirate Trainer – I-Illusions
3. Best Social Experience
- Pool Nation VR – Perilous Orbit & Cherry Pop Games
- Engage – Immersive VR Education Ltd.
- AltspaceVR – AltspaceVR
- New Retro Arcade: Neon – Digital Cybercherries Limited
- Speech Center VR – Cerevrum Inc
- Rec Room – Against Gravity
4. Most Innovative
- Tilt Brush – Google
- Blocks – Leap Motion
- Pixel Ripped 1989 – Pixel Ripped Inc
- VR Noir: A Day Before the Night – StartVR
- FIREBIRD: La Peri (Book 1) – Innerspace VR
- The Lab – Valve
5. Best Art Direction
- Chronos – Gunfire Games
- Kismet – Psyop
- theBlu: Season 1 – Wevr
- Apex – Arjan van Meerten
- Cosmic Trip – Funktronic Labs
- FIREBIRD: La Peri (Book 1) – Innerspace VR
6. and Best Overall
- Raw Data – Survios
- Tilt Brush – Google
- Bullet Train – Epic Games
- The Lab – Valve
- Space Pirate Trainer – I-Illusions
- Modbox – Alientrap
Click through to see the winners!
