2016 Proto Awards

2016 Proto Awards
Information
Type	Contest
Format	Private Judging
Presenter	The Virtual Reality Foundation, AMD
Sponsor	AMD
Requirement	Various (16 categories)
Winner	Tilt Brush
Dates	Submission: 7/10/2016 - 7/24/2016, Awards Ceremony: 10/8/2016
Previous	2015 Proto Awards
Next	2017 Proto Awards
Website	http://www.protoawards.com/

2016 Proto Awards is the 3rd annual Proto Awards virtual reality contest presented by The Virtual Reality Foundation (VRF), the organization behind VRLA.

The award is a great opportunity for the new generation artists or technologists to submit their creative works on virtual reality. The Virtual Reality Foundation (VRF) has announced the dates for the 2016 Proto Awards. The submission date will be between July 10 to 24. Voting by the Board of Governors will be on August 15 to 29. Finally, to determine the overall champion, the General membership voting will be held from September 5 to 15. The 2016 Proto Awards ceremony is held in AVALON in Hollywood, CA on October 8, 2016. This is surely an event to look forward to for virtual reality enthusiasts.

The award ceremony is hosted by Ron Funches.

Categories, Nominees and Winners

Category	Nominees	Winner
Best Original Score	Pearl, Zen Zone, Pixel Ripped 1989, Apollo 11 VR, Windlands, The Rose And I	Pearl
Best Live Action Experience	The Argo File, Music From Every Angle, Hard World for Small Things, Zoolander Infinity, Waves, The Presence	The Argo File
Best Narrative Experience	The Gallery - Episode 1: Call of the Starseed, Waves, Knives, Pearl, The Martian VR Experience, Kiya	The Gallery - Episode 1: Call of the Starseed
Best Sound Design	Space Pirate Trainer, Zen Zone, Trials on Tatooine: A Cinematic Star Wars Experiment, Chronos, Reeps One: Does Not Exist, Land’s End	Space Pirate Trainer
Best Social Experience	AltspaceVR, Lecture VR, Rec Room, Pool Nation VR, New Retro Arcade: Neon, Speech Center VR	AltspaceVR
Best Gameplay	Space Pirate Trainer, Raw Data, The Gallery, Job Simulator, The Climb, Bullet Train	Space Pirate Trainer
Best Educational Experience	Apollo 11 VR, Lecture VR, Lab, House of Languages VR, C O S M Worlds Within Worlds, The Field Trip to Mars	Apollo 11 VR
Best Music Experience	Soundscape , Old Friend, Music From Every Angle, Grace, SoundStage, Apex	Soundscape
Best Mobile Experience	Tactera, The Night Cafe: A VR Tribute to Vincent Van Gogh, Ctrl, Zen Zone, Pearl, Music From Every Angle	Tactera
Most Innovative	Tilt Brush, Pixel Ripped 1989, Blocks, VR Noir: A Day Before the Night, The Lab, FIREBIRD: La Peri (Book 1)	Tilt Brush
Best Interaction Design	Fantastic Contraption, Job Simulator, Waltz of the Wizard, SoundStage, Tilt Brush, Rec Room	Fantastic Contraption
Best Graphical User Interface	Modbox, Dota VR Hub, Envelop VR, Orian Trail VR, Transport, Speech Center VR	Modbox
Best Student Experience	Fruit Golf, Shining360, Lions & Deer, Chapel, My real virtual body: Body Swapping in virtual reality	Fruit Golf
Best Art Direction	FIREBIRD: La Peri (Book 1) – Innerspace VRKismet , Chronos, Apex, Cosmic Trip, theBlu	FIREBIRD: La Peri (Book 1) – Innerspace VRKismet
Best Independent Experience	Space Pirate Trainer, Tactera, SoundStage, Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope, Shape Space VR, Windlands	Space Pirate Trainer
Most Transportive Experience	theBlu, Apollo 11 VR, The Climb, ADR1FT, Old Friend, Irrational Exuberance: Prologue	theBlu
Best Overall	Tilt Brush, Raw Data, Space Pirate Trainer, Bullet Train, Modbox, The Lab	Tilt Brush

Judges

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Prize

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