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
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Winner
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| Best Original Score |
Pearl, Zen Zone, Pixel Ripped 1989, Apollo 11 VR, Windlands, The Rose And I |
Pearl
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| 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
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| 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
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| Best Music Experience |
Soundscape , Old Friend, Music From Every Angle, Grace, SoundStage, Apex |
Soundscape
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| 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
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| Best Interaction Design |
Fantastic Contraption, Job Simulator, Waltz of the Wizard, SoundStage, Tilt Brush, Rec Room |
Fantastic Contraption
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| 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
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| Best Independent Experience |
Space Pirate Trainer, Tactera, SoundStage, Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope, Shape Space VR, Windlands |
Space Pirate Trainer
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| 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
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Judges
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Prize
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