Recognized Projects honored at Our Website Awards 2023 Gala
In an international exhibition on virtual reality and metaverse, the annual awards ceremony hosted by our website took place on Thursday, April 13. This prestigious event brings together the entire XR community to recognize and honor the best immersive projects of the year.
Winners of the General Categories
The awards ceremony recognized virtual reality and augmented reality projects in eight categories. In the Enterprise & Productivity Solution category, Synergiz, a French company from the Microsoft village, was distinguished for its mixed reality solution, Synergiz Harbor. This collaborative management tool and 3D visualization tool aims to streamline organizational processes and promote ecological sustainability.
Mixed reality also shone in the Hardware category, with HTC Vive winning for the VIVE XR Elite. Compatible with PC or standalone use, controllers or hand-tracking, and offering mixed and virtual reality visions, the VIVE XR Elite has proven to be an innovative and versatile device.
Virtual worlds were a popular category, with Aptera's metaverse platform receiving recognition for its user-friendly functionality and compatibility with collaborative tools like Microsoft Teams. Noise Makers won an award in the Developer & Authoring Tools category for their Virtual Acoustic Mixer that generates advanced audio simulations and effects in virtual environments.
Immersive and Inclusive Solutions
In the XR for a Cause category, the Meta Table β tool by Kanagawa Institute of Technology stood out for empowering people with disabilities by allowing them to control an avatar-robot in a café setting, facilitating social interactions. Audace, in partnership with Bridgestone, was recognized for their immersive training program designed to give underqualified job seekers the technical skills necessary for employment in the company's production line.
The Marketing or Advertising Campaign category was won by Vrisch Multimedia Production for their "From Fire to Flame: The Journey of Light" project, a virtual reality experience that traces the evolution of lighting in our world. "The Horizon of Khufu" took the trophy in the Entertainment category for its immersive 45-minute adventure around the last remaining wonder of the world, showcasing Egypt's history and heritage.
Review of ReVolution Competitions
The ReVolution competitions highlighted young companies and avant-garde projects utilizing immersive technologies. With 46 projects presented this year, the most innovative area of the event was celebrated by the XR community.
The Ink & Fire experience from KwO XR studio and VRXP amusement park won the #Experiences category, offering a virtual exhibition that transports users back in time to meet the first inhabitants of the Americas and showcases the most important group of cave paintings in Brazil. Move.ai, a British company, was honored for its motion capture application, which uses advanced artificial intelligence to extract real-time motion data from smartphone videos.
The avant-garde experiment MEcholocation won the #Research category, probing the question of whether humans can see the world without their eyes, introducing a new communication method inspired by echolocation used by bats and dolphins.
The #Students category featured student projects, with the "Demo" part recognizing students from the Master MTI3D of the Arts et Métiers Institute of Laval, integrating artificial intelligence into a playful immersive experience, and the "Limited Time" part honoring the IUT of Tarbes for its Quality Assurance Test Protocol experience, an asymmetric game testing the authenticity and functionality of prostheses.
Two projects received special awards: "The Unclaimed Masterpiece" received the IVRC award, allowing its creators to present the immersive experience at the next IVRC in Japan, and the "Inclusive Quiet Room" project won the SIGGRAPH award, set to be displayed at the next Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques show.
Visit our website to learn more about the winners of the 2023 awards ceremony and explore the latest advancements in virtual and augmented reality.
Technology was recognized in various categories of the awards ceremony held at the international exhibition on virtual reality and metaverse. Synergiz, a French company, won for their mixed reality solution, Synergiz Harbor, in the Enterprise & Productivity Solution category, aiming to streamline organizational processes and promote ecological sustainability. In the Hardware category, HTC Vive won for the VIVE XR Elite, an innovative and versatile device offering mixed and virtual reality visions.
