Asgard’s Wrath, Half-Life: Alyx Lead Race For AIXR’s 2020 VR Awards

The finalists for the fourth international 2020 VR Awards have been announced, with Asgard’s Wrath, Half-Life: Alyx and more in contention for the coveted VR Game of the Year award.The international VR Awards aim to gather some of the biggest names of the industry to celebrate and recognize some of their biggest achievements and milestones over the last year in the world of virtual reality.This year, the show will move to a virtual format in light of COVID-19, and will be hosted entirely in VRChat on November 22. In previous years, the VR Awards hosted a big ceremony in London — you can view our summary of the 2019 awards here.The 2020 finalists are as follows:VR Social InfluencerNathieEric for PresidentCas and Chary VRVirtual Reality OasisKent ByeVR Game of the YearSanzaru Games – Asgard’s WrathStress Level Zero – BoneworksCortopia Studios – Down the Rabbit HoleValve – Half-Life: AlyxnDreams – Phantom: Covert OpsCloudhead Games – Pistol WhipInsomniac Games – StormlandKluge Interactive – Synth RidersFast Travel Games – The Curious Tale of the Stolen PetsFireproof Studios Ltd – The Room VR: A Dark MatterSkydance Interactive – The Walking Dead: Saints & SinnersSchell Games – Until You FallVR Experience of the YearAccenture – All Kinds of LimboDimension – Britannia VR: Out of Your MindMagnopus – ElixirCharlotte Mikkelborg – FlyFunktronic Labs – FujiiForce Field Entertainment – National Geographic Explore VRAtlas V – The Dawn of ArtTender Claws – The Under PresentsZenart VR – Zen UniverseVR Film of the YearFelix and Paul Studios – Algeria: A Spark of LightFabio Rychter & Amir Admoni – Gravity VRSamantha Quick – LutawWalt Disney Animation Studios – Myth: A Frozen TaleEnrique Agudo – The Pantheon of Queer MythologyVR Marketing of the YearKhora – 360° VR Space SafariGlassworks Barcelona – Audi e-tron Room: The Future ParadoxImagination – Land Rover Defender VR ExperienceICEF – LONDONIST Student Accommodation AgencyEAB – This is USAFAHIKKY CO., LTD. – Virtual Market 4MALVI – VR Accommodation ExperienceRising VR Company of the YearCybershoes GmbHEmperiaEvernever GamesKlip VR Immersive Technologies Pvt. Ltd.VR InnInnovative VR Company of the YearBallast TechnologiesCleanbox TechnologyEVA Esports Virtual ArenasKagenovaOrkaQualcommSkydance InteractiveVISBIT IncVR Education and Training of the YearVirtualSpeech – Collaborative Soft Skills Training in VROrka – DHL SLAMGE Hitachi Nuclear Energy International LTD – Large-Scale Multi-user Fuel Movement VR Training SimulatorITI – ITI VR Construction Hazard IDMake Real & Lloyds Banking Group – Relationship ManagementTANTRUM Lab – McDonald’s Hospitality TrainingMEL Science – MEL Chemistry VRAccenture – Police Stop and Search VR TrainingTAFE NSW – VR in Vocational Education & Training: Evaluating Effectiveness & EfficacyVR Healthcare of the YearFundamentalVR – Fundamental Surgery @HomeVR modalitySector 5 Digital – Galderma Interactive Anatomy (GIA) VRHealth Scholars – Health Scholars ACLS VR Simulation TrainingsMake Real & NHS – Blood Identification VROxford Medical Simulation – OMS: InterprofessionalPeriopSim – PeriopSimOxford VR – Social EngagementExonicus – Trauma SimulatorOut-of-home VR Entertainment of the YearILMxLAB & The VOID – Avengers: Damage ControlSOMNIACs – Birdly® – Paradise LostBallast Technologies Inc. – DIVR+Vertigo Arcades – Ghost Patrol VRHOLOGATE – HOLOGATE ‘BLITZ’The VOID – Jumanji: Reverse the CurseThe Dream Corporation – OTHERWORLDFrontgrid – ParadropVR™ City FlyerWevr – TheBlu: Deep RescueREWIND – Universal Monsters Presents: Bride of Frankenstein holorideVR Social Impact AwardAARP Innovation Labs – AlcoveEntropia XR – GALERIKU – A VR MUSEUM LIKE NO OTHERRT – Lessons of Auschwitz: VR tribute by school studentsEast City Films & Chartered Society of Physiotherapy – Some Inattention On The LeftVR Enterprise Solution of the YearNeutral Digital – British Airways First Class VRMEDIASQUAD GmbH – BRP-Rotax VR Job AssessmentEnduvo – Enduvo 1.0Accenture – Immersive Collaboration Platform (ICP)Vrgineers, Inc. – US Airforce Flight SimulatorImmerse – Virtual Enterprise PlatformWhat are you predictions for the big categories? Let us know in the comments.
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