Los Angeles, CA: The Proto Awards announced today that their next ceremony will take place in 2022, skipping the 2021 season in order to assess the changing landscape of immersive technology and entertainment; returning in a year’s time with an event showcasing the best in virtual and augmented reality. The Protos are immersive technology’s first award show, and hosted their premiere event by Thomas Middleditch, then fresh off the first season of Silicon Valley.
“We started the Protos to shine a light on a handful of passion projects. Most of them were working in their off time between day jobs,” said Adam Levin, Executive Producer of The Protos. “We’ve seen those early winners find huge success in the years since, and we look forward to finding the next class of pioneers in 2022, as well as recognizing the continued innovation and artistry of our previous winners.&rdqou;
The event’s founders have an eye on a 2022 celebration to coincide with the release of new hardware at consumer-friendly prices, and the continuing evolution of immersive technology.
The Proto Awards were the first to recognize some of the industry’s breakout experiences from Tilt Brush, Survios, Kite & Lightning, Cloudhead Games, Felix & Paul Studios, Schell Games, WEVR, Steel Crate Games, Google, AltSpaceVR, I-Illusions, Logan Olson, E McNeill, Northway Games, Cirque du Soleil, Radical Games and many more. Oftentimes recognition from the Protos helped nascent developers and studios show legitimacy in a medium still in its infancy.
Each year’s gala has been hosted by comedians with special connections to the tech industry, with the two most recent ceremonies hosted by Ron Funches and Jonah Ray. The first Proto Awards were given at the Roosevelt Hotel’s historic Blossom Ballroom, where the first Academy Awards took place in 1929.
The 2022 Proto Awards
Jan 8, 2022 | Hosted by Ron Funches
Proto Awards 2022 Winners
Congratulations to the winners highlighted in white boxes below
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Apollo 11 VR
Immersive VR Education Ltd.
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Pearl
Google Spotlight Stories
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Pixel Ripped 1989
Pixel Ripped Inc
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The Rose And I
Penrose Studios
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Windlands
Psytec Games Ltd
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Zen Zone
Aaron Lemke
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Hard World for Small Things
Wevr
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Music From Every Angle
m ss ng p eces
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The Argos File
Argos VR
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The Presence
Pseudoscience Pictures
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Waves
Wevr
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Zoolander Infinity
David Rosenbaum, Jaunt, Mike Rosenstein
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Kiya
Emblematic Group
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Knives
Adam Cosco
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Pearl
Google Spotlight Stories
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The Gallery - Episode 1: Call of the Starseed
Cloudhead Games
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The Martian VR Experience
Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Innovation Lab, RSA Films, The Virtual Reality Company
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Waves
Wevr
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Chronos
Gunfire Games
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Land's End
ustwo games
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Reeps One: Does Not Exist
Aurelia Soundworks
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Space Pirate Trainer
I-Illusions
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Trials on Tatooine: A Cinematic Star Wars Experiment
ILMxLAB
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Zen Zone
Aaron Lemke
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AltspaceVR
AltspaceVR
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Engage
Immersive VR Education Ltd.
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New Retro Arcade: Neon
Digital Cybercherries Limited
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Pool Nation VR
Perilous Orbit & Cherry Pop Games
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Rec Room
Against Gravity
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Speech Center VR
Cerevrum Inc
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Bullet Train
Epic Games
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Job Simulator
Owlchemy Labs
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Raw Data
Survios
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Space Pirate Trainer
I-Illusions
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The Climb
Crytek
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The Gallery - Episode 1: Call of the Starseed
Cloudhead Games
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Apollo 11 VR
Immersive VR Education Ltd.
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C O S M Worlds Within Worlds
Dynamoid
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Engage
Immersive VR Education Ltd.
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Grav|Lab - Gravitational Testing Facility & Observations
Mark Schramm
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House of Languages VR
Fox3D
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The Field Trip to Mars
Framestore VR Studio & McCann
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Apex
Arjan van Meerten, Anthony Batt, Wevr
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Grace
MacInnes Scott
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Music From Every Angle
m ss ng p eces
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Old Friend
Tyler Hurd, Wevr
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Soundscape
SNAKE Productions
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SoundStage
Logan Olson
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Ctrl
Breaking Fourth
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Music From Every Angle
m ss ng p eces
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Pearl
Google Spotlight Stories
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Tactera
E McNeill
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The Night Cafe: A VR Tribute to Vincent Van Gogh
Borrowed Light Studios
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Zen Zone
Aaron Lemke
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Blocks
Leap Motion
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FIREBIRD: La Peri (Book 1)
Innerspace VR
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Pixel Ripped 1989
Pixel Ripped Inc
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The Lab
Valve
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Tilt Brush
Google
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VR Noir: A Day Before the Night
StartVR
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Fantastic Contraption
Northway Games & Radial Games
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Job Simulator
Owlchemy Labs
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Rec Room
Against Gravity
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SoundStage
Logan Olson
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Tilt Brush
Google
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Waltz of the Wizard
Aldin Dynamics
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Chapel
Dean Moro and Lauren Krikorian
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Fruit Golf
Coal Car Studio
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Lions & Deer
Lean House Media
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My real virtual body: Body Swapping in virtual reality
Alice Chirico
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Shining360
Claire Hentschker
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We Are Alfred
Embodied Labs
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Apex
Arjan van Meerten, Anthony Batt, Wevr
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Chronos
Gunfire Games
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Cosmic Trip
Funktronic Labs
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FIREBIRD: La Peri (Book 1)
Innerspace VR
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Kismet
Psyop
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theBlu: Season 1
Wevr
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Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope
Croteam
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Shape Space VR - Zen Parade
Kevin Mack
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SoundStage
Logan Olson
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Space Pirate Trainer
I-Illusions
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Tactera
E McNeill
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Windlands
Psytec Games Ltd
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ADR1FT
Three One Zero
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Apollo 11 VR
Immersive VR Education Ltd.
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Irrational Exuberance: Prologue
Ben Vance, Wevr
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Old Friend
Tyler Hurd, Wevr
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theBlu: Season 1
Wevr
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The Climb
Crytek
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Dota VR Hub
Valve
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Envelop for Windows
Envelop VR
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Modbox
Alientrap
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Orion Trail VR
Schell Games
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Speech Center VR
Cerevrum Inc
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Transport
Wevr
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Bullet Train
Epic Games
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Modbox
Alientrap
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Raw Data
Survios
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Space Pirate Trainer
I-Illusions
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The Lab
Valve
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Tilt Brush
Google
Best Original Score
Best Live Action Experience
Best Narrative Experience
Best Sound Design
Best Social Experience
Best Game
Best Educational Experience
Best Music Experience
Best Mobile Experience
Most Innovative
Best Interaction Design
Best Student Experience
Best Art Direction
Best Independent Experience
Most Transportive Experience
Best User Interface
Best Overall
Virtual Reality's Awards Ceremony
The Virtual Reality Summit was founded as a non-profit to reward individuals and teams making strides in the field of virtual reality.
We accept open submissions, which are then narrowed by our Board of Governors.
Proto Awards
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Location and Dates
LOCATION | > | Avalon Hollywood 1735 Vine St. Los Angeles, CA 90028 |
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July 10-August 14 | > | Submission Window |
August 18-29 | > | Board of Governors Voting |
September 14-28 | > | General Membership Voting |
Jan 8, 2022, 7PM | > | Proto Awards Ceremony |
Voting Process
The Proto Awards are voted upon in three phases. After experiences in contention are submitted via the Proto Awards web site, they are voted upon by our Board of Governors, composed of VR luminaries and past Proto Awards winners. Each Governor serves on three award category committees, and evaluates the entire field of submissions in each of those categories in order to narrow the field to the six honorees presented at the Proto Awards Gala.
After the Board of Governors has narrowed each category to six honorees, the Proto Awards General Membership composed of the Board of Governors and past honorees votes to select the winner of each category.
The six honorees with the greatest vote tallies in any single category are voted upon by the General Membership to select the Best Overall winner. Votes are tallied in an instant runoff, with each voter having ranked their top five choices. The trustees of the Virtual Reality Foundation and founders of the Proto Awards do not vote at any stage of the process.