About the VR Awards
The international, not-for-profit, red carpet award ceremony for the virtual reality industry.
Where Virtual Reality Meets Recognition
The VR Awards is at the centre of recognition and celebration of outstanding achievement in VR. Combined with year-round international initiatives. The VR Awards brings together a night of red carpet highlights, the celebration of excellence and unique access to the world’s most influential names in immersive technology.
The VR Awards is a not-for-profit event for the immersive industry; all of our revenue goes straight back into furthering the XR Industry through AIXR.
An IRL Celebration
The 7th International VR Awards will bring us together in Rotterdam once again.
The ceremony will be hosted at de Doelen, Rotterdam in partnership with VR Days Europe and Immersive Tech Week. Returning as a physical international event to celebrate global innovators shaking up the immersive world and to raise a glass to some of the biggest VR projects from the metaverse!
Key Dates
24 April 2023
Nominations Open
04 May & 01 June 2023
Nominations Briefing Webinar
19 June 2023
Nominations Close
01 August 2023
Finalist Announced
04 Sept - 18 Sept 2023
Judging Period
30 December 2023
Awards Ceremony
Building the future of virtual reality, together.
Join us this year!
Celebrating some of the most influential projects in the VR space. As an independent, not-for-profit, the VR Awards is the biggest celebration of the very best virtual reality has to offer from across the globe.
The VR Awards gather the world’s biggest and brightest innovators to recognize ground-breaking projects that redefined the immersive world and the way we interact with technology.
The 7th International VR Awards will feature the most exciting line up yet, including never seen before world premieres and exclusive immersive entertainment.
Breaking the rules and limitations of traditional award shows, the VR Awards is designed to shatter expectations and re-define the virtual event space.
Over 300+ C-level Attendees
The VR Awards is an unmissable awards ceremony and dinner for a wide range of decision making professionals from various industries across the world. On the night of the VR Awards, 300 delegates from the most influential backgrounds of VR are in attendance, along with an increased presence through live streaming and online media partners. Delegates have included:
Over 70 Expert Judges
Our judging panel is made up of industry-leading creatives in virtual reality. We have gathered experts in various sectors of VR, from academics, journalists, and creative directors to founders and C-Suite executives. We tailor and match our judges’ specific areas of expertise to our award categories in order to ensure that our judging is of the highest-possible quality.
Lou Pushelberg
Circuit Stream, Founder & CEO
Michaela Holland
Experiential Creative Strategist & Consultant
Sam Mateosian
The Yarn Corporation, Co-Founder & CEO
Amy Hedrick
Cleanbox Technology, CEO & Co-Founder
About The Academy of International Extended Reality (AIXR)
AIXR is an independent, community first, not for profit organisation that exists to support individuals and companies of all sizes as the International trade body for immersive technology industries. AIXR or, The Academy of International Extended Reality, hosts the VR Awards annually. AIXR’s mission is to support individuals and companies in the immersive industry by endorsing, inspiring, and enabling innovators through removing barriers to entry and connecting a diverse collection of trades together.
Through the team’s work on celebrating outstanding achievement in virtual reality with the VR Awards, we heard from numerous voices within the industry that immersive technology lacks a comprehensive support structure. AIXR exists to provide that support network that so many companies are looking for and to ensure that immersive technology is an accessible and inclusive industry for all.
The VR Awards is overseen by AIXR’s independent VR Steering Panel.
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