Immersive Experience Awards Winners
2015
PEOPLE’S CHOICE:
- Best Interactive Experience: Apollo 11
- Best Immersive Video: SONAR
2016
PEOPLE’S CHOICE:
- Best Interactive Experience: Pearl (Patrick Osborne)
- Best Immersive Video: Help (Justin Lin)
JURIED:
- Grand Jury Award: Real (Connor Hair and Alex Meader)
2017
PEOPLE’S CHOICE:
- Best Interactive: Alteration
- est Immersive (Passive): Guardian of the Guge Kingdom
JURIED:
- Impact Award: Priya’s Shakti / Priya’s Mirror (Dan Goldman)
- Grand Jury Prize: Manifest 99
2018
PEOPLE’S CHOICE:
- Best Interactive: Museum of Symmetry (Paloma Dawkins)
- Best Immersive (Passive): Going Home (David Beier)
JURIED:
- Impact Award: The Hidden (Annie Lukowski, BJ Schwartz)
- Grand Jury Prize: Battlescar (Nico Casavecchia, Martin Allais)
2019
PEOPLE’S CHOICE:
- Best Interactive: After Dan Graham (David Han/Friend Generator)
- Best Immersive (Passive): 2nd Step (Joerg Courtial)
JURIED:
- Technical Achievement: tx-reverse
- Excellence in Experience Design: Battlescar (Nico Casavecchia, Martin Allais)
- Excellence in Sound Design: Unheard (Zhechuan Zhang)
- Excellence in Visual Design: Ex Anima (Pierre Zandrowicz)
- Impact Award: State Power (Jeff Stanzler)
- Grand Jury Prize: The Industry (Mirka Duijn)
2020
PEOPLE’S CHOICE:
- Best Interactive: Gravity VR (Fabito Rychter, Amir Admoni)
- Best Immersive (Passive): Warsaw Rising (Tomasz Dobosz)
JURIED:
- Technical Achievement: The Cosmic Laughter of Cucci Binaca (Jonathan Sims)
- Excellence in Experience Design: Sleeping Eyes (Sojung Bahng, Sungeun Lee)
- Excellence in Sound Design: Symphony of Noise VR (Michaela Pnacekova)
- Excellence in Visual Design: Hominidae (Brian Andrews)
- Impact Award: Indirect Actions (Maranatha Hay)
- Grand Jury Prize: Minimum Mass (Raqi Syed, Areito Echevarria)
FIVARS in FEB 2021
PEOPLE’S CHOICE:
- Best Interactive: CLAWS (Created by Evan Neiden & Directed by John Ertman)
- Best Immersive (Passive): Inside COVID 19 – (Gary Yost, Adam Loften)
FIVARS in FALL 2021
PEOPLE’S CHOICE:
- Best Interactive: Samsara (Director: Hsin-Chien Huang)
- Best Immersive (Passive): The Invasion of Normandy Omaha Beach (Director: Uli Futschik)
JURIED:
- Technical Achievement: Dark Threads (Director: Jonathon Corbiere)
- Excellence in Experience Design: Andy’s World (Director: Liquan Liu)
- Excellence in Sound Design: Symphony (Director: Igor Cortadellas)
- Excellence in Visual Design: Mind VR Exploration (Director: Deng Zuyun)
- Outstanding Performance: Lori Kovachevich, Lena’s Journey (Director: Wes Evans)
- Impact Award: Om Devi: Sheroes Revolution (Director: Claudio Casale)
- Grand Jury Prize: Montegelato (Director: Davide Rapp)