Awards Archive
Explore the rich history of the Academy's XR Awards
A strong legacy of recognizing and celebrating outstanding achievement
Founded in 2017, for over 9 years the XR Awards has been crowning the XR industries greatest triumphs.
Our journey has taken our global celebration across physical and digital realms. Check out the best bits from every XR Awards show below.
XR Awards 2026
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Register InterestXR Awards Gala 2025
Brussels, Belgium, 09 December 2025
The AIXR XR Awards sit at the heart of recognising excellence in virtual and augmented reality. Now part of United XR, we've joined forces with AWE and Stereopsia's European XR Awards to expand our global reach.
View Ceremony 2025 marked a watershed moment: three powerhouse awards ceremonies united for the first-ever United XR Awards Gala. Held December 9th in Brussels, Europe's finest creative achievements finally shared the stage with global technological breakthroughs. United XR goes mainstream.
View Winners & FinalistsXR Awards 2024
Rotterdam, Netherlands, 05 December 2024
The AIXR XR Awards 2024 was the first to celebrate innovation across VR, AR, and MR, honoring groundbreaking achievements and setting a new standard for excellence in XR.
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This year the XR Awards brought together top executives and pioneers from across the world, rolling out the red carpet award and providing a platform for recognising the very best talent in the immersive industry. Scott F. Fisher, a true pioneer in immersive technology, was honored with the XR Lifetime Achievement Award.
VR Awards 2023
Rotterdam, Netherlands, 30 November 2023
After a successful event last year, we returned to Rotterdam for another spectacular live ceremony. This year’s highlight was an incredible performance by Brendan Bradley, captivating our audience with his immersive artistry.
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The XR Lifetime Achievement Award was proudly presented to Dr. Myron W. Krueger. Dr. Krueger, a pioneer in virtual and augmented reality, received the award for his groundbreaking contributions to the XR field.
VR Awards 2022
Rotterdam, Netherlands, 01 December 2022
Our return to an IRL ceremony took us to Rotterdam in partnership with Immersive Tech Week. This was the first VR Awards live ceremony held outside of London, and our evening at de Doelen was a true representation of our mission to celebrate and champion the best in the global VR Community.
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With interest in our live return at an all time high for the 6th year anniversary of the VR Awards, there could of course only be a total of 13 winners and 1 Accenture VR Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Most winners took the stage on the night to accept their trophies, with others calling in from further afield with creative, special messages!
VR Awards 2021
Virtual (Covid), 18 November 2021
Our fifth anniversary show was distinctly reflective in tone, as we looked back on the growth of the VR industry. The ceremony took place in AltspaceVR, with five specially curated virtual worlds users could visit. The process of producing this virtual ceremony was highly technologically challenging, with a team of over 60 people working to produce this VR Awards ceremony.
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In true VR Awards style, we chose not to accept the physical boundaries bestowed on us when it came to awarding our Accenture VR Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. We holoported Tom Furness into our ceremony world, wherin he delivered a speech to the gathered virtual audience.
VR Awards 2020
Virtual, Covid
COVID restrictions allowed us to fulfill the ambition of taking our ceremony online for a fully virtual event. We built an interactive experience in collaboration with VRChat which attracted 714 individual guests, with press coverage reaching approximately 77,615,950 people across digital media.
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Notable winners included Walt Disney Animation’s ‘Myth: A Frozen Tale’ and London-based Fundamental VR, who secured the Healthcare of The Year Award for the second consecutive year. HTC founder Cher Wang was recognised as the Accenture VR Lifetime Achievement Award, as voted by the AIXR Steering Committee.
VR Awards 2019
London, United Kingdom, 11 November 2019
Our third VR Awards, once again at 8 Northumberland Avenue, crowned the Quest by Oculus as our coveted VR Hardware of the Year winner. We also saw an exclusive premiere of the much awaited VR game, Doctor Who: Edge of Time.
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This year saw 13 winners take to the stage to accept their trophies and celebrate industry successes with other finalists. Highlights included the first presentation of the Accenture Lifetime Achievement Award to John Carmack, and the premiere of Doctor Who: Edge of Time.
VR Awards 2018
London, United Kingdom, 16 October 2018
Our second VR Awards ceremony returned to 8 Northumberland Avenue. Host Phil Wang took us through proceedings, including the inaugral VR Social Impact Award, won by VISYON & The Cornerstone Partnership.
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Our second VR Awards saw us collaborate with AltspaceVR for the first time, as we provided a unique, entertaining and interactive experience which allowed people from all across the world to attend the VR Awards through the power of virtual reality. A sign of things to come perhaps…
VR Awards 2017
London, United Kingdom, 09 October 2017
The first ever VR Awards took place at 8 Northumberland Avenue, as we played host to over 300 international delegates. Google & Oculus proved to be big winners, as they went home with not one, but two awards each.
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2017 saw 12 award-worthy winners take to the stage to accept their trophies and give short but inspirational acceptance speeches. Most notably, both Google & Oculus went home with not one, but two awards.
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