D.I.C.E. Award for Immersive Reality Technical Achievement | |
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Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 2017 |
Currently held by | Horizon Call of the Mountain |
Website | www |
The D.I.C.E. Award for Immersive Reality Technical Achievement is an award presented annually by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences during the D.I.C.E. Awards. This award "celebrates the highest level of technical achievement within an immersive reality experience through the combined attention to gameplay engineering and visual engineering. Elements honored include but are not limited to technology features specifically associated with the immersive medium, artificial intelligence, physics, engine mechanics, and visual engineering".
The award's most recent winner is Horizon Call of the Mountain, developed by Guerrilla Games and Firesprite, and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Both immersive reality awards were introduced for the 20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards. According to the rules and procedures for the 20th awards ceremony, "the immersive reality category panel will be comprised of individuals working directly in the medium". The finalists and winners for these categories would be "selected by a panel of experts and will not be voted on by the general membership body of the Academy".[1] Since the categories were introduced, both categories had a majority of finalists and winners in common. Lone Echo, Half-Life: Alyx, Lone Echo II, and Red Matter 2 won both immersive reality categories. Tónandi was the only winner for Immersive Reality Technical Achievement that was not a finalist for Immersive Reality Game of the Year.
Indicates the winner |
Year | Game | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Ref. |
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2016 (20th) |
Eagle Flight | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft | [2][3] |
I Expect You to Die | Schell Games | Schell Games | ||
Job Simulator | Owlchemy Labs | Owlchemy Labs | ||
Superhot VR | Team Superhot | Team Superhot | ||
Tilt Brush | Skillman & Hackett | |||
2017 (21st) |
Lone Echo | Ready at Dawn | Oculus Studios | [4][5] |
Robo Recall | Epic Games | Epic Games | ||
Star Trek: Bridge Crew | Red Storm Entertainment | Ubisoft | ||
The Invisible Hours | Tequila Works | GameTrust Games | ||
Wilson's Heart | Twisted Pixel Games | Oculus Studios | ||
2018 (22nd) |
Tónandi | Magic Leap | Magic Leap | [6][7] |
Astro Bot Rescue Mission | Japan Studio | Sony Interactive Entertainment | ||
Beat Saber | Beat Games | Beat Games | ||
Dr. Grordbort's Invaders | Magic Leap, Wētā Workshop | Magic Leap | ||
Torn | Aspyr Media | Aspyr Media | ||
2019 (23rd) |
Blood & Truth | London Studio | Sony Interactive Entertainment | [8][9] |
Asgard's Wrath | Sanzaru Games | Oculus Studios | ||
Pistol Whip | Cloudhead Games | Cloudhead Games | ||
Stormland | Insomniac Games | Oculus Studios | ||
Westworld Awakening | Survios | HBO |
Oculus Studios, known as Reality Labs, has published the most nominees. Oculus Studios and Sony Interactive Entertainment are the only publishers that have more than one winner. Ready at Dawn is the only developer to have developed multiple winners.
Developer | Nominations | Wins |
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Ready at Dawn | 2 | 2 |
Magic Leap | 2 | 1 |
Owlchemy Labs | 2 | 0 |
Red Storm Entertainment | 2 | 0 |
Sanzaru Games | 2 | 0 |
Publisher | Nominations | Wins |
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Oculus Studios | 7 | 2 |
Sony Computer/Interactive Entertainment | 3 | 2 |
Magic Leap | 2 | 1 |
Ubisoft | 3 | 0 |
Owlchemy Labs | 2 | 0 |
Lone Echo is the only franchise to have won more than once.
Franchise | Nominations | Wins |
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Lone Echo | 2 | 2 |
Asgard's Wrath | 2 | 0 |