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 Hotel Infinity, developed and published by Studio Chyr.
Immersive Reality Technical Achievement and Game of the Year
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 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". Since the categories were introduced, both categories had several of finalists and winners in common. Lone Echo, Half-Life: Alyx, Lone Echo II, and Red Matter 2 won both immersive reality categories. Tónandi, Starship Home, and Hotel Infinity were the only winners for Immersive Reality Technical Achievement that were not finalists for Immersive Reality Game of the Year.
Winners and nominees + Table keyIndicates the winner
2010s YearGameDeveloper(s)Publisher(s)2016 (20th) Eagle FlightUbisoft MontrealUbisoftI Expect You to DieSchell GamesSchell GamesJob SimulatorOwlchemy LabsOwlchemy LabsSuperhot VRTeam SuperhotTeam SuperhotTilt BrushSkillman & HackettGoogle2017 (21st) Lone EchoReady at DawnOculus StudiosRobo RecallEpic GamesEpic GamesStar Trek: Bridge CrewRed Storm EntertainmentUbisoftThe Invisible HoursTequila WorksGameTrust GamesWilson's HeartTwisted Pixel GamesOculus Studios2018 (22nd) TónandiMagic LeapMagic LeapAstro Bot Rescue MissionJapan StudioSony Interactive EntertainmentBeat SaberBeat GamesBeat GamesDr. Grordbort's InvadersMagic Leap, Wētā WorkshopMagic LeapTornAspyr MediaAspyr Media2019 (23rd) Blood & TruthLondon StudioSony Interactive EntertainmentAsgard's WrathSanzaru GamesOculus StudiosPistol WhipCloudhead GamesCloudhead GamesStormlandInsomniac GamesOculus StudiosWestworld AwakeningSurviosHBO
2020s YearGameDeveloper(s)Publisher(s)2020 (24th) Half-Life: AlyxValveValveMario Kart Live: Home CircuitVelan StudiosNintendoMuseum of Other RealitiesMOR Museums, Inc.MOR Museums, Inc.Paper BeastPixel ReefPixel ReefThe Under Presents - TempestTender ClawsTender Claws2021 (25th) Lone Echo IIReady at DawnOculus StudiosPuzzling PlacesRealities.io Inc.Realities.io Inc.Resident Evil 4 VRArmature StudioOculus StudiosSong in the Smoke17-Bit17-BitYUKIArvore Immersive ExperienceArvore Immersive Experience2022 (26th) Red Matter 2Vertical RobotVertical RobotAmong Us VRInnersloth, Schell Games, Robot TeddyInnerslothCosmonious HighOwlchemy LabsOwlchemy LabsMoss: Book IIpolyarcpolyarcThe Last ClockwinderPontoboCyan Worlds2023 (27th) Horizon Call of the MountainGuerrilla Games, FirespriteSony Interactive EntertainmentAsgard's Wrath 2Sanzaru GamesOculus StudiosAssassin's Creed Nexus VR Red Storm Entertainment UbisoftVertigo 2 Zulubo Productions Zulubo ProductionsWe Are One Flat Head Studio Fast Travel Games2024 (28th) Starship HomeCreatureCreatureAlien: Rogue IncursionSurvios20th Century GamesBatman: Arkham ShadowCamouflajOculus StudiosSkydance's BehemothSkydance GamesSkydance GamesUnderdogsOne HamsaOne Hamsa2025 (29th) Hotel InfinityStudio ChyrStudio ChyrGhost Town Fireproof Games Fireproof GamesMarvel's Deadpool VR Twisted Pixel Games Oculus StudiosStar Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset Industrial Light & Magic Disney Electronic Content, Inc.Unloop Superposition NULL CM Games
Multiple nominations and wins Developers and publishers 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 WinsReady at Dawn 2 2Magic Leap 2 1Owlchemy Labs 2 0Red Storm Entertainment 2 0Sanzaru Games 2 0Survios 2 0Twisted Pixel Games 2 0
+ Publishers Publisher Nominations WinsOculus Studios 9 2Sony Computer/Interactive Entertainment 3 2Magic Leap 2 1Ubisoft 3 0Owlchemy Labs 2 0
Franchises Lone Echo is the only franchise to have won more than once. + Franchise Nominations WinsLone Echo 2 2Asgard's Wrath 2 0
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