AUGGIE AWARDS
Congrats to the winners of the 9th annual Auggie Awards
The annual Auggie Awards have been the most recognized industry AR & VR awards in the world since 2010. Now in its 9th year, the Auggies continue to showcase the best-of-the-best in XR (AR/VR/MR).
The winners of the Auggie Awards were presented with a prestigious Auggie Award on stage at the Auggie Awards Ceremony at AWE USA 2018 on May 31.
2018 Auggie Award Timeline
– March 5 – April 23: Nomination period
– April 24 – May 17: Public voting
– May 18 – May 25: Judging period
– May 31: Auggie Awards presented at AWE USA 2018
The 2018 winners have been announced! Find out who won an award this year or check out the full list of nominations using the buttons below.
How We Pick the Winners
The XR industry nominates products and solutions in one of ten active categories, all of which are listed below.
All nominations must adhere to the Auggie Awards Rules and Regulations to be eligible for an award.Selected nominees move forward to public voting.
The public is asked to vote for the nominees they wish to see as finalists in each category.
Public Voting results are used to select the five finalists in each of the 10 active Auggie Award categories. The judging panel will have the opportunity to “save” some nominations they wish to see included as a finalist.
These finalists move to the judging round which occurs from May 18-May 25.
Our panel of judges (listed below) rate the finalists and these ratings will determine the winners for each category.
The winners will be announced on stage at AWE USA 2018 on May 31, 2018.
2018 Auggie Award Timeline
– March 5 – April 23: Nomination period
– April 24 – May 17: Public voting
– May 18 – May 25: Judging period *now active*
– May 31: Auggie Awards presented at AWE USA 2018 in Santa Clara
2018 Auggie Award Categories
Best Art or Film
Art Installations or films including design concepts and documentary films and 360 video that explore the augmented or virtual world. Sponsored by IEEE Standards Association.
Best Campaign
Marketing and advertising campaigns for major brands that use AR and VR. Sponsored by PTC Vuforia.
Best Consumer App
AR and VR applications available to the public in major app stores across all verticals.
Best Creator & Authoring Tool
Designer tools, Content creation, reality capture, and publishing tools for AR & VR. Sponsored by Microsoft.
Best Developer Tool
Tracking & Mapping SDKs, navigation, recognition, analytics, workflow and optimization tools enabling developers to create AR & VR experiences. Sponsored by DAQRI.
Best Enterprise Solution
Enterprise solutions that solve business problems using AR, and VR. Sponsored by Kopin.
Best Game or Toy
Connected toy or gaming solutions that enable digital interaction with the physical world or physical interaction in the virtual world.
Best Headworn Device
Smartglasses, head-mounted displays (HMD), goggles, heads-up displays (HUD), connected eyewear, and helmets. Sponsored by Qualcomm.
Best Input & Output Hardware
Haptics, gesture, eye-tracking, controllers, sensors, cameras, display, audio, stationary installations, hardware acceleration and connectivity. Sponsored by Bosch.
Best Interaction Software Tool
Hand tracking, gaze, motion control, voice, bio-sensing, emotion, and EEG solutions
The 2018 Auggie Award Finalists have been selected.
To see who has made it to the final round, click on the button below.
Auggie Awards Presented at AWE
In addition to the 10 main Auggie Award categories, AWE is pleased to present 5 additional honors which will be presented at AWE USA 2018 at the show May 31 and June 1 as indicated.
All of these categories DO NOT require organizations to submit nominations via the Auggie Portal and do not follow the same process as the 10 categories outlined above.
Best in Show Augmented Reality
All presenting AR companies at AWE 2018 (exhibitor, speaker and Playground) are automatically eligible to be nominated for this award. The winner will be selected through popular vote at the show and announced on stage on June 1, 2018.
Best in Show Virtual Reality
All presenting VR companies at AWE 2018 (exhibitor, speaker and Playground) are automatically eligible to be nominated for this award. The winner will be selected through popular vote at the show and announced on stage on June 1, 2018.
Startup to Watch
All presenting XR startups at AWE 2018 (exhibitor, speaker and Playground) are automatically eligible to be nominated for this award. The winner will be selected by a panel of judges and announced on stage on June 1, 2018.
NEXTANT Award
The Virtual World Society will select a pioneer in XR to honor at AWE USA 2018 during the Auggie Awards ceremony on May 31, 2018.
AWEsome Award
AugmentedReality.org will select a moonshot concept or prototype that are straight out of a Sci-Fi novel to be honored at AWE USA 2018 during the Auggie Award ceremony on May 31, 2018.
2018 Auggie Award Judges
We are honored to have the following XR thought leaders, founders and organizational leaders on board this year’s judging panel. Our judges will help us select the winners for the 9th annual Auggie Awards.
- Hiren Bhinde – Director Product Management (VR/AR), Qualcomm
- Dr. Hong Choi – Kopin
- David Beard – Product Management, DAQRI
- Duffy Fallon – Associate Product Manager, PTC Vuforia
- Jay Iorio – Director of Innovation, IEEE Standards Association
- Juergen Lumera – Director of Global Product Management, Bosch
- Brandon Bray – Microsoft
- Ori Inbar – Board Member, AugmentedReality.org
- Tom Emrich – Board Member, AugmentedReality.org
- Phil Keslin – CTO, Niantic
- Pearly Chen – Chief of Staff, HTC
- Tish Shute – Director AR/VR, Corporate Technology Strategy, Huawei
- Justin Quimby – Senior Product Manager, Google AR/VR
- Dave Lorenzini – Board Member, AugmentedReality.org
- Mark Billinghurst – Director, HIT Lab
- Mark Sage – Executive Director, AR for Enterprise Association (The AREA)
- Brian Mullins – Board Member, AugmentedReality.org
- Linda Jacobson – Board of Directors, Virtual World Society
- Brad Weiers – Product Manager, Unity
- Tom Furness – Founder, Virtual World Society
- Abby Albright – Co-Founder, WXR Fund
Watch the 2017 Auggie Awards
Congrats to the 2017 Auggie Award Winners
Aero Glass
Best App sponsored by ODG
Digital Neuron by Heavy Projects
Best Art or Film sponsored by Unity
ZapWorks by Zappar
Best Authoring or Publishing Tool sponsored by Women in VR
Mixed Realty Easter Egg Hunt by FLARB LLC and AfterNow
Best Campaign sponsored by Microsoft
SLAM SDK by Wikitude
Best Developer Tool sponsored by Bosch
Enterprise Wearable Computing Suite by Ubimax
Best Enterprise Solution sponsored by The AREA
Happy Atoms by Schell Games
Best Game or Toy sponsored by Vuforia
Microsoft Hololens
Best Headworn Device sponsored by IEEE-SA
Ossic X
Best Input or Output Hardware sponsored by Huawei
Leap Motion Orion
Best Interaction Software Tool sponsored by ISMAR
Meta
Best in Show - Augmented Reality sponsored by Super Ventures
Globacore
Best in Show - Virtual Reality sponsored by Intel
Brenda Laurel
VR World Society NEXTANT Award
2017 Auggie Award Judges
We were honored to have assembled a group of AR+VR experts to help us select the 2017 of this year’s Auggie Awards.
- Jay Iorio – Director of Innovation, IEEE-SA
- Tish Shute – Director AR/VR, Corporate Technology Strategy, Huawei
- Juergen Lumera – Director AR Product Mangement, Bosch
- Mark Billinghurst – Director, HIT Lab NZ
- Jodi Schiller – Founder, New Reality Arts
- David Beard – Product Management, Vuforia – PTC
- John Haddick – CTO, Osterhout Design Group
- Vanessa Arnauld – Product Marketing Manager, Microsoft HoloLens
- Mark Sage – Executive Director, AR for Enterprise Alliance (AREA)
- Brad Weiers – Tech Lead, Unity Technologies
- Matt Miesnicks – Partner, Super Ventures
- Eric Mantion – Developer Evangelist, Intel Corporation
- Jacki Morie – Founder/Chief Scientist, All These Worlds, LLC
Previous Auggie Award Winners (2016-2010)
The Auggie Awards have been the recognizing the best-of-the-best in XR since 2010.
Check out the winners from the 2010-2016 Auggie Awards in the AWE Archives