D.I.C.E. Award for Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

D.I.C.E. Award for Immersive Reality Technical Achievement
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
First award	2017
Currently held by	Starship Home
Website	www.interactive.org

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 Starship Home, developed and published by Creature.

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement and Game of the Year

See also: D.I.C.E. Award for Immersive Reality 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 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 and Starship Home were the only winners for Immersive Reality Technical Achievement that were not finalists for Immersive Reality Game of the Year.

Winners and nominees

Table key

Indicates the winner

2010s

Year	Game	Developer(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
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	Google
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

2020s

Year	Game	Developer(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2020 (24th)	Half-Life: Alyx	Valve	Valve	[10] [11]
	Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit	Velan Studios	Nintendo
	Museum of Other Realities	MOR Museums, Inc.	MOR Museums, Inc.
	Paper Beast	Pixel Reef	Pixel Reef
	The Under Presents - Tempest	Tender Claws	Tender Claws
2021 (25th)	Lone Echo II	Ready at Dawn	Oculus Studios	[12] [13]
	Puzzling Places	Realities.io Inc.	Realities.io Inc.
	Resident Evil 4 VR	Armature Studio	Oculus Studios
	Song in the Smoke	17-Bit	17-Bit
	YUKI	Arvore Immersive Experience	Arvore Immersive Experience
2022 (26th)	Red Matter 2	Vertical Robot	Vertical Robot	[14] [15]
	Among Us VR	Innersloth, Schell Games, Robot Teddy	Innersloth
	Cosmonious High	Owlchemy Labs	Owlchemy Labs
	Moss: Book II	polyarc	polyarc
	The Last Clockwinder	Pontobo	Cyan Worlds
2023 (27th)	Horizon Call of the Mountain	Guerrilla Games, Firesprite	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[16] [17]
	Asgard's Wrath 2	Sanzaru Games	Oculus Studios
	Assassin's Creed Nexus VR	Red Storm Entertainment	Ubisoft
	Vertigo 2	Zulubo Productions	Zulubo Productions
	We Are One	Flat Head Studio	Fast Travel Games
2024 (28th)	Starship Home	Creature	Creature	[18] [19] [20] [21]
	Alien: Rogue Incursion	Survios	20th Century Games
	Batman: Arkham Shadow	Camouflaj	Oculus Studios
	Skydance's Behemoth	Skydance Games	Skydance Games
	Underdogs	One Hamsa	One Hamsa

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.

Developers

Developer	Nominations	Wins
Ready at Dawn	2	2
Magic Leap	2	1
Owlchemy Labs	2	0
Red Storm Entertainment	2	0
Sanzaru Games	2	0
Survios	2	0

Publishers

Publisher	Nominations	Wins
Oculus Studios	8	2
Sony Computer/Interactive Entertainment	3	2
Magic Leap	2	1
Ubisoft	3	0
Owlchemy Labs	2	0

Franchises

Lone Echo is the only franchise to have won more than once.

Franchises

Franchise	Nominations	Wins
Lone Echo	2	2
Asgard's Wrath	2	0

References

1. "20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Rules and Procedures" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 23, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
2. "2017 Award Category Details". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
3. Albert, Weston (February 24, 2017). "Overwatch Wins Game of the Year at DICE Awards 2017". GameRant. gamerant.com. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
4. "2018 Award Category Details". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
5. Iyer, Karthik (February 23, 2018). "DICE Awards 2018: Here Are All the Games That Won". Beebom. Beebom Media Private Limited. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
6. "2019 Award Category Details". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
7. Shanley, Patrick (February 13, 2019). "D.I.C.E. Awards: Full Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
8. "2020 Award Category Details". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
9. Shanley, Patrick (April 22, 2021). "2020 DICE Awards: 'Untitled Goose Game' Takes Top Honor". The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
10. "2021 Awards Category Details". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
11. Skrebels, Joe. "D.I.C.E. Awards 2021: All the Winners". IGN. IGN. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
12. "2022 Awards Category Details". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
13. Bankhurst, Adam (February 25, 2022). "DICE Awards 2022 Winners: The Full List". IGN. IGN. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
14. "Congratulations to the 26th Annual #DICEAwards Finalists". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
15. Kim, Matt. "26th Annual DICE Awards Game of the Year Nominees Announced". IGN. IGN. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
16. "Congratulations to the 27th Annual #DICEAwards Finalist". interactive.org. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . Retrieved January 10, 2024.
17. "2024 Awards Category Details Immersive Reality Technical Achievement". interactive.org. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . Retrieved February 16, 2024.
18. "DICE Awards 2025 Nominations Revealed With Astro Bot, Helldivers 2, and Indiana Jones in the Lead". IGN. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
19. "28th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Finalists Revealed". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
20. "28th Annual DICE Awards Results". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
21. "DICE Awards 2025 Winners: The Full List". IGN. Retrieved February 14, 2025.