Special Awards

Open to both new and adapted / significantly updated experiences across all tracks. Experiment with the latest Meta VR features and toolkits, and get rewarded for innovation, design, and technical excellence:

• Best Social & Multiplayer Experience—Built for shared presence: co-watching, cooperative play, social spaces, asymmetric multiplayer.
• Best Agentic Interaction—AI as a core part of the experience: spatial agents, voice-first interaction, procedural content, context-aware assistance.
• Best Reason to Come Back—Thoughtful progression and reward design: something to work toward, visible growth between sessions, a loop that pulls the user back tomorrow. Built for longevity, not a one-time demo.
• Best First Five Minutes—The craft of the opening: how fast it explains itself, teaches controller-free interaction without a wall of text, and delivers a payoff before the headset comes off.
• Best Accessibility Forward Experience—Pushing accessible XR design: voice alternatives for hand interactions, eyes-only navigation for limited mobility, high-contrast modes, inclusive by default.
• Boldest Original Concept—Rewards the idea that couldn't exist anywhere else. A concept whose core loop depends on presence, spatial depth, real-world scale, or eyes and hands. Judged on originality and on whether the experience would fall apart on any other platform.
• Judge’s Choice—Awarded at the judges’ discretion for standout entries that don’t fit neatly into a single track or category.