Virtual Reality Technical Awards

The IEEE VGTC Technical Awards recognize individuals for significant research contributions. There are three VR Technical Awards: Lifetime Achievement Award, Technical Achievement Award, and Significant New Researcher Award. These awards are presented annually and previous winners are listed below.

Nomination forms can be found here: nomination form.

General contact:
Mary C. Whitton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chair, IEEE VGTC VR Awards Program
vgtc-vr-awards@vgtc.org

2022
Lifetime Achievement: Gudrun Klinker
Technical Achievement: Kiyoshi Kiyokawa
Significant New Researcher: Mar Gonzalez-Franco

2021
Career: Mary C. Whitton
Technical Achievement: David P. Luebke

2020
Career: Victoria Interrante
Technical Achievement: Jeremy Bailenson

2019
Career: Mark Billinghurst
Technical Achievement: Anatole Lécuyer

2018
Career: Mark Bolas
Technical Achievement: Gregory F. Welch

2017
Career: Grigore Burdea
Technical Achievement: Michael Zyda

2016
Career: Thomas A. Furness III
Technical Achievement: Anthony Steed

2015
Career: Michitaka Hirose
Technical Achievement: Brendan Iribe, Michael Antonov, and Palmer Luckey

2014
Career: Steven K. Feiner
Technical Achievement: Doug Bowman

2013
Career: Henry Fuchs
Technical Achievement: Mark Billinghurst

2012
Career: Lawrence J. Rosenblum
Technical Achievement: Dieter Schmalstieg

2010
Career: Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
Technical Achievement: Ming C. Lin

2009
Career: Jaron Lanier
Technical Achievement: Hirokazu Kato

2008
Career: Bowen Loftin
Technical Achievement: Bernd Fröhlich

2007
Career: Susumu Tachi
Technical Achievement: C. Cruz-Neira, T. DeFanti, D. Sandin

2006
Career: Larry F. Hodges
Technical Achievement: Kay Stanney

2005
Career: Mel Slater
Technical Achievement: Mark Bolas