Virtual Reality does not have many comprehensive award shows, but the Proto Awards just might be the closest thing the industry currently has to The Oscars many of the VR scene’s most elite designers and personalities gathered toghether at the AVALON theater in Hollywood for one purpose: to name the most impressive experiences of the year.

Tonight’s biggest winners include Space Pirate Trainer and Tilt Brush. Check the list below for the full list of honorees:

Best Social Experience:

Lecture VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd.

AltspaceVR – AltspaceVR (Winner)

Rec Room – Against Gravity

Pool Nation VR – Perilous Orbit & Cherry Pop Games

New Retro Arcade: Neon – Digital Cybercherries Limited

Speech Center VR – Cerevrum Inc

Best Mobile Experience:

The Night Cafe: A VR Tribute to Vincent Van Gogh – Borrowed Light Studios

Ctrl – Breaking Fourth

Zen Zone – Aaron Lemke

Pearl – Google Spotlight Studios

Tactera – E McNeill (Winner)

Music From Every Angle – m ss ng p eces

Most Transportive Experience:

Apollo 11 VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd.

The Climb – Crytek

ADR1FT – Three One Zero

Old Friend – Tyler Hurd

theBlu: Season 1 – Wevr (Winner)

Irrational Exuberance: Prologue – Ben Vance, Wevr

Best Game:

Raw Data – Survios

The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed – Cloudhead Games

Job Simulator – Owlchemy Labs

The Climb – Crytek

Space Pirate Trainer – I-Illusions (Winner)

Bullet Train – Epic Games

Best Interaction Design:

Job Simulator – Owlchemy Labs

Waltz of the Wizard – Aldin Dynamics

SoundStage – Logan Olson

Tilt Brush – Google

Rec Room – Against Gravity

Fantastic Contraption – Northway Games & Radial Games (Winner)

Most Innovative:

Pixel Ripped 1989 – Pixel Ripped Inc

Tilt Brush – Google (Winner)

Blocks – Leap Motion

VR Noir: A Day Before the Night – StartVR

The Lab – Valve

FIREBIRD: La Peri (Book 1) – Innerspace VR

Best Original Score:

Zen Zone – Aaron Lemke

Pearl – Google Spotlight Stories (Winner)

Pixel Ripped 1989 – Pixel Ripped Inc

Apollo 11 VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd.

Windlands – Psytec Games Ltd

The Rose And I – Penrose Studios

Best Live Action Experience:

Music From Every Angle – m ss ng p eces

Hard World for Small Things – Wevr

Zoolander Infinity – David Rosenbaum, Jaunt

Waves – Wevr

The Presence – Pseudoscience Pictures

The Argo File – Argos VR (Winner)

Best Sound Design:

Zen Zone – Aaron Lemke

Space Pirate Trainer – I-Illusions (Winner)

Trials on Tatooine: A Cinematic Star Wars Experiment – ILMxLAB

Chronos – Gunfire Games

Reeps One: Does Not Exist – Aurelia Soundworks

Land’s End – ustwo games

Best Educational Experience:

Apollo 11 VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd. (Winner)

Lecture VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd.

GravlLab – Gravitational Testing Facility & Observations – Mark Schramm

House of Languages VR – Fox3D

C O S M Worlds Within Worlds – Dynamoid

The Field Trip to Mars – Framestore VR Studio & McCann

Best Student Experience:

We Are Alfred – Embodied Labs

Shining360 – Claire Hentschker

Lions & Deer – Lean House Media

Chapel – Dean Moro and Lauren Krikorian

Fruit Golf – Coal Car Studio (Winner)

My real virtual body: Body Swapping in virtual reality – Alice Chirico

Best Music Experience:

Soundscape – SNAKE Productions

Old Friend – Tyler Hurd

Music From Every Angle – m ss ng p eces

Grace – MacInnes Scott

SoundStage – Logan Olson (Winner)

Apex – Arjan van Meerten

Best Art Direction:

Kismet – Psyop

FIREBIRD: La Peri (Book 1) – Innerspace VR (Winner)

Chronos – Gunfire Games

Apex – Arjan van Meerten

Cosmic Trip – Funktronic Labs

theBlu: Season 1 – Wevr

Best Narrative Experience:

Waves – Wevr

Knives – Adam Cosco

The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed – Cloudhead Games (Winner)

Pearl – Google Spotlight Stories

The Martian VR Experience – Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Innovation Lab, RSA Films, The Virtual Reality Company

Kiya – Emblematic Group

Best Independent Experience:

Tactera – E McNeill

SoundStage – Logan Olson

Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope – Croteam

Space Pirate Trainer – I-Illusions (Winner)

Shape Space VR – Zen Parade – Kevin Mack

Windlands – Psytec Games Ltd

Best User Interface:

Dota VR Hub – Valve

Envelop VR – Bob Berry

Orian Trail VR – Schell Games

Transport – Wevr

Modbox – Alientrap (Winner)

Speech Center VR – Cerevrum Inc

Best Overall:

Tilt Brush – Google (Winner)

Raw Data – Survios

Space Pirate Trainer – I-Illusions

Bullet Train – Epic Games

Modbox – Alientrap

The Lab – Valve

The Founders’ Award:

Dr. Thomas A. Furness III

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So what do you think? Did the best experiences win or get snubbed? Let us know in the comments below!