Viveport's Development Awards is open to any developer that submits an app to the platform from today, and five finalists each will be selected for each category: the Viveport "pillars" of Discover, Create, Connect, Watch and Shop. From there, a panel of judges will pick the grand prize winners -- though HTC says all of the final nominees will be awarded prizes.



The contest also kicks off Viveport's Developer Beta and community pages -- which contestants will need to use to submit their projects. With any luck, the awards program will help Viveport build a strong library for the consumer launch later this year. If not? Well, at least we'll always have Steam.