Thread by @kentbye

1/ THREAD covering @webxrawards Polys Awards honoring #WebXR experiences, platforms, & creators.
I'll be highlighting the winners + links to experiences.

You can see all of the nominees here:
thepolys.com

Watch party links here:
thepolys.com/metaverse/

2/ @vrhermit talking about his curation of #WebXR experiences at the @ExtendedColl: extendedcollection.com

3D version coming soon.

Here's another livestream:

https://twitter.com/webxrawards/status/1492573093092417540

3/ The @webxrawards is starting with red carpet interviews by @SophiaMosh with Polys nominees, & community members, & sponsors.
It's a great way to get a sneak preview of some of the nominees & add more context to what's happening in the #WebXR community.
eventbrite.com/e/the-2nd-poly…

4/ That's a wrap on the red carpet portion for the @WebXRAwards. You can catch a replay here (but the video may not be permanent):


Moving to 2nd Polys award ceremony hosted by @juliesmithso talking about the #Metaverse, open web, & accessibility.

5/ @schussler kicking The Polys off with a context-setting talk about about how #WebXR Advances Human Agency, especially user agency.
The @webxrawards' Polys Awards, WebXR summit series, & MetaTraversal initiative are all designed to promote XR interoperability & open standards.

6/ @WebXRAwards Polys AR Experience of the Year

WINNER: A320 Cockpit Simulator by @yinch
playkloud.com/yinch/webxr/ar…

Nominees
World Demolisher
worldsdemolisher.totalviz.com

Volumetric WebXR Player
player.8i.com/webxr

Texas Blackout
a.flow.gl/flow/yuqa8d/di…

7/ @WebXRAwards Polys Framework of the Year

WINNER: React XR
github.com/pmndrs/react-xr

Nominees
AR.js
ar-js-org.github.io/AR.js-Docs/

JanusWeb
github.com/jbaicoianu/jan…

Not Nominees, but "exalted status"
A-Frame
aframe.io

Babylon.js
babylonjs.com

8/ @WebXRAwards Polys Platform of the Year

WINNER: Ready Player Me @readyplayerme for interoperable avatars
readyplayer.me

Nominees
Somnium Space Web
somniumspace.com/parcel/708

CYBR
cybrxr.com

Dreamwave
dreamwave.tech

9/ @WebXRAwards Polys - Event of the Year

WINNER: @porterrobinson's Secret Sky by @active_theory
medium.com/active-theory/…

Nominees
OnboardXR
brendanabradley.com/futurestages/2…

Mary Shelley
hubs.sciencevr.com/?shelley

FIVARS
fivars.spatialized.events

Unwanted Waters
unwireddancetheatre.com/unwanted-water…

10/ @WebXRAwards Polys - WebXR Community Award goes to Trevor Flowers (@TransmutableNew).

He wrote Immersive Web Weekly newsletter
immersivewebweekly.com/issues/index.h…

He's now writing Transmutable News Weekly covering wider web beat + agreement bedrock of protocols:
transmutablenews.com

11/ @WebXRAwards Polys - WebXR Software of the Year

WINNER: Wonderland Engine @webxrengine
wonderlandengine.com

Nominees
Brushwork
brushworkvr.com/paint

Wolvic Browser
wolvic.com

WebXR Unity Export
github.com/De-Panther/uni…

Vartiste
vartiste.xyz

12/ @WebXRAwards Polys - Return on Experience

WINNER: RAW Emotion Unites Us
raw-emotions.phoria.com.au

[A great series of immersive stories]

Nominees
Ready Player Me
readyplayer.me

BabyTime Analysis
a.flow.gl/flow/kve84xit/…

Wonderland Engine
wonderlandengine.com

13/ @WebXRAwards Polys - Game of the Year

WINNER: Plockle @plocklevr by @CROEWENS
plockle.com/play

Nominees
Archery Dungeon
constructarcade.com/game/archery-d…

Ski Fit 365
constructarcade.com/game/ski-fit-3…

Summit Scramble
summitscramble.com

Santa's Workshop
constructarcade.com/game/santas-wo…

14/ Live half-time show from the open Metaverse / @mozillahubs featured #OnBoardXR's @brendanAbradley doing a musical number & @UnwiredDance's @clemencedebaig doing a live dance performance of her nominated Unwanted Waters:
theaterfestival.online

15/ I was happy to present the @WebXRAwards Polys 2021 Ombudsperson Award to Avi Bar-Zeev (@avibarzeev), who has been writing quite a bit about XR ethics & privacy over the past year.

You can see some his writing here:

https://twitter.com/avibarzeev/status/1467531907193659400

16/ @WebXRAwards Video Experience of Year

WINNER: Magic of Flight
liquidcinemavr.com/fly/

Nominees:
Inside a Circle of Dreams
fivars.spatialized.events/webxrawards

Grace Weber's Virtual Studio
cybrxr.com/quest

Rukh
fivars.spatialized.events/webxrawards

Be Your Own Dentist
fivars.spatialized.events/webxrawards

17/ @WebXRAwards World of the Year

WINNER: ScienceVR Hubs
hubs.sciencevr.com

Noms
EDUmetaverse
framevr.io/edumetaverse

Secret Sky
medium.com/active-theory/…

Grace Weber's Virtual Studio
cybrxr.com/quest

Obscura
obscura.world

VRTO
conference.virtualreality.to

18/ @WebXRAwards Entertainment Experience of the Year

WINNER: Manifested
manifested.app

Noms
Unwanted Waters
unwireddancetheatre.com/unwanted-water…

Grace Weber's Virtual Studio
cybrxr.com/quest

Rukh
fivars.spatialized.events/webxrawards

Virtual Screen on the Green
vr.pbs.org

19/ @WebXRAwards #WebXR Developer of the Year

WINNER: Adrian Biedrzycki (Avaer Kazer @webmixedreality) who had 14k+ commits in 2021, and is working diligently on @webaverse.

Nominees
James Baicoianu (@bai0)
José Ferrão (@tentonej)
Yinch Yeap (@yinch)
Oren Weizman (@depanther)

20/ @WebXRAwards Polys - #WebXR Creator of the Year

WINNER: Keram Malicki-Sanchez (@kmalickisanchez) for #WebXR work on @fivarstories, @VRToronto, & Rukh.

Nominees:
Caitlin Krauss (@MindWise_CK)
Dulce Baerga (@dulce303)

21/ @WebXRAwards Polys - Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Brandon Jones (@Tojiro) for lots of work on the #WebXR specification, Chrome team, & WebGPU.

22/ @WebXRAwards Polys - Education Experience of the Year

WINNER: The Magic of Flight
liquidcinemavr.com/fly/

Noms
A320 Cockpit Simulator
[restricted access]

Big Brain Time
mirv.tec.mx/BigBrainTime/c…

EDUmetaverse
framevr.io/edumetaverse

ScienceVR Hubs
hubs.sciencevr.com

23/ @WebXRAwards Experience of the Year

WINNER: Magic of Flight
liquidcinemavr.com/fly/

Noms
Inside a Circle of Dreams
fivars.spatialized.events/webxrawards

RAW Emotion Unites Us
raw-emotions.phoria.com.au

Secret Sky
medium.com/active-theory/…

Grace Weber Virtual Studio
cybrxr.com/quest

24/ That's a wrap on the 2021 @webxrawards Polys Awards.

Congrats to all of the winners, nominees, @powersimple, & the rest of the team.

Load this thread in Oculus Browser to check out some #WebXR experiences.

Link to the full show can be found here: