VGTC AWARDS

IEEE VISUALIZATION AND GRAPHICS TECHNICAL COMMUNITY VIRTUAL REALITY AWARDS AND ACADEMY

The IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Awards recognize and honor individuals who have made significant contributions to our broadly defined virtual and mixedreality community through their research and/orthrough service.Annual awards are given for Lifetime Achievement, Technical Achievement, Significant New Researcher, Best Dissertation, and Service. In addition, each year our community inducts new members to the Virtual Reality Academy. An overview of the awards and the criteria for each can be found here.

Call for Nominations for 2026 IEEE VR Awards and VR Academy

Nominations for the 2026 Awards are open now. Award and Academy criteria and Nomination forms are linked below. We invite and encourage members of the Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality community to nominate individuals for the 2026 IEEE VGTC VR Awards and/or for Academy Membership. Self-nomination is allowed. The awards will be presented at the IEEE VR 2026 conference, March 21-25 in Daegu, Korea and at ISMAR 2026, location TBD.

Nomination deadlines

• August 31, 2025 Best Dissertation Award
• October 1,2025 All other awards and VR Academy

Links to Nomination Forms for VR Awards and VR Academy

• Lifetime Achievement
  Submit a Nomination   l   Award Criteria   l   Previous Recipients
• Technical Achievement
  Submit a Nomination   l   Award Criteria    l   Previous Recipients
• Significant New Researcher
  Submit a Nomination   l   Award Criteria   l   Previous Recipients
• Best Dissertation Award
  Submit a Nomination   l   Award Criteria   l   Previous Recipients
• Service Award
  Submit a Nomination   l   Award Criteria   l   Previous Recipients
• Virtual Reality Academy
  Submit a Nomination   l   Award Criteria   l   Previous Inductees

For questions or additional information please email the Awards Program Chairat vgtc-vr-awards@vgtc.org

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