# D.I.C.E. Award for Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

The D.I.C.E. Award for Immersive Reality Technical Achievement is an award presented annually by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences during the D.I.C.E. Awards. This award "celebrates the highest level of technical achievement within an immersive reality experience through the combined attention to gameplay engineering and visual engineering. Elements honored include but are not limited to technology features specifically associated with the immersive medium, artificial intelligence, physics, engine mechanics, and visual engineering".
The award's most recent winner is Starship Home, developed and published by Creature.

## Immersive Reality Technical Achievement and Game of the Year

Both immersive reality awards were introduced for the 20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards. According to the rules and procedures for the 20th awards ceremony, "the immersive reality category panel will be comprised of individuals working directly in the medium". The finalists and winners for these categories would be "selected by a panel of experts and will not be voted on by the general membership body of the Academy". Since the categories were introduced, both categories had a majority of finalists and winners in common. Lone Echo, Half-Life: Alyx, Lone Echo II, and Red Matter 2 won both immersive reality categories. Tónandi and Starship Home were the only winners for Immersive Reality Technical Achievement that were not finalists for Immersive Reality Game of the Year.

## Winners and nominees

Table key :
* Indicates the winner

### 2010s

| Year | Game | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) |
| 2016 (20th) | Eagle Flight | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft |
| 2016 (20th) | I Expect You to Die | Schell Games | Schell Games |
| 2016 (20th) | Job Simulator | Owlchemy Labs | Owlchemy Labs |
| 2016 (20th) | Superhot VR | Team Superhot | Team Superhot |
| 2016 (20th) | Tilt Brush | Skillman & Hackett | Google |
| 2017 (21st) | Lone Echo | Ready at Dawn | Oculus Studios |
| 2017 (21st) | Robo Recall | Epic Games | Epic Games |
| 2017 (21st) | Star Trek: Bridge Crew | Red Storm Entertainment | Ubisoft |
| 2017 (21st) | The Invisible Hours | Tequila Works | GameTrust Games |
| 2017 (21st) | Wilson's Heart | Twisted Pixel Games | Oculus Studios |
| 2018 (22nd) | Tónandi | Magic Leap | Magic Leap |
| 2018 (22nd) | Astro Bot Rescue Mission | Japan Studio | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| 2018 (22nd) | Beat Saber | Beat Games | Beat Games |
| 2018 (22nd) | Dr. Grordbort's Invaders | Magic Leap, Wētā Workshop | Magic Leap |
| 2018 (22nd) | Torn | Aspyr Media | Aspyr Media |
| 2019 (23rd) | Blood & Truth | London Studio | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| 2019 (23rd) | Asgard's Wrath | Sanzaru Games | Oculus Studios |
| 2019 (23rd) | Pistol Whip | Cloudhead Games | Cloudhead Games |
| 2019 (23rd) | Stormland | Insomniac Games | Oculus Studios |
| 2019 (23rd) | Westworld Awakening | Survios | HBO |

### 2020s

| Year | Game | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Ref. |
| 2020 (24th) | Half-Life: Alyx | Valve | Valve | |
| 2020 (24th) | Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit | Velan Studios | Nintendo | |
| 2020 (24th) | Museum of Other Realities | MOR Museums, Inc. | MOR Museums, Inc. | |
| 2020 (24th) | Paper Beast | Pixel Reef | Pixel Reef | |
| 2020 (24th) | The Under Presents - Tempest | Tender Claws | Tender Claws | |
| 2021 (25th) | Lone Echo II | Ready at Dawn | Oculus Studios | |
| 2021 (25th) | Puzzling Places | Realities.io Inc. | Realities.io Inc. | |
| 2021 (25th) | Resident Evil 4 VR | Armature Studio | Oculus Studios | |
| 2021 (25th) | Song in the Smoke | 17-Bit | 17-Bit | |
| 2021 (25th) | YUKI | Arvore Immersive Experience | Arvore Immersive Experience | |
| 2022 (26th) | Red Matter 2 | Vertical Robot | Vertical Robot | |
| 2022 (26th) | Among Us VR | Innersloth, Schell Games, Robot Teddy | Innersloth | |
| 2022 (26th) | Cosmonious High | Owlchemy Labs | Owlchemy Labs | |
| 2022 (26th) | Moss: Book II | polyarc | polyarc | |
| 2022 (26th) | The Last Clockwinder | Pontobo | Cyan Worlds | |
| 2023 (27th) | Horizon Call of the Mountain | Guerrilla Games, Firesprite | Sony Interactive Entertainment | |
| 2023 (27th) | Asgard's Wrath 2 | Sanzaru Games | Oculus Studios | |
| 2023 (27th) | Assassin's Creed Nexus VR | Red Storm Entertainment | Ubisoft | |
| 2023 (27th) | Vertigo 2 | Zulubo Productions | Zulubo Productions | |
| 2023 (27th) | We Are One | Flat Head Studio | Fast Travel Games | |
| 2024 (28th) | Starship Home | Creature | Creature | [18][19] [20][21] |
| 2024 (28th) | Alien: Rogue Incursion | Survios | 20th Century Games | [18][19] [20][21] |
| 2024 (28th) | Batman: Arkham Shadow | Camouflaj | Oculus Studios | [18][19] [20][21] |
| 2024 (28th) | Skydance's Behemoth | Skydance Games | Skydance Games | [18][19] [20][21] |
| 2024 (28th) | Underdogs | One Hamsa | One Hamsa | [18][19] [20][21] |

## Multiple nominations and wins
### Developers and publishers

Oculus Studios, known as Reality Labs, has published the most nominees. Oculus Studios and Sony Interactive Entertainment are the only publishers that have more than one winner. Ready at Dawn is the only developer to have developed multiple winners.
Developers :
| Developer | Nominations | Wins |
| Ready at Dawn | 2 | 2 |
| Magic Leap | 2 | 1 |
| Owlchemy Labs | 2 | 0 |
| Red Storm Entertainment | 2 | 0 |
| Sanzaru Games | 2 | 0 |
| Survios | 2 | 0 |
Publishers :
| Publisher | Nominations | Wins |
| Oculus Studios | 8 | 2 |
| Sony Computer/Interactive Entertainment | 3 | 2 |
| Magic Leap | 2 | 1 |
| Ubisoft | 3 | 0 |
| Owlchemy Labs | 2 | 0 |

### Franchises

Lone Echo is the only franchise to have won more than once.
Franchises :
| Franchise | Nominations | Wins |
| Lone Echo | 2 | 2 |
| Asgard's Wrath | 2 | 0 |