AWE EU - Europe's #1 AR and VR Event - Congratulates 2018 Auggie Breakthrough and Best-in-Show Award Winners

MUNICH, Oct. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The 3rd annual AWE (Augmented World Expo) EU, Europe's #1 conference and expo dedicated to augmented reality and virtual reality (XR), officially wrapped on 19 October 2018 by paying tribute to Europe's most exciting XR innovations with the third annual AWE EU Auggie Award celebration. Gathering more than 100 exhibitors of world-changing technologies, 100 speakers and thought leaders, and nearly 2,000 industry attendees at the MOC in Munich—this year's AWE EU trained its spotlight on the continued growth and maturity of the expanding XR industry and with it, it's community.

The annual Auggie Awards have been the most recognized industry AR & VR awards in the world since 2010, showcasing the best-of-the-best in XR (AR/VR/MR). This year's European Auggie Awards featured an expanded program to include nominations for innovative XR projects which featured academia-industry collaboration in three new breakthrough categories: "Most Innovative Breakthrough," "Most Impactful Breakthrough" and an outstanding "Woman XR Laureate." With these new categories, organizers AWE, VR First, IEEE, and XR Circles seek to draw special attention to collaborative efforts between industry and academia that have the potential to lead to breakthroughs in the popular adoption of immersive technologies. The Breakthrough Awards were honored in addition to AWE's annual Best in Show awards for AR, VR and Overall which are selected based on popular vote at the show.

"Each Auggie nominee, finalist and winner at this year's AWE EU show not only illustrated the robust and industrious spirit of the XR industry, but also echoed the collaboration between business and academia that is the engine behind this community's skyrocketing growth," said Ori Inbar, founder and producer of AWE. "From "Breakthroughs" to the "Best of" contenders—we've never seen a field with such talent or exemplary degree of solution maturity as today."

AWE EU 2018 Auggie Award Winners:

• Most Innovative Breakthrough: Virtual Reality Vision Therapy VERVE (Virtual Eye Rotation Vision Exercises) by OculoMotor Technologies, New Jersey Institute of Technologies, Salus University, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, New Jersey Health Foundation, National Science Foundation
• Most Impactful Breakthrough: Virtual Reality Flight Simulator for Surgery by FundamentalVR, Kings College London, Mayo Clinic, University College Hospital London, Imperial College London, UCLA, 3D Systems, Figment Productions
• Women XR Laureate: Dr. Tara Alvarez, head of VERVE project
• Best in Show—AR presented by Atheer: XMReality
• Best in Show—VR presented by Bosch: Koliseum Soccer VR
• Best in Show—Overall presented by PTC: Vuzix

"Congratulations to our innovative exhibitors, members, and partners and to the thousands of XR industry professionals and enthusiasts who celebrated a spectacular AWE EU 2018 with us," said Ori Inbar, founder and producer of AWE. "AWE has celebrated the naming of hundreds of Auggie Award winners since 2010, and the process never gets easier—just more exciting."  

The full list of winners s can be found on the AWE Blog here: https://augmentedworldexpo.com/auggie-award-winners-eu-2018.

Find out more information about the Breakthrough Auggie Awards visit: https://www.auggieaward.com/.

For more news from AWE EU 2018 visit: https://augmentedworldexpo.com/awe-blog/.

Follow AWE on Twitter at @ARealityEvent!

More about AWE
Since 2010, AWE (Augmented World Expo) has served as the world's #1 XR (AR/VR/MR) event series. With annual conference and expos in the USA, Europe, China and Israel, and a global network of AWE Nites meetup chapters in San Francisco, New York, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Chicago, Vancouver, Toronto, Berlin, Tel Aviv and Tokyo, AWE events bring together a mix of CEOs, CTOs, designers, developers, creative agencies, futurists, analysts, investors, and top press to help further the adoption of this next wave of computing. To learn more about AWE visit www.augmentedworldexpo.com.  

More about VR First
VR First is a global program designed to enable creators, companies, and governments interested in exploring the power and potential of immersive technologies. VR First Labs and facilities are key locations for nurturing new talent in VR/AR development and converting ideas into business opportunities. Under the XR First brand, VR First offers competition services and innovation platform to prepare companies for the challenges of tomorrow. For more information, visit: https://www.vrfirst.com.

AWE Media Resources
Photos and news from all AWE events can be viewed on the AWE Facebook page.
All sessions from AWE EU 2017 can be found on the AWE YouTube page.
Visit the AWE Blog: https://augmentedworldexpo.com/awe-blog/.

More about Augmentedreality.org
AWE is produced by AugmentedReality.org, a 501 (c) (6) non-profit organization. All profits are reinvested in AR.org's services. Its mission is to advance XR to advance humanity. Its goal: one billion active users of XR by 2020.

AR.org facilitates and catalyzes the global and regional transformation of the XR industry by:

• Educating and boosting awareness about the real power of XR
• Connecting the best talent around the world with the best in XR
• Hatching XR initiatives and helping bring them to market

SOURCE AWE (Augmented World Expo)