| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Mario | Covarrubias | Politecnico di Milano | Italy | VR Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Prof | Rasool | Abedanzadeh | Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz | Iran | Best VR Researcher Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Prof. Dr | Nicolas | Pereira | Specialized Center for Lymphedema and Lipedema Clínica Nea | Chile | Best VR Researcher Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Mr | Elhassan | Makled | Technische Universität Ilmenau | Egypt | Best VR Researcher Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Mohammed Mamun Or | Rashid | University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) | Bangladesh | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Kristyn | Wilson | University of Virginia | United States | Best VR Researcher Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Ms | Julia | Barczyk | University of Wrocław | Poland | VR Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Prof. Dr | Carolin | Wienrich | University of Würzburg | Germany | Best VR Researcher Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Prof | ALBERT "Skip" | RIZZO | USC-INSTITUTE FOR CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES | United States | Lifetime Achievement in Virtual Reality Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Prof | Zhifei | Wang | Zhejiang Provincial Peoples Hospital | China | Best VR Researcher Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Yuchao | Feng | Zhejiang University of Technology | China | Best VR Researcher Award | vrresearchaward.com |