| Prof | Isak | Pretorius | Macquarie University | Australia | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Issam | Boukhoubza | National Institute of Materials Physics | Romania | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Jendrian | Riedel | Hochschule Bremen | Germany | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Jennifer | Hayakawa | Rady Children”s Health Orange County | United States | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Jingfeng | Xia | Guangzhou technonlogy university | China | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Jingjing | Xu | Southwest University | China | Early Career Researcher in VR/AR Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Joel Poncha | Lemayian | ETS | Canada | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Julia | Barczyk | University of Wrocław | Poland | VR Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Julian | Humml | California Institute of Technology | United States | Best VR Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Kateřina | Holušová | Mendel University in Brno | Czech Republic | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Ms | KM Rinki | | Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow | India | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Kristine | Zlatkovic | Northwestern University | United States | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Kristyn | Wilson | University of Virginia | United States | Best VR Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Kyunghyun | Lee | APQA | South Korea | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Liwei | Sun | Guangdong Ocean University | China | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Lu | Ye | Civil Aviation Flight University of China | China | Best VR Faculty Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Mahdi | Zarnoush | K. N. Toosi University of Technology | Iran | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Mahsa | Nasri | Northeastern University | United States | Best VR Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Mario | Covarrubias | Politecnico di Milano | Italy | VR Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Marta | Szepietowska | Department of Dermatology, Jagillonian University Medical College | Poland | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |