| Dr | Hailemariam Ayalew | Tiruneh | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) | Kenya | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | ALI | WAJID | Shenzhen University | China | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Prof | Zhifei | Wang | Zhejiang Provincial Peoples Hospital | China | Best VR Researcher Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Huimin | Wang | Southwest Jiaotong University | China | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Prof. Dr | Carolin | Wienrich | University of Würzburg | Germany | Best VR Researcher Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Kristyn | Wilson | University of Virginia | United States | Best VR Researcher Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Prof | Guanghao | Wu | Beijing Institute of Technology | China | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Ms | Jingjing | Xu | Southwest University | China | Early Career Researcher in VR/AR Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Prof | Lu | Ye | Civil Aviation Flight University of China | China | Best VR Faculty Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Guoning | ZHAO | Communication University of China | China | Best VR Researcher Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Dr | Kristine | Zlatkovic | Northwestern University | United States | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Mr | Александр | Широков | Новосибирский государственный технический университет | Russia | Research Excellence Award | vrresearchaward.com |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | 栋 | 刘 | 山东女子学院 | China | Early Career Researcher in VR/AR Award | vrresearchaward.com |