Applications are now open for the XR Awards 2025, our annual series’s most highly anticipated event. Hundreds of XR vendors, leaders, and teams submit applications for these prestigious awards each year, and 2025 marks our fourth consecutive year of celebration. We are excited to announce a refreshed panel of judges and new award categories this year.
The application period for the XR Awards 2025 is from Monday, March 3, 2025, to Friday, April 11, 2025. Please refer to the XR Awards application form and event landing page to participate.
With 15 targeted categories, there are even more opportunities to showcase your business’s XR solutions. We encourage international firms to apply promptly for recognition during the XR Awards 2025 online showcase.
However, among those 15 categories are three free-to-enter categories to highlight industry success stories. Recently, XR Today broke down each category for this year’s award. It is essential to highlight the free-to-enter categories. Let’s take a look.
Free to Enter Catagories
In 2025, the XR Awards will continue its annual tradition of presenting three free categories highlighting the best in enterprise XR innovation and achievement.
XR Rising Star Organization
This award recognizes a rising star organization or start-up poised to redefine the enterprise XR landscape based on developments from the past two years. It honours trailblazers who demonstrate exceptional promise, ambition, and growth, showcasing the potential to disrupt and lead the industry.
Submissions should clearly outline how the company’s emerging XR solutions address business challenges and deliver tangible value to enterprise clients. We are looking for companies that develop innovative technology and strategically deploy it to create measurable impact across various industries.
Please highlight your unique approach to solving real-world problems and provide quantifiable results you’ve achieved for clients, such as increased efficiency, cost savings, and improved customer experiences. Include your strategy for scaling your solutions to meet growing market demand.
This is an opportunity to showcase your company’s potential to shape the future of enterprise XR and gain recognition among industry leaders. This award is for you if you are driving innovation and delivering real business value.
Best XR Transformation Story
This award recognizes an exceptional enterprise XR solution provider that has significantly transformed its clients’ businesses through impactful virtual, augmented, or mixed reality deployments within the past two years.
We seek real-world success stories highlighting how an XR technology deployment has progressed beyond pilot projects to deliver tangible, transformative results.
Submissions should focus on a specific end-user deployment, detailing the initial business challenges and key drivers. They should demonstrate how the deployment directly addressed the client’s challenges and resulted in measurable improvements.
Additionally, please illustrate how the deployment fostered growth and innovation within the client’s organization, contributing to a more efficient, competitive, or customer-centric business model.
Best XR Experience
This award recognizes XR visionaries who develop technology and create groundbreaking and innovative XR experiences. We seek individuals who understand that XR is more than just a novelty; it is a powerful tool for progressive businesses.
This is an opportunity to showcase your expertise in creating XR experiences that not only delight customers and provide real business value but also push the limits of what is possible with XR, contributing to the next phase of the market’s evolution.
Apply for the XR Awards 2025 Today
Please visit the XR Awards 2025 in-depth category page to learn more about each category’s specifics and determine which is most suitable for your company’s application.
Applications for this year’s XR Awards are open and must be submitted by Friday, April 11, 2025. Preparing and submitting your application as early as possible is essential to increase your chances of winning.
The live XR Awards show is scheduled for Thursday, May 29, 2025, so be sure to set a reminder for that date. You can also check the growing list of judges and the updated categories. The XR Today team is available to assist you throughout the application process, so please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or encounter any challenges.
