This month, Psychic VR Lab, the parent company of STYLY, a popular extended reality (XR) content creation and distribution platform, announced the NEWVIEW Awards 2022 to promote the work of XR digital artists.
【お知らせ】NEWVIEW AWARDS 2022開催！
ファッション/カルチャー/アート分野のXRコンテンツアワード。
5周年となる今年のテーマは「Create a Melting Reality」
溶け合うリアリティを創造せよ。
ENTRY Period：2022.8.8>> 2022.10.31 pic.twitter.com/CoCQWVLlw9— NEWVIEW (@NEWVIEW_PROJECT) August 8, 2022
Event applications are open until October 31, with the winners announced in mid-December. The NEWVIEW Awards 2022 appointed Naohiro Ukawa as Chief Judge, who is an Immersive Artist and the Head of DOMMUNE, Japan’s first live streaming studio and channel. The company’s offshoot SUPER DOMMUNE is creating 5G-enabled “avant-garde” XR productions.
Additionally, NEWVIEW appointed judges include Kizuna AI Inc, a virtual talent management/creative team, Shinichi Osawa a Musician, Lu Yang a Digital Artist, Yurinasia a Famed Choreographer, Issei Kitagawa, the CEO of GRAPH, Kanta Shimizu Representative Director of BassDrum, Daisuke Kobayashi PARCO’s Entertainment Division Manager, and Nick den Boer a Digital Artist.
Big XR Prize Pool
The NEWVIEW event splits its prize pool up into nine categories, including:
- The Grand Prize awards $10,000 to the winner for creating future XR products. Additionally, the winner gets direct support and the chance to present work at SUPER DOMMUNE and future NEWVIEW events.
- ULTRA STAGE Prize gives its winner a chance to participate in producing an XR live performance. Additionally, the prize comes with $5,000.
- The ULTRA SO SESSION Prize lets the winner work with judge Shinichi Osawa as a session partner on his upcoming XR projects. This prize also comes with $5,000.
- ULTRA TOUR Prize gives its winner direct mentorship from judge Lu Yang to create an XR tourism solution, with an accommodating $5,000.
- The ULTRA MEDIA Prize awards $5,000 to create an XR production with Yurinasia.
- The ULTRA GRAPHIC Prize allows its winner to collaborate with PARCO’s art division to create an XR product that combines the digital and physical world, with an additional $5,000 to assist production processes.
- ULTRA INNOVATION Prize will also award $5,000 to create an art exhibition with assistance from BassDrum.
- The ULTRA CULTURE Prize also awards $5,000 and the chance to collaborate directly with PARCO on an innovative XR experience and showcase it at a PARCO event.
Finally, NEWVIEW designed the ULTRA IDEA Prize to assist individuals with low or no experience in XR content creation. NEWVIEW awards the prize for various short 15-second creations, giving each winner $2,000 to help produce new experiences. Also, the winners receive the right to attend NEWVIEW class of 2023.
