Description
The Polys – WebXR Awards returns Saturday, February 12 to celebrate the pioneers of the Immersive Web. The Virtual Red Carpet with Sophia Moshasha begins at 2pm Eastern followed by the ceremony hosted by Julie Smithson. Watch party links to be released closer to the event!
Go to ThePolys.com in WebXR to this year's nominations and experience them for yourself!
LIVESTREAM:
WATCH PARTY HOP WITH THE COMMUNITY
- Altspace Red Carpet Theatre World by Cause + Christi Hosted by Big Rock Creative (Room Code: CKW565)
- Ready Player Golf Clubhouse in ENGAGE
- Polys World in Hubs by Matt Cool
- XR Women Museum in Frame
- Polys World in VRLand
AFTER PARTY in Meta Horizons by Paige Dansigner
Instructions:
- Arrive in Horizon app from Quest home (do not join any parties if prompted)
- At transport arrival, click on the Oculus button on the bottom of your left controller
- A menu with 3 bars will appear; click on it
- Click on the "worlds" icon on the bottom row
- Search for "The Poly Awards Afterparty"
Please register to receive join info
Meanwhile we recommend you take the time to login and configure avatars for each of the following platforms.
Altspace | ENGAGE| VRLand | Mozilla-Hubs | and FRAME
VRLAND and HUBS both support different types of READY PLAYER ME avatars https://readyplayer.me
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SPECIAL HONORS
Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Brandon Jones for his contributions to the WebXR Stack
Ombudsperson of the Year award goes to Avi Bar-Zeev for his philosophical contributions to the shaping of the Metaverse.
The first Community Honor goes to Trevor Flowers for his work supporting the W3C Community Group, as editor of the Immersive Web Weekly newsletter, and as host of the WebXR Developer Summit.
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The Polys – WebXR Awards is the feel-good event of the year for the XR industry celebrating stereoscopic immersive content that runs on the WebXR Device API. Last year, The Polys - WebXR Awards broke new ground as the first awards show to broadcast the show to and from watch parties in virtual worlds. This year, The Polys will be the first show to allow watch party guests to traverse between WebXR watch parties without breaking immersion. The Polys will also be the first to mint official 3D Laurels as NFTs for all the nominations.