2025 Innovate UK Immersive Tech Awards

Published on February 4, 2025

The 2025 awards were launched on 16 January 2025: watch the recording of the launch event here.

Click here to start your entry for the 2025 Awards. The deadline for entry is 16 March 2025.

In addition to our five categories for university students, we will again welcome over-18s who are not currently studying at undergrad/postgrad level and who do not yet have a job in XR, to enter the Career Breakout Showcase.

The 2025 awards competition details, including categories and Career Breakout Showcase, are detailed here: learn about the internship grand prizes, meet our 2024 winners, and get the answers from our FAQs.

The selected top finalists from each category will have the chance to pitch their work to judges at a Virtual Pitch Day and have private virtual interviews with the grand prize internship companies in the run-up to the awards reception.

All finalists will be invited to showcase their work at the Immersive Tech Network Awards Reception taking place late May/early June (date TBC), where the category winners and grand prize internship winners will be announced.

5 categories for individual and team entries undergraduate to postgraduate:

  • Best Immersive Game
  • Creative XR Storytelling
  • Sensory
  • Technical Innovation
  • UX & UI Design

Interested in finding out more about these awards? Find more information here

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