Elements honored include but are not limited to technology features specifically associated with the immersive medium, artificial intelligence, physics, engine mechanics, and visual engineering".
The award's most recent winner is Starship Home, developed and published by Creature.
According to the rules and procedures for the 20th awards ceremony, "the immersive reality category panel will be comprised of individuals working directly in the medium".
The finalists and winners for these categories would be "selected by a panel of experts and will not be voted on by the general membership body of the Academy".
Oculus Studios and Sony Interactive Entertainment are the only publishers that have more than one winner.