Apple's 2024 Design Awards Introduce a New Spatial Computing Category

As WWDC 2024 approaches, Apple has announced the finalists for its annual Design Awards, highlighting excellence in app and game development across seven categories.

Apple's 2024 Design Awards Introduce a New Spatial Computing Category
iOS
03-06-2024 04:31

This year, the awards feature a new category: Spatial Computing.

The winners will be revealed during WWDC 2024, scheduled for June 10 through June 14.

Delight and Fun

Finalists in this category provide memorable, engaging, and satisfying experiences enhanced by Apple technologies:

  • Dudel Draw
  • Bears Gratitude
  • Rooms
  • WHAT THE CAR?
  • NYT Games
  • Hello Kitty Island Adventure

Inclusivity

Finalists in this category offer a great experience for all by supporting people from diverse backgrounds, abilities, and languages:

  • oko
  • Complete Anatomy 2024
  • Tiimo
  • Unpacking
  • Quadline
  • Crayola Adventures

Innovation

Finalists in the Innovation category provide state-of-the-art experiences through novel use of Apple technologies:

  • Copilot Money
  • SmartGym
  • Procreate Dreams
  • Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile
  • Lost in Play
  • Wavelength

Interaction

Finalists in this category deliver intuitive interfaces and effortless controls that are perfectly tailored to their platform:

  • Procreate Dreams
  • Arc Search
  • Crouton
  • Little Nightmares
  • Rytmos
  • finity.

Social Impact

Finalists in this category improve lives in a meaningful way and shine a light on crucial issues:

  • How We Feel
  • Ahead: Emotions Coach
  • Gentler Streak Fitness Tracker
  • The Wreck
  • Cityscapes: Sim Builder
  • The Bear

Visuals and Graphics

Finalists in this category feature stunning imagery, skillfully drawn interfaces, and high-quality animations that lend to a distinctive and cohesive theme:

  • Sunlitt
  • Meditate
  • Rooms
  • DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
  • Lies of P
  • Honkai: Star Rail

Spatial Computing

This new category highlights exceptional spatial experiences brought to life through extraordinary craftsmanship:

  • Synth Riders
  • Sky Guide
  • NBA
  • djay
  • Synth Riders
  • Blackbox
  • Loona

The inclusion of the Spatial Computing category reflects Apple's growing emphasis on augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) experiences, likely inspired by its developments in technologies like the Apple Vision Pro.

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