Very Big Things announced today that it has been named the winner for Top Technical Achievement on the Web in the 24th Annual Webby Awards Internet Celebration for the DroneVR project. Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), is the leading international awards organization honoring excellence on the Internet. Very Big Things created Drone VR for Certify-ED, a virtual reality content provider for American schools. The application has been distributed worldwide to vocational, charter, and online schools. After students complete the Drone VR training course by Certify-Ed, students are prepared to take the aeronautical knowledge test to obtain this Certificate. A fully immersive virtual reality experience, Drone VR was created using WebGL and was built for Oculus Go and desktop browsers. Very Big Things created a real-world physics engine using JavaScript to recreate the effects of turbulence around objects, wind, and temperature.
“This is just further proof, further validation that we are onto something special at Very Big things. The amount of skill, knowledge, and determination to make things great is so inspiring every day,” said Very Big Things Co-Founder & CEO Chris Stegner. “We are going about this whole digital product agency thing differently than everyone else is, and we’ve taken a lot of gambles to do things in unconventional ways because we felt they were the right way to do them. It’s all panning out”
Very Big Things (VBT) is a leading digital products agency helping companies become impossible to ignore by digitally elevating their brand, experiences, and innovation. VBT designs and develops digital experiences for startups and enterprise clients by fusing cutting-edge technologies and techniques with an innovative approach to create amazing user experiences. Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL, the 70+ person firm has offices in two countries.
Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international awards organization honoring excellence on the Internet, includingWebsites and Mobile Sites, Video, Advertising, Media & PR, Apps and Software, Social, Podcasts, Games, and Virtual & Remotes. Established in 1996, this year’s Webby Awards received nearly 14,000 entries from all 50 states and 70 countries worldwide. The Webby Awards are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS). Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include Verizon, WP Engine, Canva, Omidyar Network, YouGov, NAACP, KPMG, Fast Company, Wall Street Journal, MediaPost, Podcast Movement, TheFutureParty and AIGA.