The first place #InstantNeRFVR winner went to Harrison Forsyth, who NeRF'd an archeological dig site. This highlights another industry that can benefit from NeRFs and rewalking the sites in VR allows for asynchronous and retroactive viewing.
Forsyth also demonstrated how Instant NGP can be used to clean up the data utilizing the eraser in VR. As part of the winning the contest, Forsyth won a NVIDIA 3090ti. Congrats!
https://twitter.com/arch3_d/status/1626337946528882688
Honorable mentions include the master of 360 NeRFs, Grade Eterna,
https://twitter.com/gradeeterna/status/1631805595404713988
Another honorable mention went to SmallFly:
https://twitter.com/smallfly/status/1631678249225912320
The final Honorable Mention went to Asier Ríos:
https://twitter.com/asierrios/status/1623246367484420096
All of the entries highlight different potential applications of NeRFs in VR. This was the second year in a row NVIDIA has put on a NeRF contest.