This is not an award given for stuff people think looks cool. It's an award that companies can submit themselves for to get recognized for " discoveries and innovations have contributed in significant, outstanding and lasting ways to motion pictures", and then there is a peer process to validate them. Maybe ICE or Fabric can get some Vimeo award or something. Softimage|3D got a Scientific and Engineering award in 1997 for the Actor IK module
> It seems to take many years of professional usage before a new technology > even gets nominated, which explains why some stuff on the list has been > available solutions for years now. I wouldn't hold my breath for Fabric to > be nominated next year. It will probably take a few years before they are > even considered... but that's just my observation based on previous > nominations.
