Star Ocean Adventure: Dream Rescue Named “Best VRMR Free-Roam Production of the Year” at the 2026 SIVA Awards

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Star Voyage: Dream Rescue

Set sail across the stars with Luban No. 7. Reunite with love amid fragmented memories of the storm.

From September 9 to 11, the 2026 Shenzhen International VR/AR Expo was held at the Shenzhen (Bao'an) International Convention and Exhibition Center. With “Tipping Point” as its theme, this year's expo covered core components, terminal devices, content creation, and industry applications, focusing on the critical stage at which the XR industry is moving from technology showcases toward large-scale application.

At the SIVA Awards ceremony, Honor of Kings' first VR immersive interactive drama, Star Voyage: Dream Rescue, won the “Best VRMR Free-Roam Work of the Year” award. By integrating IP characters, emotional storytelling, and free-roam VR technology, the work transforms audiences from viewers in front of a screen into firsthand participants in an adventure across the stars.

Set sail across the stars with Luban No. 7, and reunite with love amid fragmented memories of the storm.

According to reports, this year's “Best VR/MR Free-Roam Work of the Year” award had six slots, with the internal jury selecting winners from 77 recommended works of the year. Star Voyage: Dream Rescue's win in this industry category indicates that the evaluation criteria for VRMR free-roam works are shifting from “whether they feature new technology” to “whether they can deliver a complete spatial narrative.”

From Screen to Space: The Cross-Media Narrative Evolution of a Classic IP

Honor of Kings' first VR immersive interactive drama, Star Voyage: Dream Rescue, was jointly authorized by Honor of Kings and the Shanghai Astronomy Museum, produced by V-Space and co-produced and distributed by Tiangong Wonderland.

In a future where humanity is venturing toward the stars, a highly anticipated “brain-computer shared voyage” is about to begin. It was supposed to be the defining moment when Master Luban rewrote history. However, Luban No. 7's exploration objective sends the voyage off course, plunging everyone into a space crisis.

With Zhuang Zhou's help, audiences will travel alongside familiar heroes such as Luban No. 7 and Cai Wenji, entering Master Luban's layers of interwoven dream worlds. They must journey through the dreams, uncover the truth, and complete a rescue mission spanning the stars and memory.

At the end of the journey, what awaits them may be more than the answer to a crisis—it may also be a story about companionship, growth, and family.

From “Watching Heroes” to “Taking Action Alongside Heroes”

In traditional film and television, audiences sit before a screen and watch characters complete an adventure. In free-roam VR, audiences must move and observe alongside their companions, completing a shared experience at the scene of the story. Star Voyage: Dream Rescue translates familiar hero relationships into relationships of companionship, transforming audiences from bystanders into firsthand participants.

This shift also redefines the emotional value of VRMR free-roam experiences: they provide not only a sense of presence, but also return communication between people to the center of the narrative. What audiences remember may be a storm, or it may be the moment they searched for an exit with friends and completed a rescue alongside the characters.

Policy and Industry Coordinates: The Tipping Point for VRMR Content

Star Voyage: Dream Rescue's win sends a clear signal: VRMR free-roam works that combine deep narrative capabilities with high production standards are gaining mainstream industry recognition. Bringing classic IPs into VR is no longer merely an extension of traditional film, television, or games, but a narrative medium capable of independently carrying character relationships and emotional expression.

From “watching animation” to “entering a dream,” from “knowing the characters” to “journeying alongside them,” the work expands Honor of Kings' familiar world of heroes into an emotional space centered on companionship and reconciliation, bringing the imagination of free-roam VR back to people and stories.