At this year’s Ideas Fest EVLers received awards for best projects in two different categories. Special Treatment, by Applied Interactives was selected as the best Immersive Environment and smalltalk, by Helen-Nicole Kostis was chosen as the best Screenful for the category of digitally created still images.

The Indiana IDEAS (Interactive Digital Environments Arts and Storytelling) Festival is a competition and juried show of interactive entertainment, 3D, 2D, aural, virtual, animated and still creative work which is held annually at the Radio & TV Center, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. In 2004, Ideas Fest accepted entries from all Big 10 states and the states which border on the state of Indiana. The competition is open to individuals or groups of any age.