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🥳 But there’s more:

🎲 Strategy and RPG fans are now able to wishlist Demeo X Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked on Meta Quest

🎤 Bono: Stories of Surrender is now available for an expansive viewing experience on Apple Vision Pro.

🍎 Apple's Vision Pro may soon gain support for VR motion controllers,

eXtend your gaming:

Welcome to XR Gamer Digest #66

Discounts and Tips

🤩 Don’t forget you can get up to 25% discounts when you buy a game from the Meta Quest store. Go here and look for your game (we’re not affiliated with the website, but it’s a great tool).

🎮 Warplanes: Battles over Pacific and Border Bots VR are June's featured Meta Horizon+ games on Quest, offering aerial combat and quirky robot puzzles to subscribers through June 30.

XR Games

🏸 Multiplayer arcade sports enthusiasts can anticipate the digital release of Badminton Time VR on PlayStation VR2 this June, with a physical edition following in July.

😨 Players are dared to test their nerves on PC VR with Don't Move, a new title from Spectacular-Ocular where remaining perfectly still is the ultimate challenge.

🚀 On June 4, 2025, Alliance Peacefighter, a PC VR space simulation game deeply inspired by classic X-Wing titles, launched on Steam.

⚔️ Skydance's BEHEMOTH, a brutal VR action game, has received a massive Rites of Wrath update, introducing new Arena and Trials modes for players to conquer.

🎲 Strategy and RPG fans are now able to wishlist Demeo X Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked on Meta Quest, promising tabletop-inspired adventures in VR.

🧪 Experiment with dynamic liquid physics and craft unique creations in Slime Lab, an upcoming VR game optimized for Quest 3 and available on SteamVR, where players manage their own slimy productions.

🗡️ Maze Theory's Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow has been announced for PS VR2, SteamVR, and Quest headsets in 2025.

🎶 The classic puzzle experience is revitalized as Lumines Arise, a sequel packed with over 30 new stages and a novel Burst mechanic, prepares to launch on PlayStation VR2 and Steam this fall.

XR Entertainment

🎤 Bono: Stories of Surrender, a groundbreaking feature-length Apple Immersive Video, is now available for an expansive viewing experience on Apple Vision Pro.

🚀 Agamverse has launched Agam Explore, an innovative XR platform aiming to revolutionize global learning through immersive virtual reality experiences of worldwide locations.

🏒 Fans can prepare to experience the excitement of the Stanley Cup 2025 through Xtadium, offering an immersive VR sports viewing experience on Meta Quest.

XR News

🎢 DreamPark, known for its extensive mixed reality theme park, has raised $1.1 million in seed funding, led by Long Journey Ventures, to further its mission of transforming physical spaces into immersive XR adventures.

👀 A Japanese university has developed a novel VR game designed to improve eyesight, with initial studies showing promising results for participants with simple myopia.

🎮 Steam Next Fest will showcase 32 new VR game demos, offering players a wide array of upcoming virtual reality experiences.

🗓️ The VR Developer Direct event, promising new announcements and updates from virtual reality developers, is scheduled for June 2025.

🤖 Vuzix Corporation is enhancing its smart glasses for 2025 by integrating advanced AI capabilities and forging new partnerships, aiming to revolutionize augmented reality hardware.

🍎 Rumors suggest that Apple's Vision Pro may soon gain support for VR motion controllers, including PlayStation VR2's Sense Controllers, potentially announced at WWDC25.

💸 Meta is reportedly developing an ultralight headset, codenamed Puffin or Loma, which features a tethered compute puck and is expected to launch next year for under $1000.

🎬 And Puffin (or Loma) is anticipated to feature exclusive streaming content partnerships with major studios like Disney and A24.

🛍️ Also, Meta Quest headsets are now more accessible in the UK with the introduction of a Play Now, Pay Later financing option through a partnership with Klarna.

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Until next time, enjoy your other reality gaming!

Bobby Voicu