XR = eXtended Reality (everything VR, AR, MR)

🥳 But there’s more:

🖖 Star Trek: Infection VR has secured a December 11 release date for Quest 3 and PC VR.

🚀 Asteroid, a 180° XR thriller, launches on Samsung’s Android XR as a multi-part interactive short film

🪖 The EagleEye - the AI-powered mixed-reality combat helmet developed by Palmer Luckey’s defense company Anduri - has now been officially unveiled.

eXtend your gaming:

Welcome to XR Gamer Digest #82

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).

🎮 A new indie game catalog of more than 20 rotating titles has been added to the Meta Horizon Plus subscription service, making it accessible to all active subscribers.

XR Games

🌌 Sweet Surrender, a frenetic VR roguelike shooter, will launch on PlayStation VR2 on October 30, promising PS VR2 exclusives like haptic feedback and adaptive triggers.

✋ The innovative physics playground Hand Physics Lab is now available on Apple Vision Pro for $10, challenging users with over 100 puzzles designed for controller-free interaction.

⚔️ The seamless co-op roguelike Crossings, set in the Norse afterlife, has launched a free PC VR demo on Steam ahead of Steam Next Fest, offering a slice of its melee combat and gesture-based spellcasting.

🖖 Star Trek: Infection VR, a narrative survival horror game where players face an alien entity aboard the USS Lumen, has secured a December 11 release date for Quest 3 and PC VR.

⬜ The unsettling geometric horror adventure Scared by Squares has entered Early Access on Meta Quest for $9.99, challenging players to navigate a cube-filled digital prison and report on its dangerous anomalies.

🎃 Ghosts of Tabor players can anticipate a full schedule of Halloween 2025 in-game events, including the return of the challenging Labyrinth event with unique rewards – and new skins for The Terminator: Dark Fate DLC

XR Entertainment

🏀 The Apple Vision Pro will stream live Lakers games in immersive format early next season, placing you courtside through Apple Immersive Video—available via the NBA or Spectrum SportsNet apps and requiring visionOS 26.

🚀 Asteroid, a 180° XR thriller co-directed by Doug Liman, launches on Samsung’s Android XR as a multi-part interactive short film where players mine a near-Earth asteroid and interrogate a generative-AI version of DK Metcalf to unravel what went wrong.

XR News

📈 Forecasting VR's strong growth, a new study projects global revenues will nearly reach $19 billion by 2029, a notable increase from 2024's $12.2 billion.

🏋️ Having secured recent investment, XR fitness developer Odders Lab is strategically pivoting from virtual reality to focus on creating augmented reality experiences for smart glasses.

🚫 Unfortunately, though they feature groundbreaking tech, the Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses were judged by iFixit to be virtually unrepairable following a detailed teardown.

🪖 Developed by Palmer Luckey’s defense company Anduril, with technical support from Meta, the EagleEye is an AI-powered mixed-reality combat helmet that has now been officially unveiled.

😼 Next-generation mixed-reality hardware from Lynx, slated for enterprise and professional users, was recently teased, and the headset is expected to run Google’s Android XR operating system.

💻 The Ultrawide Mode, which allows for a visionOS-like expansive virtual monitor, and various aspect ratio settings have been incorporated into the Quest 3’s official Windows 11 Remote Desktop feature.

👑 Finally reaching the top spot on the Steam platform, the Quest 3 succeeded the Quest 2 as the most-used VR headset two years after its release.

🗓️ Samsung’s World Wide Open event, where the Project Moohan-derived Galaxy XR headset is set to be fully revealed, will take place on October 21st.

🍎 Having been upgraded to the M5 chip for a performance boost, the Apple Vision Pro, which also gains a new Dual Knit Band, is scheduled for a nationwide launch on October 22nd.

🛡️ To advance its military-grade platform, an R&D program totaling €44 million has been launched by Varjo, with a €12 million grant from Business Finland targeting next-generation mixed reality defense training.

🖊️ Pre-orders for the Logitech Muse, which is a $130 pressure-sensitive spatial stylus that enhances precision input for the Apple Vision Pro, are now being accepted.

🎾 Beginning November 11th, the PlayStation VR2 Sense Controllers, whose support was added in visionOS 26, will be sold as a separate accessory by Apple for $250.

Until next time, enjoy your other reality gaming!

Bobby Voicu