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

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πŸŽ₯ The new Twitch app for Meta Quest is disappointing, lacking key features like theater mode and live streaming, making it less functional than the browser version.

πŸ₯³ But there’s more:

Apple releases the first scripted content for Vision Pro.

Investments and M&A in the XR space.

Metro Awakening in VR looks amazing.

eXtend your gaming:

Welcome to XR Gamer Digest #38

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).

XR Games

🚜 DIG VR, a power-digging simulator from Just Add Water, launches on Meta Quest on October 24, featuring a full campaign, mini-games, and customizable machines.

🐞 Bugsnax now has a PC VR beta available via Steam, offering a new way to experience the game in virtual reality, though it's not confirmed for other VR platforms yet.

🐎 Rival Stars Horse Racing: VR Edition, arriving in Q2 2025 for PC VR, Meta Quest, and Apple Vision Pro, combines horse racing, ranch management, and nurturing tasks in an immersive, relaxing experience.

πŸ•΅ Detective VR, a mixed reality narrative investigation game, is set to launch on Quest in early 2025, featuring 4-6 hours of gameplay across three stories.

🎸 Band Space, a VR rhythm game where you become a rockstar, launches on Meta Quest and PC VR on October 24, featuring multiplayer and 4 instruments.

πŸ”« Frenzies, a free VR multiplayer shooter by nDreams, launches in Early Access on Meta Quest today, October 10, offering fast-paced solo and team-based game modes.

🚈 Metro Awakening showcases intense first-person combat and immersive VR survival mechanics, including physically wiping gas masks and winding flashlights, ahead of its November 7 release.

πŸ‘Ύ Whispers of the Void, an upcoming PC VR sci-fi narrative adventure, features space relic hunting, spaceship piloting, and puzzle-solving, with a demo now available on Steam.

XR Entertainment

🎨 Theater Elsewhere, an updated VR platform for immersive art, allows users to experience hand-painted and animated stories in virtual reality.

πŸŽ₯ The new Twitch app for Meta Quest is disappointing, lacking key features like theater mode and live streaming, making it less functional than the browser version.

🎭 Uncanny Alley: A New Day is an immersive VR theater experience blending compelling storytelling, interactive characters and rich cyberpunk visuals, where audience members actively participate in the narrative.

🎺 Maestro on Quest 3 delivers a highly immersive VR experience, letting players become conductors of a full orchestra with intuitive hand-tracking, set to release on October 17th.

🀸 FitXR is now playable in mixed reality on Meta Quest 3, allowing users to blend workouts with their real-world environment for a more adaptable fitness experience.

🌊 Apple has released a trailer for Submerged, its first scripted immersive video for the Vision Pro, set in a WWII submarine, showcasing the potential of immersive storytelling on the VR headset.

XR News

🀝 Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus, has reconciled with Meta after his 2017 ouster, following an apology from Meta's CTO and a visit to test the company's Orion AR glasses.

πŸ“š North Dakota school districts have signed a $9.9 million contract with CareerViewXR to deploy XR learning solutions, enhancing vocational training for youth and adults with disabilities.

πŸ’° AR glasses maker Xreal secured $60 million in new funding, bringing its total to $300 million, to support R&D and factory expansion, and recently unveiled the $699 Xreal Air 2 Ultra.

πŸƒ The VirtuWalk VR treadmill is now available for purchase, priced between €35,000 and €40,000 ($38.3K - $43.8K), offering applications in gaming, architecture, and therapy.

🀝 Infinite Reality expands its XR portfolio with the $45M acquisition of Zappar, enhancing its immersive technology offerings and global market presence.

❌ Sightful has canceled its Spacetop AR laptop to focus on developing AR software for Windows, integrating AR technology with AI capabilities like Microsoft's Copilot.

Until next time, enjoy your other reality gaming!

Bobby Voicu

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