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

🥳 But there’s more:

Wall Town Wonders looks amazing in Mixed Reality.

Meta will shut down its Meta Spark AR content creation platform

Meta will no longer make an expensive headset.

eXtend your gaming:

Welcome to XR Gamer Digest #33

Discounts and Tips

🔌 BoboVR offers a more affordable $70 charging dock for Meta Quest 3, undercutting Meta's official $130 accessory.

🤩 Save 30% on select games in Meta Quest Shop, during the End of Summer Deals, with code SEP30 until September 3.

XR Games

🦍 The developer of Gorilla Tag has unveiled Orion Drift, an ambitious new VR game expanding on its predecessor's social and gameplay dynamics.

🍺 Oktoberfest: The Official Game enters closed beta, offering early access to the VR festivities on Meta Quest headsets ahead of its official launch.

🚜 Hotel R'n'R, a rockstar-themed demolition sim, launches on Meta Quest on September 12 with new features and a 10% pre-order discount.

🚊 Train Sim World VR: New York, an urban train simulator themed around NYC, is coming soon to Quest. 

🔫 VR 3D platformer Max Mustard launches on PlayStation VR2 on October 3, following its earlier release on Quest.

✨ Astro Hunters VR launches on Meta Quest on September 19, with pre-order discounts and exclusive bonuses.

🥳 New VR games coming in September: PlayStation VR, Steam VR, Meta Quest & Pico.

🏎️ Track Craft, a mixed reality racing game, is now available on Meta Quest, allowing players to transform their surroundings into customizable race tracks.

☁️ Valve is reportedly developing a new VR game alongside its long-rumored standalone headset, potentially linked to the Half-Life franchise.

🧱 Wall Town Wonders, a mixed reality city-building game that transforms your home into a magical miniature world, launches in Q4 2024 on Quest 3 and Quest Pro.

XR Entertainment

🧘 The meditation app Realms of Flow on Meta Quest now features a stunning AI-generated VR experience called Altered States of Mycelia.

📸 You can now access and download your Meta Quest photos and videos via a web gallery, thanks to the latest update.

🧐 The Envision smart binoculars by Unistellar, combining AR technology with professional-grade optics, are now available for preorder on Kickstarter.

🔭 Solara One's latest update enhances the VR space exploration experience with improved graphics, a new Cyrus Nebula destination, smooth turning, seated mode, and upgraded haptics.

🎥 Impulse: Playing With Reality, an interactive documentary exploring ADHD narrated by Tilda Swinton, launches on Quest headsets in September.

XR News

🥳 HTC launches Viverse Create, a WebXR-based metaverse platform for creating and sharing interactive multiplayer worlds across devices without downloads.

🕶️ Snapchat and Meta are each set to unveil new AR glasses in September, showcasing their competing visions for AR technology.

🦿Pico has introduced affordable Motion Trackers for leg tracking on Pico headsets, set to launch in China on September 2.

🎮 Quest 2 now supports simultaneous hand and controller tracking, aligning with Quest 3 and Quest Pro through the new multimodal input feature.

🕶️ Qualcomm joins the AR Alliance as a founding member, strengthening the push for AR smart glasses as the market is projected to significantly grow in the coming decade.

🫰 Meta has canceled plans for a high-end mixed reality headset, codenamed La Jolla, which was intended to compete with Apple's Vision Pro.

🥽 Jio is reportedly in talks with Meta to develop an affordable Horizon OS VR headset for the Indian market.

🥳 Over half of major US senior care providers now use VR technology to enhance the aging experience.

❌ Meta will shut down its Meta Spark AR content creation platform by January 2025, ending third-party AR effects as the company shifts focus to developing new experiences for AR glasses.

🤩 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).

Until next time, enjoy your other reality gaming!

Bobby Voicu