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

🥳 But there’s more:

🚗 Assetto Corsa Rally is gearing up for an early access PC release on November 13

🎮 Samsung’s $250 Galaxy XR controllers sold out within hours of launch.

🚚 Amazon is developing HUD glasses for delivery drivers to enhance navigation and efficiency.

eXtend your gaming:

Welcome to XR Gamer Digest #83

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).

💰 The Meta Quest 3S headset is available again directly from Meta at a discounted price of $250, offering a $50 saving that includes the bundled Batman: Arkham Shadow and Horizon+ subscription.

XR Games

🧙‍♂️ A spellcasting shooter inspired by Quake, VEX MAGE, bursts onto Meta Quest, blending retro action with modern VR flair.

🤝 Cooperative platforming adventure VR Giants brings asymmetric multiplayer to Quest later this year, offering players the choice between controlling a VR giant or a flatscreen companion named David, and promising various biomes and 8 hours of gameplay.

🚗 Assetto Corsa Rally is gearing up for an early access PC release on November 13, featuring high-fidelity rally simulation and promising PC VR support after launch, along with a variety of cars, stages, and racing modes.

🏃‍♂️ In Project Freefall, tag and skydiving have been mashed together to form an extreme VR sport, where you'll chase and evade mid-air in the earliest Meta Quest access test.

🕶️ XR gaming isn't Samsung Galaxy XR's main target, but by launching with both exclusive and ported games plus various entertainment bundles, the headset still offers a growing mixed reality playground.​

🥒 Released for Apple Vision Pro, Pickle Pro combines local and online play with a hyper-realistic physics engine and PlayStation VR2 Sense controller support; playing with just your hands is possible, but the greatest experience comes with controllers.​

🏨 November 13 will see Hotel Infinity open its surreal, roomscale doors on Quest and PlayStation VR2, delivering ever-shifting hotel puzzles designed by the creator of Manifold Garden.​

XR Entertainment

🍻 A major update has expanded the social VR game Cards & Tankards, adding a new Town hub for mingling, enhancing the AI, and introducing chess and checkers mini-games.

XR News

🚀 Kopin has landed a $3.2 million order to equip fighter jets with MicroLED HUDs, a move proving that the technology is battle-ready and shaping aerospace display standards .

🕶️ In December, Shiftall’s lighter MeganeX 8K Mark II headset will ship at $1,900, upgrading comfort, firmware speed, and lens design while retaining elite specs for serious VR enthusiasts .

🌐 At Lens Fest 2025, Snap declared that its future belongs to creators, rolling out AI-powered Lens Studio upgrades, monetization tools, and Spectacles 2026 to evolve into a true AR developer platform .

💡 Meta’s Project Aria Gen 2 received significant hardware and software updates - enhancing spatial data capture, improving optics, and advancing its role as a research backbone for Meta’s future AR vision .

🪩 Samsung’s Galaxy XR headset debuts as a Vision Pro rival, matching most of Apple’s capabilities - Gemini AI integration, micro-OLED displays, and multitasking interface - at roughly half the price .

🎮 Demand hit early peaks as Samsung’s $250 Galaxy XR controllers sold out within hours of launch, leaving new buyers waiting weeks before they can play full-featured VR titles .

🎨 Adobe unveiled Project Pulsar, bringing generative 3D creation tools to Samsung’s Galaxy XR ecosystem to streamline immersive design workflows for creators and professionals .

🕶️ Oakley and Meta launched the Vanguard smart eyewear, blending lifestyle appeal with AR functionality through Meta’s technology and Oakley’s iconic design heritage .

🧘 Lenovo and Reulay teamed up to harness VR for psychological well-being, using immersive environments to analyze mindset and improve users’ mental resilience in measurable ways .

🚚 Amazon is developing HUD glasses for delivery drivers to enhance navigation and efficiency, potentially reshaping last-mile logistics with real-time augmented assistance .

🔧 Apple quietly upgraded its Vision Pro developer strap with improved comfort and fit, acknowledging the needs of long-session AR coders and testers worldwide

Until next time, enjoy your other reality gaming!

Bobby Voicu