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

🥳 But there’s more:

🚗 A new free mod brings GTA: San Andreas - Definitive Edition to PC VR

🎬 ReelRoom for Apple Vision Pro transforms your home into a virtual Blockbuster.

🌍 Sandbox VR surpasses $200M in lifetime revenue.

eXtend your gaming:

Welcome to XR Gamer Digest #61

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).

🎮 Meta kicks off the Reality Bytes Sale with up to 50% off over 200 VR games until April 27 at 11:59 PM PT.

🤑 PlayStation’s Big Games, Big Deals sale is live through May 7th, offering discounts on select PSVR 2 titles alongside major PS5 and PS4 games.

XR Games

🌍 Quest-exclusive Wall Town Wonders is coming soon to PSVR 2 and SteamVR, with a fully virtual version with enhanced visuals and scenic environments.

🛸 Star Wars: Beyond Victory brings podracing, holotables, and collectible playsets to Quest 3 in a new mixed reality experience, revealed during Star Wars Celebration 2025 in Tokyo.

🏴‍☠️ Pirates VR: Jolly Roger sails to PlayStation VR2 on May 15 with haptics, adaptive triggers, and a new intro scene, after launching earlier this year on Steam.

🤖 Retro remake I, Robot launches on PlayStation VR2, bringing psychedelic arcade action and 55 levels of ox-headed rebellion for $14.99.

🐭 Lab Rats is an inventive MR game concept from Resolution Games where you shrink into a mouse in a friend’s real apartment, solving puzzles together using Meta’s new passthrough camera API.

🚗 A new free mod brings GTA: San Andreas - Definitive Edition to PC VR with full first-person view, motion controls, and 6DoF support via Steam.

🦖 Walkabout Mini Golf VR goes prehistoric on May 1st with the Raptor Cliff's DLC, featuring pettable dinosaurs, ziplines, hang gliding, and 36 new holes across all major VR platforms.

🏊 POOLS, the Backrooms-inspired adventure, gets free PC VR support on May 30th, with PSVR 2 compatibility coming later this year.

🌌 Vertigo 2’s long-awaited DLC Into the Aether launches April 25th on PC VR, bringing new weapons, abilities, and interdimensional exploration for $10.

📊 Meta reveals the 50 best-selling paid Quest games ever, with Beat Saber, Job Simulator, and Superhot VR topping the list, reflecting both enduring classics and rising Gen Z favorites like Among Us 3D.

🧟 Requisition VR brings chaotic zombie-slaying and absurd weapon crafting to Quest and Pico on May 8.

🛡️ Oblivion Remastered has been brought into VR by a modder using UEVR, showcasing early motion control support and immersive gameplay with promising performance on high-end systems.

👾 Room Invaders, a mixed reality alien defense shooter where your room becomes the battleground, launches on Quest 3/3S next month with action-packed babysitting and upgradable weapons.

XR Entertainment

🐉 Eggy, a mixed reality pet simulator where you hatch and raise a unique dragon using hand tracking, is now available on Quest 3 and 3S.

🎶 La Pasión XR brings Osvaldo Golijov's iconic concert to life in virtual reality, letting you explore an immersive, multi-angle performance now available on Steam and Epic for under $5.

🌀 Wonder is a hand-tracked mixed reality anthology from the creators of Gadgeteer, offering mesmerizing audiovisual escapes like jellyfish-filled rooms and black hole caves - coming soon to Quest 3/S for $4.

🎬 ReelRoom for Apple Vision Pro transforms your home into a virtual Blockbuster, letting you browse customizable 3D movie shelves with streaming links and nostalgic flair.

XR News

💸 XR startups raised $1.62B in 2024 - down 4.5% - with funding projected to dip further in 2025 despite long-term optimism fueled by AI and big tech investment.

🖥️ Looking Glass unveils a 27" 5K glasses-free 3D display for $10K, offering real-time depth without VR headsets—pre-orders get 20% off until April 30.

🎮 Meta Quest now supports Xbox Remote Play, letting you stream games from your console to your VR headset via browser, with Bluetooth controller support - available now on Quest 2, 3, 3S, and Pro.

🌍 Sandbox VR surpasses $200M in lifetime revenue and plans 29 new global locations in 2025, driven by hit experiences like Squid Game VR and surging player demand.

👓 Cellid raises $7.5M to boost waveguide production and global talent hiring, accelerating lightweight AR display tech for next-gen glasses.

🎬 Relic for Quest 3 adds spatial effects beyond the screen, blending AI-powered visuals with classic movie clips to turn your room into an immersive cinematic stage.

🤖 Google launches Act Two of AI and XR convergence with AndroidXR, showcasing smart glasses, real-time AI features, and a $250M HTC partnership to challenge Apple and Meta.

🎮 Meta backs Cire Games, a new studio founded by Arkane Austin’s former VR lead, as part of its push to support VR startups amid widespread industry layoffs.

Until next time, enjoy your other reality gaming!

Bobby Voicu