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

🥳 But there’s more:

⚔️ Marvel's Deadpool VR debuted a new story trailer at Gamescom, revealing its exclusive release on Meta Quest 3 and 3S

👽 A new environment for Disney+ on Apple Vision Pro allows users to watch content with an alien lurking overhead.

❌ Meta has officially delisted the VR Android File Manager app from its Horizon Store

eXtend your gaming:

Welcome to XR Gamer Digest #75

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 has launched its Secret Vault Sale, offering a variety of deals on VR games, with some discounts reaching up to 50%, until August 24.

XR Games

🐾 Clawball, a unique three-on-three VR soccer game where players use their hands as paws, has launched out of Early Access and is now available for free on the Meta Horizon Store.

🚗 The VR game Echo Wars: Road Rage is heading to Quest and Steam Early Access, combining over-the-top arcade shooting with VR driving in a unique dual-control system.

💥 Ironstrike, a VR roguelike action RPG, is transitioning to a free-to-play model on Quest, allowing more players to experience its dungeon-crawling and melee-focused combat.

⚔️ Marvel's Deadpool VR debuted a new story trailer at Gamescom, revealing its exclusive release on Meta Quest 3 and 3S on November 18 for $49.99 USD.

🖖 A new narrative survival game, Star Trek: Infection VR, has been announced for Quest 3 and PC VR, putting players in the role of a Vulcan Starfleet officer on a perilous mission.

🏹 Pre-orders are now available for Reach, a new VR action game from nDreams, and come with exclusive cosmetics for the character's outfit and weapons.

XR Entertainment

👽 A new environment for Disney+ on Apple Vision Pro, an immersive recreation of the Containment Room from Alien: Earth, allows users to watch content with an alien lurking overhead.

⛵ SailGP RaceScape XR, a new app for Apple Vision Pro, provides an expansive volumetric dashboard for users to learn about high-speed sail racing by viewing a live race from multiple camera angles with real-time data.

XR News

🔌 A new open-source driver mod, the PlayStation VR2 Toolkit, now enables PS VR2's eye tracking and adaptive triggers to function on a PC.

🚶 The Pico 4 Ultra has been upgraded with a new Travel Mode and enhanced body tracking support, allowing it to use up to five Pico Trackers for more immersive experiences.

🚫 The Vivo Vision headset, which closely resembles the Apple Vision Pro, will be offered for in-store demos in China but will not be available as a consumer product this year.

🍰 Meta's Tiramisu prototype, a research headset with an impressive 90 PPD resolution and high contrast, aims to pass the Visual Turing Test for hyperrealistic VR, despite its narrow field of view.

🦅 The HTC VIVE Eagle are new AI-enabled smart glasses offering music playback, voice assistance, and real-time translation for a price of approximately $520 USD in Taiwan.

📉 A report suggests Meta's Celeste HUD glasses with a neural wristband could launch at a lower price of $800, positioning them as a more accessible entry into the AR market.

📱 The Spatial Phone VR app, available for $12 on the Meta Horizon Store, allows users to view and control their phone screen within their Quest headset, providing a solution for staying connected in VR.

🤯 Meta's Hypernova smart glasses, a significant departure from the audio-only Ray-Ban models, are reported to feature an integrated visual display, a neural wristband, and an Android-based OS, designed to potentially replace your smartphone.

🚀 Aircards has secured a £3 million investment from Foresight Group to bolster its international expansion and the development of its Invisionary display line and Metalitix spatial analytics platform.

❌ Meta has officially delisted the VR Android File Manager app from its Horizon Store, citing a violation of its policies regarding the installation of APKs on a Quest headset without a PC.

Until next time, enjoy your other reality gaming!

Bobby Voicu