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

🥳 But there’s more:

📈 Animal Company is the fifth highest-grossing game on Quest.

🎪 Cirque du Soleil is bringing its signature spectacle into The Sandbox metaverse

👋 Sharp has unveiled a prototype VR haptic glove controller in Japan

eXtend your gaming:

Welcome to XR Gamer Digest #71

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

🏁 Le Mans Ultimate, the official FIA World Endurance Championship game, has exited early access for its full PC VR release, bringing new cars, updated features, and future content to motorsport enthusiasts.

🚶 Ruinsmagus will receive a significant leg-tracking update for Pico VR headsets later this year, enabling players to physically walk within the game using motion sensors.

📈 Animal Company has achieved significant commercial success, now boasting 1 million monthly and 500,000 daily active players, solidifying its position as the fifth highest-grossing game on Quest.

⛳ Putt Window, a $6 Quest 3 mixed reality app, allows users to practice golf putting by tracking their real putter and ball, continuing the shot on a virtual green via computer vision.

XR Entertainment

🎽 Kinneta is transforming treadmill and bike workouts into engaging XR fitness adventures with automatic machine sync and trainer holograms. 

🎡 A 25,000 ft² mixed-reality theme park, DreamPark, has debuted in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood, offering free-roam XR games and real-world racing attractions.

🎪 Cirque du Soleil is bringing its signature spectacle into The Sandbox metaverse with immersive Luzia-inspired experiences and branded digital collectibles.

🎶 Leaving early access with a new custom song editor, the hand-tracking rhythm game BEATABLE is now fully available on the Quest platform.

🪂 An immersive flying experience through the Alps and Karakoram Himalayas is brought to viewers in the Red Bull VR film Touching the Sky, featuring athletes Aaron Durogati and Fred Fugen.

XR News

👁️ The UTECH UTRACK AR glasses, a world-first, grant "superhuman sight" by integrating military-grade thermal imaging and sonar detection, revealing hidden layers of reality beyond mere digital overlays.

👓 Viture Luma and The Beast display glasses, now available for preorder, boast higher resolution and brightness than rivals, with The Beast model specifically featuring a 58° FOV and built-in 3DoF tracking for enhanced immersion.

🏡 Datamining of Quest PTC firmware reveals Meta's impending revamp of Horizon Home and Worlds, potentially introducing a "Lookout Loft" environment and an upgraded social hub with a new tablet-style UI for Horizon OS.

👋 Sharp has unveiled a prototype VR haptic glove controller in Japan, combining tactile feedback on fingertips with standard buttons to reproduce the sense of touch in virtual reality, though its commercialization remains unconfirmed.

⌚ Meta's innovative new wristband utilizes sEMG technology to translate subtle hand movements into precise digital commands, offering a novel method for device control and enhancing accessibility.

📲 Simplifying a previously complex process, the VR Android File Manager for Quest enables the direct installation of APK files on the headset without the need for a PC, although its future remains uncertain due to Meta's policies.

Until next time, enjoy your other reality gaming!

Bobby Voicu