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

🥳 But there’s more:

The most expensive Quest app is $1,000. And you won’t guess what it is.

MAY comes with discounts on the Meta Store.

Riven, the sequel to Myst, comes to the Quest.

eXtend your gaming:

Welcome to XR Gamer Digest #60

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 offers $30 off Quest 3S and $20 off Carrying Case until April 26 and May 10 respectively, with free Batman: Arkham Shadow and 3-month Quest+ subscription included.

XR Games

🚩Crystal Commanders, a full RTS game with VR and MR support, launches on Meta Quest for $20 with campaign, multiplayer, and creative modes.

♫ BEATABLE, a new $9.99 mixed reality rhythm game using hand tracking and your table as the controller, is now available in Early Access on Meta Quest.

🐰 Phasmophobia’s Easter-themed Cursed Hollow event launches April 17 on Steam and PSVR2, featuring Jackalope totems, seasonal map updates, and three weeks of rewards and objectives.

🕵🏻 Hitman VR and Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate receive their first patches, bringing major bug fixes, performance improvements, and gameplay tweaks on PSVR2 and Meta Quest.

🔫 VR shooter Frenzies goes free-to-play for full launch later this year, but drops plans for a PSVR 2 release.

⚔️ Demeo gets a major engine upgrade with improved graphics, faster loading, and eye-tracked foveated rendering on Vision Pro and Quest Pro.

👨‍🎨 The House of Da Vinci VR, the acclaimed Renaissance-themed puzzle game, arrives on PlayStation VR2 on May 1, following its Quest and SteamVR debut.

🚀 Red Matter and Red Matter 2 are getting physical PlayStation VR2 editions from Limited Run Games, with pre-orders open until May 25 and shipping expected in late September.

🛸 Among Us 3D launches May 6th for $9.99, bringing crewmate betrayal to VR and flatscreen players alike with cross-play, new modes, and proximity voice chat.

XR Entertainment

🧙‍♂️ Maestro’s new $9 Doombound Pack DLC lets you conduct epic themes from The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones in VR, delivering a powerful musical experience.

🌌 Wonder transforms your scanned room into surreal MR worlds on Meta Quest 3/3S, offering immersive, reality-bending experiences - available soon for $4.

🎵 Peak Rhythm blends VR climbing with a music game twist, challenging players to ascend mech routes in sync with hyperpop beats, release date TBA.

🥊 Les Mills XR Bodycombat launches on Steam for PC VR, with a major PS VR2 update coming soon, adding new workouts, environments, and PowerStrike DLC, available now for $30.

XR News

🚨 Spanish prisons use VR therapy to let domestic abusers experience their crimes from the victim's perspective, early results show increased empathy and emotional breakthroughs.

🎨 Transcend Social launches May 22 on Meta Quest, letting users instantly create VR worlds and objects with AI, challenging Horizon Worlds with a more intuitive, free-to-play experience.

🛫 Varjo pivots fully to enterprise and military training sims, confirming no Aero 2 is planned as it focuses on bespoke XR solutions like FAA-certified pilot systems using its high-fidelity headsets.

💰 Pimax adjusts US pricing for Crystal Super due to tariffs, using a new subscription model to help offset added costs while maintaining its overall headset pricing structure.

🥽 Valve appears to be moving its standalone XR headset Deckard into production, with new evidence of US-based manufacturing and growing signs of an impending launch by end of 2025.

🕶 Apple is developing a cheaper, lighter Vision Pro 2 and a new Mac-tethered VR headset, while Tim Cook reportedly makes AR glasses his top product priority.

🤑 frontline.io raises $10M to expand its AI-powered XR platform for industrial training and support across the U.S. and Europe.

🏎️ Pimax invests $2.5M in Motorsport Games to deepen its VR racing sim strategy and expand high-end PC VR content.

🛠️ Meta Horizon Desktop Editor now lets creators AI-generate 3D models, textures, and skyboxes, slashing world-building time from weeks to hours.

🕶️ Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses just got a major AI upgrade in the UK, adding real-time visual recognition and translation features for smarter everyday interactions.

Until next time, enjoy your other reality gaming!

Bobby Voicu