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

🥳 But there’s more:

📢 VR Games Showcase announces 20+ upcoming XR titles

🎸 Metallica's new VR concert film debuts exclusively on Apple Vision Pro on March 14.

📌 Meta will recommend developers use Unity and Unreal's built-in OpenXR support starting next week

eXtend your gaming:

Welcome to XR Gamer Digest #55

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).

🏷️ A different kind of promotion: Perp Games' PSVR 2 promo offers free VR Skater DLC when buying select titles like Underdogs, but you’ll need to own VR Skater to claim it.

XR Games

📢 VR Games Showcase announces 20+ upcoming XR titles, including Surviving Mars: Pioneer, Slender: The Arrival, Prison Boss: Prohibition and others.

⛳ Walkabout Mini Golf's largest course yet, Mount Olympus, lets players putt their way through temples and mythical landscapes in the realm of the gods.

🐧 Pavel's Gulag Getout: Climb Penguin! brings dark humor and physics-based climbing chaos to Quest, challenging players to escape an icy prison as a determined penguin.

👨‍🔧 Electrician Simulator VR arrives this month, letting you tackle electrical challenges hands-on across Quest, PSVR 2, and PC VR.

🃏 Cards & Tankards expands with new 'Ashes of Ur-Enku' update launching March 27, bringing fresh cards and an intriguing narrative twist.

🚣 Whitewater VR debuts on Meta Quest 3 with impressively realistic water physics, delivering immersive kayaking experiences, according to this review.

👨🏻‍🦽 Quantum Threshold is an accessible VR roguelike shooter that transforms wheelchair-based movement into a powerful combat advantage.

⚔️ Petricore's mixed-reality RPG Mythic Realms launches March 13, blending fantasy combat, roguelite mechanics, and room-scale exploration on Meta Quest.

🔫 Cult classic shooter Postal 2 is getting a rebuilt VR adaptation for Quest, PSVR 2, and PC VR, promising immersive gameplay and revamped mechanics.

💥 Forefront, a new 32-player VR shooter featuring large-scale battles and destructible environments from the creators of Breachers, launches later this year.

🤖 Roboquest's upcoming VR adaptation by Flat2VR Studios teases fresh gameplay, confirming immersive co-op robot battles this fall.

🕵🏻 Hitman World of Assassination arrives on PS VR2 on March 27, bringing immersive stealth action with interactive VR mechanics.

🧙‍♂️ MAGE delivers a physics-driven magical sandbox experience at a groundbreaking 120 fps on Quest 3 and 3S, for $20.

✨ ZIX, a neon-soaked VR roguelike featuring gesture-based combat and co-op play, arrives on Quest and Steam this fall.

XR Entertainment

🏌 GOLF+ is experimenting with tracking real golf putters in VR using Logitech’s MX Ink stylus attachment.

🚂 The Passengers immerses you in intimate, emotional VR journeys through strangers' memories on a train ride.

🐶 Stay: Forever Home, a mixed-reality VR pet simulator featuring an interactive AI-powered dog named Ember, launches on Quest this April.

🎸 Metallica's new VR concert film, featuring immersive 180-degree video and Spatial Audio, debuts exclusively on Apple Vision Pro on March 14.

XR News

📌 Meta will recommend developers use Unity and Unreal's built-in OpenXR support starting next week, aiming to improve cross-device compatibility while continuing to support Quest-specific features.

🥽 Pimax provided development updates on its upcoming PC VR headsets, Dream Air and Crystal Super, with Dream Air expected to launch in May and Crystal Super arriving between late March and mid-April. 

🌐 Meta reports that global suppliers are now accelerating efforts to produce optical-grade silicon carbide, the key material behind Orion AR glasses' wide field of view, though commercial viability remains a challenge.

💸 Samsung's upcoming XR headset is expected to launch in Q3 2025 with a limited production run, suggesting a premium price. 

🚀 NASA is using Meta Quest 3 for Artemis lunar mission training, enhancing astronaut preparation and mission coordination through immersive VR simulations.

⚙️ visionOS 3 is expected to be a major update packed with new features, likely to be announced at WWDC 2025 in June.

🤔 Insomniac's VR games, including Edge of Nowhere and Stormland, have returned to the Meta Store after their unexplained removal.

👨‍💻 Major developers like Niantic, Creature, and Resolution are already leveraging Meta’s new Passthrough API to enhance mixed reality experiences on Quest.

Until next time, enjoy your other reality gaming!

Bobby Voicu