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

🥳 But there’s more:

💣 Table Troopers brings Worms-style tactical combat to mixed reality

🎈 A new TimeLab DLC for PC VR lets you explore the Hindenburg in stunning detail

🥽 Vivo has unveiled its first MR headset, Vision, closely mirroring Apple Vision Pro

eXtend your gaming:

Welcome to XR Gamer Digest #57

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).

💰 PlayStation's Spring Sale offers major discounts on over 60 PS VR2 games, running until April 23.

XR Games

⚔︎ Luke Ross’s latest R.E.A.L. VR Mod adds full 6DoF VR support for Kingdom Come Deliverance II, playable now with gamepad or mouse and keyboard via his Patreon.

🐦‍🔥 The Phoenix Gene is a third-person on-rails VR shooter inspired by Star Fox and Ikaruga, launching this spring on Quest. 

💣 Table Troopers brings Worms-style tactical combat to mixed reality with turn-based battles, physics-based chaos, and social tabletop gameplay on Meta Quest.

🧩 Boxed Out is a fast-paced VR puzzler that channels Tetris vibes through color-matching combos and addictive arcade gameplay.

💥 Physics-heavy shooter sandbox Hard Bullet, inspired by John Wick-style action, is coming to Quest 3 this spring with 100+ weapons and a story mode planned for 2025.

🦾 Mech brawler UNDERDOGS launched on PSVR 2 after strong reviews on Quest and PC VR.

🔨 Skydance's Behemoth adds New Game+ mode in latest patch, letting players replay with all upgrades, alongside severing system and grip improvements.

🔥 Elements Divided brings gesture-based elemental combat to Meta Quest this April, offering solo and online battles with fire, water, earth, and air powers.

😔 Meta reportedly canceled the planned VR version of System Shock 2, along with many other projects.

🏎️ F1 25 brings the racing series back to PC VR on May 30, featuring story mode continuation, team management upgrades, and full headset support.

XR Entertainment

🤩 ILM is developing Star Wars: Beyond Victory, a mixed reality experience exclusively for Meta Quest 3/3S, debuting next month at Star Wars Celebration 2025.

📖 Verse VR is a meditative cultural journey combining poetry, music, and global exploration, coming soon to Quest and PC VR platforms.

🪂 Glider Sim brings paragliding to life on Meta Quest with realistic flight physics and immersive Google Earth terrain.

🎈 A new TimeLab DLC for PC VR lets you explore the Hindenburg in stunning detail and relive its final 1937 voyage - including the tragic crash.

XR News

🗣️ A Cambridge scientist has launched a free VR platform that uses immersive environments and smartphone-based headsets to help people overcome public speaking anxiety with clinically proven results.

😎 Quest v76 PTC introduces a new feature that lets you use your animated Meta Avatar as a virtual webcam for video calls in Android apps, with head and hand tracking but limited facial expression support.

🕶️ Samsung is reportedly planning to release a pair of XR glasses codenamed Haen by the end of 2025, potentially complementing its upcoming Android XR headset, Project Moohan.

🖼️ Meta researchers developed a method to turn a single image into a lifelike 3D VR environment using generative AI, paving the way for personalized Quest home spaces.

🥽 Vivo has unveiled its first MR headset, Vision, closely mirroring Apple Vision Pro’s name and design, with full specs and release details still under wraps ahead of a mid-2025 reveal.

🪖 Distance Technologies and Patria are developing an XR windshield for 6×6 military vehicles that enables glasses-free night vision and real-time tactical data display without revealing the vehicle’s position.

📣 Apple will unveil visionOS 3 at WWDC25 on June 9, expected to be a major update for Vision Pro with new features and expanded hardware support.

Until next time, enjoy your other reality gaming!

Bobby Voicu