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

🥳 But there’s more:

⚽ Rebuilt from scratch for PlayStation VR2 and dropping its predecessor's subscription model, CleanSheet Soccer 2 arrived on June 11.

🏛️ Built from 28,000 photographs and partnered with Atopia, The Metropolitan Museum of Art has launched Dendur Decoded.

🍏 Third-party motion controllers are now supported on Vision Pro through visionOS 27.

eXtend your gaming:

Welcome to XR Gamer Digest #106

XR Games

🕵️ Innerspace's Spymaster hits Early Access on Quest and SteamVR as a charming spy thriller where players swap between two agents and rewind time to execute precision missions across short, replayable scenarios.

⚽ Rebuilt from scratch for PlayStation VR2 and dropping its predecessor's subscription model, CleanSheet Soccer 2 arrived on June 11 as a premium standalone goalkeeper sim with a career mode and interactive coaches.

🎤 Cast as a limited-time Elusive Target in Hitman: World of Assassination until July 5, Wiz Khalifa plays a martial arts fighter whose fate Agent 47 is tasked with protecting on the Isle of Sgàil.

👻Into the Dead: Crimson Heights - announced for Quest 3 and SteamVR in 2027 -  is a horror game by PikPok that generates its virtual levels directly from the scanned walls and furniture of the player's real room.

XR Entertainment

🍎 Siri AI on Vision Pro gains eye-tracked activation and visual awareness of both the digital and physical world around the user, as part of Apple's broader visionOS 27 overhaul.

🏛️ Built from 28,000 photographs and partnered with Atopia, The Metropolitan Museum of Art has launched Dendur Decoded - a free VR and web experience that transports visitors inside the history of its iconic ancient Egyptian temple.

🎬 Amplium is a free app launched for Apple Vision Pro where curated immersive video experiences - from mountain skiing to Shibuya city views - are gathered in one place to help smaller studios get their work discovered.

XR News

 👓 Snap has acquired spatial computing startup Illumix, whose environment-understanding technology is expected to accelerate development of the company's upcoming consumer AR glasses.

💀 Citing persistent difficulties in the VR games market, Vertigo Games has closed its Amsterdam studio - the team behind Metro Awakening - adding to a growing list of VR developer shutdowns in 2026.

🖥️ After delays caused by rising RAM and storage costs, Valve has confirmed that both its Steam Frame VR headset and Steam Machine console will ship this summer, though pricing has yet to be announced.

👕 Demonstrated publicly for the first time at Web Summit Vancouver, ShadowMaker Labs' Smart Shirt uses embedded muscle and motion sensors to translate body movement into real-time controls for games and XR experiences.

🍏 Third-party motion controllers are now supported on Vision Pro through visionOS 27, which lets manufacturers build IR-tracked spatial accessories using a standardized Bluetooth and LED framework.

🛍️ Over 50 Meta Lab store-in-store spaces are being rolled out across Best Buy locations in the US and Canada, where customers can try Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses and Quest headsets with the help of dedicated Meta Sales Specialists.

🤖 Replacing Llama 4 on Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, Meta's new Muse Spark model delivers significantly sharper AI responses using 10x less compute, narrowing the performance gap with Gemini and GPT.

🕶️ Priced at $449 and now on sale across the US and Europe, L'Atitude 52°N's Berlin smart glasses pack a 12MP AI camera, live multilingual translation, and an offline mesh intercom for up to eight users.

🌐 Set to launch this fall from Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, Google's first Gemini-powered smart glasses will compete directly with Ray-Ban Meta, leveraging deep Android integration and agentic capabilities like app control and turn-by-turn navigation.

Until next time, enjoy your other reality gaming!

Bobby Voicu