Demeo ‘Mixed Reality 2.0’ Update Now Available on Quest 2 + Pro, Resolution Games Announces Demeo for Apple Vision Pro, Mac

Resolution Games has put its controllers back in the drawer and waved a friendly hand-tracked hello to players today with the release of Demeo’s Mixed Reality 2.0 update. Available on the Quest 2 and Quest Pro, the update brings hand-tracking to the digital tabletop experience for the first time and will be available for Quest 3 owners at the device’s launch.

“Last Fall we released Demeo’s first mixed reality update,” said Tommy Palm, founder and CEO of Resolution Games, “which let players take the gameboard out of the virtual world and into their homes for the first time. And while it felt incredible to walk around a real table and plan your strategy from every angle, we wanted players to mirror the real world tabletop experience even further. Starting today, players can use their hands to pick up miniatures, play cards, and roll the die just like they would with physical components.”

Two additional mixed reality features have also been added to this update to further enhance the experience: co-location to optimize local mixed reality multiplayer, and decorations (including candles and posters) that can be placed to set the mood. For players who prefer their reality virtual, today’s update also sees the addition of items celebrating Pixel Ripped 1978 to the basement game room environment courtesy of development studio ARVORE. This follows the recent addition of Demeo easter eggs hidden in Pixel Ripped 1978, and is the first collaboration between the two companies.

Demeo on the first generation Meta Quest will not receive the Mixed Reality 2.0 update, but will instead receive a separate final update today that will bring ongoing development of Demeo for Quest 1 to a close. Cross-play support for this headset has also been discontinued. Impacted owners will still have access to multiplayer, but their connections will be limited exclusively to other players using the first generation Quest. Options may be available for Quest 1 owners who would prefer to engage in multiplayer with the wider Demeo community.

DEMEO COMING TO APPLE VISION PRO + MORE MIXED REALITY FROM RESOLUTION GAMES

In addition to today’s update, Resolution Games has revealed that Demeo is in active development for Apple Vision Pro for fully virtual as well as mixed reality gameplay and will also be extending the playership of Demeo’s flat version with an upcoming release for Mac. Resolution Games confirms that it has multiple mixed reality titles actively in development across a number of devices for 2024 and beyond, including several with dedicated controller-free play.

The company - which is currently focusing half of its workload on the creation of mixed reality projects - is also announcing today that Demeo Battles, the next entry in the Demeo Action Role-Playing System, will feature a mixed reality mode on Quest 2, Quest 3, and Quest Pro when it launches later this year.

In 2021, Resolution Games announced the formation of an internal division dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in augmented and mixed reality games. This has resulted in several public-facing projects to date, including Blaston’s passthrough update (the first third-party game on the Quest Store to utilize Meta’s Passthrough API) and Spatial Ops, the world’s first competitive multiplayer co-located shooter.

“For mixed reality games to succeed, the real world needs to play just as immersive a role as the digital elements we’re putting into it,” said Paul Brady, co-founder and President of Resolution Games. “It’s the interaction between the real and the virtual that truly makes MR magical, and few real world things are quite as interactive as the human hand. Advances in hand-tracking have made a controller-free future not only possible, but incredibly appealing. We’re quickly entering into an era where your body is a far more effective controller than a handheld piece of plastic could ever be.”

Demeo’s Mixed Reality 2.0 update is available on the Meta Quest Store. To learn more about Demeo, follow the game on Twitter and visit demeogame.com.

To learn more about Resolution Games, visit resolutiongames.com and follow the company on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

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About Resolution Games:

As the world’s most prominent VR/AR/MR games studio, Resolution Games is redefining how people come together and play. The studio is evolving the craft of multiplayer game development and publishing with its approach to delivering new IP across VR/AR platforms and beyond. With the largest portfolio of games across all major VR and AR platforms, no other studio has the reach, ratings and range that Resolution Games does.

The studio’s titles rank among the top-rated and most downloaded games in the space. Games like Demeo, Ultimechs, Blaston, Bait!, Acron: Attack of the Squirrels! and Cook-Out: A Sandwich Tale illustrate the innovative and immersive ways the studio is constantly pushing the boundaries of what is possible.

Founded in 2015, Resolution Games is privately held and based in Stockholm, Sweden with offices in Austin, Texas and Linköping, Sweden. Follow the company at www.resolutiongames.com and on Twitter and Instagram.

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