Windup Minds: The creators of Bogo are looking for testers for their new mixed reality project in Quest 3

This as-yet-unnamed game, scheduled for release in 2025, will allow players to interact with a virtual pet in a mixed reality environment. toThe team behind Windup Minds This is not his first attempt. Its members have already worked on important experiments for skylightSuch as Bogo (discovering free-roaming in VR) and First Steps (discovering interactivity in VR). These titles, used to introduce many users to virtual reality, have become benchmarks for their accessibility and ability to create an emotional connection between players and their virtual avatars. Pogo It offered, for example, to adopt and foster an adorable creature, a memorable first encounter for many Quest users.

And with this new project Windup Minds It aims to push the idea of ​​an emotional connection between a player and their digital companion even further. The first feedback shows an innovative approach that combines mixed reality interactions with immersive moments in full virtual reality. In a recent demonstration presented in A com. gamecast on DownloadVRa digital character that supports direct eye contact with the player, an essential element for enhancing immersion. The new images revealed by the studio show the virtual animal playing ball and receiving caresses from the user before following it in an immersive environment surrounded by nature..

An appeal to the community

Windup Minds It now seeks to involve players directly in development. Quest 3 users are invited to join the community Sedition You are scheduled to join the studio's Discord community in order to participate in the expected testing phase. CPlayers will have the opportunity to temporarily adopt a virtual pet and share their feedback with the developers. The goal is to gain valuable feedback on interactivity and user experience before the game's official release in 2025. The studio promises exclusive benefits to the first to join the program and participate in this stage of development. A specific date for launching these tests has not been announced, but they are likely to begin in the coming weeks or months.

The project remains a mystery at the moment, and not necessarily very exciting yet, but with an experienced team Windup Minds He's at the helm, and he's really interesting to us and we'll be watching that closely.