Why is Wordle in VR?

Executive summary

Welcome to your weekly briefing on the metaverse and spatial computing. Here are your snippets to sound smarter in meetings this week:

• Top story: Wordle is now in VR… but why? (analysis below)

• Conversation starter:

  Event: The Immersive Wire is hosting an event on Immersive Worldbuilding in London, 26 September of this week. Come if you wish! 

• Other stories: Imvizar raised €1.5mn in funding, and Qualcomm teased its AR project with Google and Samsung (more below)

Top story

Why is Wordle now in VR? 

• I don’t understand. Wordle is a perfect commute game where you swipe some letters to make a word, typically taking no more than five minutes. A VR headset is more clunky, and while it is easier to put one on, it’s still a large commitment to strap it to my face. Bit like choosing to make toast at home, or to use an extra special toaster across the street.

• Which would you choose in that scenario? I would choose the normal toaster, as it’s easier and has similar results. So for me, it’s a good example of showing the line for what types of games can work in VR - and commute mini-games can’t work well.

Other stories

• CubicSpace, a spatial media company, announced $1.5mn in funding.

• Meta Connect is happening on 25 September.

• The Park Playground announced the release of Carnival Showdown, a competitive multiplayer VR experience.

• Rheinmetall Electronics UK launched the ACE-AR headset, designed for land domain vehicle crews.

• Snap unveiled their new Spectacles.

• Virtualware announced the release of version 2.6 of its XRaaS platform, VIROO.

• Zenni Optical unveiled the VR Vision Screener, a quick visual assessment using VR.

Note: The Immersive Wire is run by Tom Ffiske, who also works within Accenture’s metaverse group. The contents of the newsletter should not be regarded as Accenture’s views.