MixRift desires to create the “Indignant Birds” of combined actuality video games, and the brand new studio secured $1.6 million in funding.
Fashioned final yr by CEO Bobby Voicu, CPO David Pripas, and CTO Andrei Vaduva, MixRift confirmed that this funding spherical was led by Outsized Ventures, Underline Ventures, and SOSV. The studio confirmed this funding will assist speed up “its efforts to develop and publish in-demand combined actuality titles” for Quest 3 and Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional.
Believing that combined actuality appeals to a wider set of customers, MixRift goals to ship the “Indignant Birds” of MR – to not be confused with Decision Video games’ current MR mode for Indignant Birds VR: Isle Of Pigs. The developer states its strategy entails quickly prototyping video games, specializing in what sport mechanics work over “particular titles.”
To this point, MixRift has launched two MR video games in 2024; Hell Horde on Quest entails defeating demonic monsters who start showing by way of portals, whereas Fractured is a 3D puzzle sport out there on each Quest and Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Extra video games are scheduled to launch later this yr, although particular particulars about these titles stay unconfirmed.
