3R Games Adds Tham Luang VR Update Next Month, Bringing First Swimming to Cave Crave
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Updated · roadtovr.com · Jun 30
3R Games Adds Tham Luang VR Update Next Month, Bringing First Swimming to Cave Crave
3 articles · Updated · roadtovr.com · Jun 30
Summary
Next month, 3R Games will add Thailand’s Tham Luang cave system to Cave Crave, letting players explore the real-world site in the game’s objective-free Tourist Mode.
The update expands the studio’s 'Real Caves in VR' initiative and aims for authenticity over dramatization, recreating the cave’s structure and conditions rather than the 2018 rescue itself.
LiDAR-based scans and work with cave diver Vern Unsworth and 3D scanning expert Roo Walters were used to capture the cave’s geometry, darkness and scale.
Flooded corridors will introduce swimming to Cave Crave for the first time, with limited visibility and restricted oxygen designed to make exploration more demanding.
Tham Luang gained global attention in 2018 when 12 boys and their coach were trapped by flooding; two divers died during the international rescue effort.