Strike Commander Strikes Back (in VR!) (January 4, 2026)

[Bandit LOAF]

There's some pretty exciting news from Remi Leonard's libRealSpace project, an attempt to recreate the RealSpace engine originally built for Strike Commander as an open source platform. They've released a new build of Strike Commander with VR support just in time for 2026! Check out the video below which seems just about perfect.

RealSpace was created for Strike Commander and the game's "virtual cockpit" mode actually lends itself to VR very easily. Pacific Strike and Wings of Glory also had this feature and WoG actually supported 1996-vintage headsets like the VFX-1! But even more exciting, RealSpace was the engine for Wing Commander Armada, III and IV so we can dream about this somehow being adapted to our favorite series. You can download the build here.

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Original update published on January 4, 2026

 

[Darkmage]

This is wild, I'll have to look at adding a Cinema mode for cutscenes.

 

[Vidmaster]

Remi is doing phenomenal work.

 

[Bob McDob]

Was the virtual cockpit ever seriously considered for the RealSpace games? I remember the topic coming up before but I don't remember the details.

 

[kingmakeress]

Great work 🔥🔥

 

[Knight26-77]

THat is an awesome addition, I hope it will eventually be able to support higher poly models and higher res textures as well.