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Reality, Upgraded: Navigating VR/AR Gaming with Alex Silkin

Game Dev Unchained

” In recent years, VR has evolved into an integral part of the gaming landscape, with first-person shooters often becoming more immersive in virtual spaces. However, this approach risks replicating the same problems plaguing the real world, such as overpriced assets, bringing these issues into the virtual sphere.

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The Forgotten City (2021) revisited

Radiator Blog

Since then, the mod makers have remade it into a UE4 standalone time loop first person RPG called. The individual assets seem nice, but together they sort of clash -- a random junk prop will have the 4k photogrammetry HDR treatment, overwhelming the nearby gameplay pickup that you're actually supposed to notice.

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2022 Predictions #2 How to win after Fortnite's and Why Going Cross-Platform is Mandatory for Mid-Core Games

Deconstructor of Fun

This is perhaps because successful assets are very expensive and it is cheaper for an existing 4X publisher to launch and scale new titles rather than to acquire and operate existing games that have already scaled. Tactical Shooters with a first-person or third-person perspective, similar to traditional PC or console games.