Summary

  • Hand-tracking virtual reality (VR) game Dimensional Double Shift, released last year by US-based studio Owlchemy for Meta’s Quest 3 and 3S headsets, has reached 500,000 users.
  • The game is still in beta, but the Open Beta Trainee programme has clearly been a success, with Owlchemy’s CEO, Andrew Eiche, stating the game’s “resounding success”.
  • Users have spent over 1.3 million hours playing the game to date, and have completed more than 7.4 million tasks in-game.
  • The game’s success demonstrates the potential for VR titles to gain significant popularity, particularly collaboratively oriented, social titles.
  • Owlchemy’s previous games, Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator, focused on humorous, everyday tasks.

By Rachel Kaser

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