By all accounts, a game like Samurai Slaughter House shouldn`t be able to run on Oculus Quest 2 hardware. It`s a game that assaults all of your senses. From the Kurosawa-inspired black and white visuals — with plenty of Noir-style red blood, for good measure — to the unique blend of drum and bass, lo-fi, and even some flamenco thrown in for good measure, Samurai Slaughter House pushes your visual and acoustic expectations for a VR title.
Visually, it looks better than any of the best Quest 2 games I`ve seen to date.
So how in the world did this detailed and uniquely-themed world make it to Quest hardware? Application Space Warp.
Before you scratch your head, don`t worry, there aren`t too many others that know what that term means, either. Application Space Warp, or AppSW for short, was announced at Meta`s Connect 2021 and got buried by bigger announcements like the Meta rebrand, GTA: San Andreas VR, and Meta dropping the Facebook login requirement for Quest devices.
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