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The sea levels have risen, and a young woman and her father live in a lighthouse perched atop the ocean’s surface. When he goes missing, she must descend deep into the post-apocalyptic waters previously forbidden to her, embarking on a thrilling journey of family history and self-discovery. Arden's Wake stars Academy Award-winning actress Alicia Vikander as Meena and acclaimed actor Richard Armitage as Tide. This VR animated film won the inaugural Lion for Best VR at the Venice Film Festival and was the official selection at the Tribeca Film Festival. -- We recommend headphones for the best viewing experience. On the title screen, hold "Ctrl" and use the Up/Down arrows to change playback quality. Once the experience has begun, feel free to walk around and explore the environment. If you have any technical issues, please contact support at support@penrosestudios.com.

Arden's Wake

4.5

(43) • Casual • Movie • Narrative

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wulf.schwarzFeb 16, 2021 at 3:52 PM

Magic Experience

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Esme.mFeb 14, 2021 at 1:17 PM

Major performance problems

Developer responseFeb 14, 2021 at 11:21 AM

Thanks for your feedback, and we're sorry to hear you're experiences issues. We here at Penrose are all VR enthusiasts ourselves, so we also find performance issues to be unacceptable. However, we went through a rigorous QA process and tested on both Min Spec & Recommended Spec machines, and we have not seen the problem you're reporting. Would you mind sharing the specs on your VR machine so that we can rerun our tests? One note around performance relative to other VR experiences is that our real-time water simulation is quite state-of-the-art. You can see Penrose's presentations at conferences such as Siggraph and FMX. If you're curious, our more consumer-friendly version of our academic papers on the real-time water sim can be seen in the GDC vault in the link below: https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1025500/Water-Simulation-and-Rendering-in Despite this, you can be assured that Arden's Wake should be performant on Min Spec and Recommended Spec machines. If you share with us your machine specs, we will rerun our tests to confirm.

7sakFeb 14, 2021 at 3:55 PM

Definitely the best VR experience

As a big fan of Pixar & Disney style animations, this beautiful movie just reminded me of those. Even more, it is VR! What it means is not only you can just look around, but you can even feel the air! You can hang around in the scene wherever you want, enjoy this masterpiece in your own way. Even if you watch the movie more than couple of times, you will keep finding the new aspect of what the developers prepared for you. Story & overall experience was even greater. Especially when you submerged in the water, you will feel like you are actually in the water with events going on outside. Definitely I would recommend another users not to just sit on the chair, but to move around, sit & stand, feel the entire scene as freely as you can.

Developer responseFeb 16, 2021 at 11:14 AM

Thanks very much @7sak for the review and feedback! Glad you enjoyed the experience!

Dave6871Feb 15, 2021 at 6:33 PM

Short Ends without explanation

Developer responseFeb 16, 2021 at 11:13 AM

Thank you for the feedback regarding your viewing experience. We appreciate hearing from you, and would be grateful to know more about why you couldn't move around. Are you able to provide more detail? We recommend viewing the experience while standing so that you are able to move freely and explore the environment (especially the lighthouse scenes and being above/below the water) and are adjusting the description to account for this.

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