Genki Life Magazine 55 - Spring 2024

Today, gaming VR technology startup Wield VR
has announced a new production run of its new
universal VR gunstock after the latest batch
quickly sold out amid positive initial reviews.
The Wield VR OneStock has been co-designed with gamers
to address commonly experienced issues with VR gunstocks,
such as ease of use, broken immersion, and lack of tactile
feel in the players’ hands.
The OneStock provides the ability to switch the gunstock
shape on the fly in VR games without tools or removing
one’s headgear, giving players unbroken immersion in the
game. Compared to previously available gunstock products,
the OneStock can be adjusted six times faster to represent
different weapons in VR games.
The idea of the OneStock was born from gamers’ wishes
for the ultimate VR gunstock after CEO Timo Ahlgrén,
himself an avid gamer, had disappointing experiences with
VR accessories.
“I know the frustration with switching VR gadgets midgame,
misalignment issues with the VR gunstock and the
in-game weapon, and the plain bad quality and rigidity of
most VR gunstocks. If you have a clumsy gunstock, you’re
dead before you can switch guns,” says Ahlgrén.
The OneStock has been reiterated hundreds of times over
the three years of development and has gone through rigorous
quality control. The latest second-generation version was
born in record time thanks to crowdsourced input and feature
requests from gamer communities and thousands of
comments in viral social media videos since November 2023.
Ahlgrén continues: “I wanted something that could provide
the feel of the gun you were holding in-game and to be
able to switch it out in any game without tools, on the fly.
When we built it, I asked the gaming community to try it
and give feedback or challenge us. There is a pretty wide-
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Genki Life Magazine | Spring 2024