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The Lab is a virtual reality minigame collection created by Valve. It was released on April 5, 2016 and takes place in a pocket universe of Half-Life and Portal. Much like Lost Coast, The Lab is more of a tech demonstration utilizing the concept of virtual reality rather than a concrete storyline game. The free title was released via Steam.
The Lab was the first game from the US development studio to be released since Dota 2 in 2013 and also the first to be developed and published in large parts with the Source 2 engine. Barring mods, there is currently no way to play The Lab without VR gear
game principle
Since The Lab is a collection of eight VR mini-games, the gameplay varies from game to game. All mini-games are listed and described below.
Slingshot: Calibrate Aperture Science Personality Cores by catapulting them with a contraption. The kernels humorously comment on the process.
Longbow: With Longbow you defend a castle with bow and arrow against attacking hordes of enemies. Longbow can be played in an endless mode and has a global leaderboard.
Postcards: Allows you to visit exotic regions virtually and walk a robot dog to play with.Human Medical Scan: Shows a detailed model of a human body whose anatomy can be explored interactively in VR.
Robot Repair: Simulates the repair of Atlas, one of the robots featured in Portal 2's co-op mode.
Secret Shop: Secret Shop allows the player to look around the shopkeeper's dwelling and perform minor interactions.
trivia
The voice of Justin Roiland, who is best known for the voices of the two title heroes from the American comedy animated series Rick and Morty, can be heard in the Slingshot level. Roiland previously voiced the Dota 2 Announcer: Rick and Morty and its associated Mega Kill Announcer for Valve.
The game's official Steam shop page mentions the well-known American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson in the description of the “Solar System” level.
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