![]() ![]() “The table in the kitchen feels so real, was playing the game and was done, and he was like ‘that was so much fun!’ and put his hands forward and then let go of the controllers in mid-air,” said Schwartz. Owlchemy Labs has encountered those reactions more than a few times while developing their game. While I never actively feel immersed in Job Simulator’s reality, it’s surprising how effectively motion-based VR can fool the brain, as was the case with my phone-to-ear reflex. But I had more fun in the office using Oculus Touch, which allows you to squeeze a perfectly placed button to “grab” objects. I actually played the cooking job on SteamVR back in April, and it was great. Much of the appeal of Job Simulator is how intuitive every action feels. I opened a doughnut box and put a frosted doughnut in the photocopier. ![]() ![]() When my chunky CRT monitor didn’t turn on, I (physically) crouched down to look under the desk and find the cords I needed to plug in. My time on the job actually felt longer than five minutes, because the cubicle was so densely packed with things to pick up, giggle at, and interact with. All praise to JobBot, for he is the keeper of human history.” JobBot created Job Simulator to teach humans what it is 'to job'. Humans raised in our perfect automated society must not forget their useless ancient ancestors and history. Human occupations are now memories of the past long gone are the blue collar jobs that ran the old world. Owlchemy Labs started with an inherently silly twist on reality, setting Job Simulator in the future of 2050 where “Robots cook, clean, service, and rule organize the world with precision and speed. Much like Surgeon Simulator, Job Simulator is a playground that turns the mundane into outlandish slapstick. For a brief five minutes, I was standing in an office cubicle, waving cartoony oversized hands around in perfect 1:1 symmetry with my Touch controllers. Job Simulator was the most fun I had demoing the Oculus Touch controller. ![]()
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