What changed in The Lab in 2016

Fixed issue with Korean subtitles displaying the wrong language in Slingshot.

Oculus Touch users can press the X and A to rotate in place, 90 degrees left or right.

Fixed issue with Korean subtitles displaying the wrong language in Slingshot.

Oculus Touch users can press the X and A to rotate in place, 90 degrees left or right.

Barrels and Oil now respawn when Wave 1 begins in Longbow.

Fixed a rare bug where The Lab would hang if exiting to the miniature view with only one controller turned on.

During the title screen, the drone now instructs players to 'Defend your ship'.

Engine updates to improve performance and stability.

During the title screen, the drone now instructs players to 'Defend your ship'.

Fixed a rare bug where The Lab would hang if exiting to the miniature view with only one controller turned on.

Engine updates to improve performance and stability.

Barrels and Oil now respawn when Wave 1 begins in Longbow.

Improvements made to the game engine to enhance stability and performance.

Resolved a bug that could prevent the Slingshot from loading when playing in specific languages.

Addressed a lighting issue that was present in the hub area.

Reverted the previous lighting bug fix as it caused the 'Headset Not Found' screen to appear if not using SteamVR Beta.

Reverted the previous lighting bug fix as it caused the 'Headset Not Found' screen to appear if not using SteamVR Beta.

Resolved a bug that could prevent the Slingshot from loading when playing in specific languages.

Improvements made to the engine to enhance overall stability and performance.

Addressed a lighting issue that was affecting the hub environment.

Resolved a bug causing certain enemy types not to self-destruct after a timeout, impacting scoring.

Fixed the ‘-longbow’ launch command not properly starting the player inside the full scale castle.

Addressed a missing localization string in the hub and in Longbow.

Fixed an issue in Xortex Infinite which caused certain enemy types not to properly self-destruct after a time out, impacting scoring.

Fixed a missing localization string in the hub and in Longbow.

Corrected the launch command to properly start the player inside the full scale castle.

The computer screen viewer window can now be set to full screen with a launch parameter.

Added haptic controller response when petting Fetchbot.

Slingshot has been rebalanced with adjusted point yields and more powerful barrel explosions.

Added voice subtitles and text translations for several languages across various game modes.

Picking up powerups increases score multiplier; Bomb replaces Super Laser.

Added haptic controller response when petting Fetchbot.

Xortex Infinite offers a boss-free score attack mode with a new scoring mechanic.

Resolved several cases where enemies would get stuck while trying to walk past each other.

Compete with fellow test subjects on new global leaderboards for Longbow, Xortex, and Slingshot.

The computer screen viewer can now be set to full screen with a launch parameter.

Resolved several cases where enemies would get stuck while trying to walk past each other.

Longbow now features infinite enemy waves and a new scoring system rewarding various actions.

Added Xortex Infinite, a boss-free score attack mode with a global leaderboard.

Compete with fellow test subjects on new global leaderboards for Longbow, Xortex, and Slingshot.

Adjusted point yields for towers, barrels, and tracer core boxes in Slingshot.

Added a scene selection dropdown interface to the monitor's viewer window.

Added voice subtitles and text translations for several languages.

Introduced a scene selection dropdown interface to the monitor's viewer window.

Enemies become faster and more plentiful after wave 8, with an increased chance to wear armor.

Longbow now features infinite enemy waves and a new scoring system rewarding various actions.

Introduced The Spinner enemy that spews bullets while spinning.

Pressing the Application Menu button will skip the Valve Intro for returning players.

Pressing the Application Menu button will skip the Valve Intro for returning players.

Trained FetchBot to not steal toys from the table.

Fixed the 'new' marker sometimes pointing to the wrong item on the table.

Fixed being able to toss small planets out of the Solar System.

Players can use command line parameters to load The Lab to a specific scene: -xortex, -slingshot, -longbow, -humanbody, -solarsystem, -vesperpeak, -park, -lavatube, -venice.

Lighting fixes.

The intro can now be skipped with the command line parameters: -nointro or -novid.

Touching the boss now causes death.

Planets now gently rotate into place when set in orbits.

Fixed controller text hints doing acrobatics when viewed from certain angles.

Fixed being able to toss small planets out of the Solar System.

Trained FetchBot to not steal toys from the table.

Fixed the 'new' marker sometimes pointing to the wrong item on the table.

Fixed controller text hints doing acrobatics when viewed from certain angles.

Planets now gently rotate into place when set in orbits.

Touching the boss now causes death.

Lighting fixes.

Several sound fixes.

Players can use command line parameters to load The Lab to a specific scene: -xortex, -slingshot -longbow, -humanbody, -solarsystem, -vesperpeak, -park, -lavatube, -venice.

Several sound fixes.

The intro can now be skipped with the command line parameters: -nointro or -novid.