Using the Oculus Touch controllers was effortless, letting me make and drink my morning coffee with no difficulty.
Outside of the philosophical questions Job Simulator dredged up, I appreciated the simplicity of the game's control scheme. Is this what the robots think work was like for humanity? The cubicle demo has a very "Office Space" feel, and the seemingly meaningless work you're doing has no real reward, other than the clock finally hitting 5 p.m.
Owlchemy is taking workplace tropes and turning them on their heads. MORE: Facebook in Your Face: Virtual Reality Apps on Wayĭespite the game's mundane setting, you can't help but appreciate the dark humor. From there, I chucked paper airplanes around the office until 5 p.m., when a burst of confetti fell from the ceiling. Next, I deleted all 99,999 of my emails and started going through my files and stamping them with a "fired" or "hired" stamp as my robot boss looked on approvingly. I deftly plugged in my monitor and desktop with quick flick of the wrist and squeeze of the trigger, and commenced to print out pictures of robots and cats. Once I had my virtual morning snack, the next order of business was turning on my virtual computer. Schwartz and Reimer didn't say what the humans of the future were doing sans jobs, but intimated that there are subtle hints sprinkled throughout the game. Set in some sort of museum, Job Simulator gives human visitors a choice among five jobs they can act out, such as working as a meaningless drone in a cubicle, or as a chef making soup. who are presumably curious about the work environments of their ancestors. The game is meant to be a simulator for the humans of 2050.
Owlchemy's Chief Scientist Alex Schwartz and Chief Technology Owl (sic) Devin Reimer told me that in Job Simulator, the computers have taken all of humanity's jobs. He explained that this is what humans used to do to start their day at work.
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