New ‘Modbox’ Video Has Portals that Will Mess with Your Mind

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We got our hands on Alien Trap’s HTC Vive multi-player sandbox physics title at Unity’s Vision VR/AR Summit last week and loved its playful encouragement to create and destroy. Now, this latest video shows the developer’s tests with mind-bending portals.

What could make a promising physics-based, sandbox party game like Modbox even better? Alien Trap clearly thinks the answer is: Throw dimension-warping portals into the mix. This latest video demonstrates Alien Trap’s experiments with warping windows, and as fun as it looks on a flat screen monitor, can imagine this being insane in VR and on another level when you throw your friends into the mix (or indeed through those portals).

See Also: Hands On: Modbox on HTC Vive Indulges Your Creative & Destructive Urges

Modbox is currently being developed only for HTC Vive, releasing some time in 2016. Keep up with the title as it heads towards Steam Early Access here.

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Based in the UK, Paul has been immersed in interactive entertainment for the best part of 27 years and has followed advances in gaming with a passionate fervour. His obsession with graphical fidelity over the years has had him branded a ‘graphics whore’ (which he views as the highest compliment) more than once and he holds a particular candle for the dream of the ultimate immersive gaming experience. Having followed and been disappointed by the original VR explosion of the 90s, he then founded RiftVR.com to follow the new and exciting prospect of the rebirth of VR in products like the Oculus Rift. Paul joined forces with Ben to help build the new Road to VR in preparation for what he sees as VR’s coming of age over the next few years.
  • Firestorm185

    And now you’re thinking with portals. There. Someone had to say it! ;P

  • Mateusz

    Still not impressed …it’s like Oculus Toybox only without multiplayer/social aspect. Tilt Brush seems way more exciting.