Surprise is a brand new anthology of blended actuality and VR experiences coming to Quest 3 and 3S.
Developed by Vancouver studio Metanaut, Surprise is a brand new exploration app that goals to “convey magic and tranquility into your on a regular basis areas” whereas providing customers an “escape from their busy lives.” It is the newest mission from the Gadgeteer studio, which you’ll recall added a blended actuality mode to the physics-based puzzle recreation final November.
Surprise gives three totally different experiences that final for 20 minutes. Historic Ruins sees your area flip right into a mysterious cave that will get consumed by a black gap. Jellyfish Bloom guarantees a deep-sea journey the place bioluminescent jellyfish mild up the setting. Lastly, Parallel Worlds makes use of reality-bending portals that create various variations of your setting by way of ice, dots, and extra.
Every expertise makes use of controller-free hand-tracking interactions in both seated, standing, or roomscale settings solely on Quest 3. Metanaut founder Peter Kao suggested that the crew goals to ship photorealistic visuals created utilizing scanned room meshes and “superior rendering methods.”
A selected launch date can be introduced “within the coming weeks,” and Surprise reaches the Meta Quest 3 household this spring for $3.99.
