Pod Playground

POD PLAYGROUND is a VR playground built out of four rooms and one very fast pod.

Walk up to the race pod and you are in it. Squeeze the right trigger and it runs its tunnel at 180 km/h - dead straight, dead level, with light rings streaming past the canopy. Every arrival ends on a turntable: step out and the pod swings 180 degrees behind you to face the way home. One pod, both directions, no waiting.

THE ROOMS The bright lab - Button Rush against the clock, a tower of blocks on a lit pad, and six coloured vials to sort into three bins. The second lab - catch drifting orbs, repeat a growing sequence on the memory wall, and throw balls through a ring that slides while you aim. The underground garage - toss tyres onto posts, sweep ten cans off a bench in thirty seconds, and run five lit gates for a time. The stadium - beat a moving keeper from the spot, keep a ball off the grass for as long as you can, and throw for the ring furthest down the pitch.

COMFORT Snap turning only, never smooth rotation. The pod holds a straight line at a speed you control and the cockpit never shakes - the turntable turns with nobody aboard. Take the headset off at any point and the game freezes behind a calm black shell.

Twelve activities, four rooms, three tunnels, one pod. Nothing to fight.