virtual reality<\/a> game Ultimate Recycling Super Simulator, created by MTI3D students at Arts et Métiers de Laval, took home the prize awarded on 9 April at the Espace Mayenne. <\/strong><\/p>\n\nHeld in Laval for 28 years, Europe’s largest XR event recognises the most promising XR projects each year across a range of categories. The #Students competition, which this year brought together 20 projects from 8 different nationalities, honours a game built entirely from scratch, custom physical device included, in just two weeks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\nA job offer gone wrong<\/h2><\/h2>\n\n
The pitch fits in a single sentence, written like a twisted job ad: congratulations, recruit, you’ve landed the job of the year, supreme maintenance agent for a mad scientist. Armed with a telescopic grabber, the player must hunt down every piece of rubbish lurking in the laboratory to satisfy their beloved employer. A straightforward hygiene stroll, on the surface. But between dubious waste and blinking machines, the atmosphere quickly starts to crawl in the shadows of the room.<\/p>\n\n
The aesthetic the team claims as their own is that of a “Russian mad scientist”, a blend of unsettling, funny and offbeat. A deliberate choice made from the very start of development: “We first thought about an artistic direction around this Russian, slightly disturbing style, with a bit of humour, but also the mad scientist side,” the team explained on stage.<\/p>\n\n