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Aperture Hand Lab

Experience the high fidelity virtual reality of your own hands like never before.

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Developer
Cloudhead Games Ltd.
Publisher
Valve
Release
June 25, 2019
7 years and 39 days ago
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Very Positive1,609 reviews86.3%

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About the Game

These Aren't Your Daddy's Hands.

These aren't even your hands. These are precision-tuned sensor-rich re-imaginings of your hands, presented in high-fidelity simulated reality.

Main Features:

  • Grabbing
  • Shaking
  • Waving

If you've always longed to try these exciting edge-of-your-wrist hand maneuvers, but wanted the chance to practice first in the safety of a non-judgmental virtual world, Aperture Hand Lab is easily in the top three options currently available to you in VR.

Presented in the World of Aperture.

You didn’t read that wrong! This game is present in the bowl of ape nature! Hold on, we did read that wrong! But you didn’t, Reading Champ! This game takes place in Aperture Science, home to the modestly popular Portal games your daddy used to play! But this isn’t your daddy’s game! (Return to top.)

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