{"id":2883,"date":"2022-01-25T13:18:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T18:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=2883"},"modified":"2022-01-25T13:18:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T18:18:21","slug":"the-snow-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=2883","title":{"rendered":"The Snow App"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Snow App<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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I was sitting at home, bored as usual, with nothing much to do. I opened the window to my bedroom to look out and check out the weather. It was gray and dismal and definitely cold. I hate winter, though, on afterthought, winter is a lot of fun, especially in this new virtual reality app I just got. It was called \u201cWinter Playland 2022\u201d. So that\u2019s what I decided to do. I put on my VR goggles, turned on my iPhone 13 Pro Max, sat back in my chair, and started up the app.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I was immediately placed in a winter snow scene. It was snowing lightly and there were all sorts of choices to make. I could go skiing or sledding on any of an assortment of hills. There was a group of kids having a snowball fight that I could join or build an awesome snow sculpture. It was perfect. I decided to start with the snow sculpture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It was incredibly realistic. The first part was to create the base for your construction. As I moved my hands I was rolling up snow for the base. This continued for the other parts of my creation. Next came the sculpting part. I was provided tools to design whatever snow creature I wanted. I decided to go for a unicorn, though my end result looked more like a miss-shapen alien unicow. All the while, the snow continued to fall. At one point, I was tempted to see if this simulation created two snowflakes that were identical. That required more work than I was willing to take on so I went on to my next event.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I went over to the ski slope. I have never skied before in real life, so I of course took the advanced slope. I may have fallen a few times going down the slope but it was exhilarating. I could feel the wind and snow whipping across my face as sped down the hill. This new game was incredibly realistic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I then joined in on the snowball fight. I must have been hit dozens of times for my face was getting really cold. I could even feel the simulated snow going down the back of my neck.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know how long I ended up playing the game. Maybe a couple of hours. My whole body ended up feeling wet and frozen. I could believe how real this all felt. I mean, my legs felt like they were stuck in deep snow and my hands were numb. I thought, next time I play this game I should make sure I pay for the App Add-ons which include warmer snow attire.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I turned off the iPhone, took off my VR goggles, and at that moment I learned 4 very valuable lessons about playing \u201cWinter Playland 2022\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n