It's easy to use, beautifully tutorialised, and hugely fascinating.
I just finished playing and my mind is blown. I spent most of my time staring at the screen, smiling like an idiot.
[Universe Sandbox] is one of the coolest things I've used on Vive so far.
Universe Sandbox Legacy is a physics-based space simulator with some unusual fun extras. The program works well as an educational tool. Open the 'Solar System' simulation, for instance, and you'll see an animated view of our solar system showing all the planets, the moons and their actual orbits. Universe Sandbox 2 is currently on Steam Early Access, though no date has been set for when a VR-supporting build will become available. Additionally, the developer has no firm release date for the full game, but anticipates continuing work in Early Access for the better part of 2016.
Most epic moment - increased the mass of the sun when it suddenly flashed insanely in a giant supernova. Epic touch.
...a vast improvement over the original. ... an incredibly enjoyable simulator.
This simulator will blow your mind. I love it.
Everyone should be playing Universe Sandbox.
To describe the simulated destruction of Earth as satisfying is to undersell the delight of a child with a magnifying glass and some plastic soldiers.
I just love this stuff. I could explore this game all day.
Love this program. So pretty. You guys really outdid yourselves!!
It's like my great grandfather always used to say, 'Nothing like destroying 45 simultaneous instances of the Milky Way to brighten up a bad day.'
If the water starts to evaporate, this might be one of the best games ever made... [water evaporates]
Space is so cool!
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A space simulator like no other: The Sims meets Elite meets Stephen Hawking's archives.
This simulator really puts you in the driver's seat to the universe we live in.
Universe Sandbox Legacy is a physics-based space simulator with some unusual fun extras.
The program works well as an educational tool. Open the 'Solar System' simulation, for instance, and you'll see an animated view of our solar system showing all the planets, the moons and their actual orbits.
Clicking near an interesting celestial body displays details like its velocity, mass, diameter, density and more.
It's easy to zoom in and out, or click and drag to move your viewpoint in 3D space.
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That's good, but you're not restricted to the Solar System. The program has a lengthy list of other simulations to explore, from relatively local (Saturn and its rings, various planets and their moons), to very distant (distant stars or entire galaxies) and historic (Pioneer, Voyager, Ulysses and other spacecraft as they fly past planets).
Best of all, you can play around with any of this just to see what happens. Add Saturn-like rings to Earth, maybe. Change Mars to the size of the sun. Maybe explode something, and watch how the orbits change.
You only get one hour of playing around like this in the free version, unfortunately, so use it wisely. (That's an hour of manipulating the simulations - you can browse them in a basic way forever.). But Universal Sandbox Premium ($9.95) removes that restriction, and allows you to create simulations as well as open them.
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Or, if you're really enthusiastic about the idea, you might prefer Universal Sandbox 2. It's hugely improved in every area - graphics, physics, climate simulation and more - and can be yours for $24.99.
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This older version of Universe Sandbox looks a little plain, but there's still plenty of educational space exploration to be had here.