Impact Lab: How the Modular Physics Lab Works on Your Headset

Impact Lab is a physics toy for a VR headset. You work inside a modular laboratory. Twenty experiments ask you to launch something, stack something, or break something. The score follows the result.

This guide explains what Impact Lab is, how an experiment works from setup to score, and who it suits. It is listed as Coming soon on aeternusvita.io. You can get notified from the product page when it is ready.

What Impact Lab is

The one-line pitch from the Play copy says it plainly: "Arrange a lab experiment, launch the impact, and read the score." The subtitle is "Launch, stack and break".

The longer description adds the setting. Impact Lab is a physics toy for a VR headset where you work inside a modular laboratory. Twenty experiments ask you to launch, stack or break, and the score follows the result.

Impact Lab is made by aeternusvita.io. The listing ends with a simple instruction: pick an experiment, arrange the objects, and launch. Nothing has been released or submitted to any store. The project is hosted as a web build for testing and the site lists it as Coming soon. The brief describes the audience as physics-toy players and the core loop as: pick experiment, arrange objects, launch impact, score result.

How an experiment works

Every experiment follows four steps.

First, pick an experiment. There are twenty in the set, each asking for a launch, a stack or a break.

Second, arrange the objects. The tools for setup are there before you launch. You place and adjust what the experiment gives you. The brief lists predictable physics, creative solutions and fast reset as the product pillars.

Third, launch the impact. The setup meets the simulation, the impact lands and the result becomes visible in the lab.

Fourth, read the score. The Play copy says the score follows the result. The score closes the run and lets you compare one attempt with the next. The lab then offers a fast reset back to the same experiment.

Twenty experiments: launch, stack and break

The number is fixed in the brief, the PRD and every locale of the Play copy: twenty experiments.

They divide into three kinds. Some ask you to launch something, some to stack something, some to break something. The brief phrases it as "launch, stack and break experiments" and the Play copy uses the same verbs.

The modular laboratory holds all twenty. Each experiment uses the lab layout to set a task that fits one of those verbs. The brief lists what is out of scope: large destruction scenes are out of scope and UGC sharing is out of scope. The focus stays on the twenty set experiments.

You can work through the set in order or stay on one favourite. The fast reset keeps you on the same experiment without extra navigation.

Four tools for setup

You arrange the objects first. Four tools are there for the setup. That line appears in the English Play copy and in every translation.

The brief lists four tools in the key features and the MVP scope repeats the same count: twenty experiments, four tools, three material types. The listing does not name the tools individually. They are the means to place and prepare the objects before launch.

You use them to position objects and set their relation to each other. Three material types answer the impact in their own way, so the tool work and the material choice work together. The acceptance criteria note that a new player should reach the core interaction within two minutes.

Three material types with their own response

Three material types answer the impact in their own way. That sentence is in the Play copy in English and in each of the other eleven locales, and the key features repeat it as "Three material types with their own response".

The PRD includes Material response and Challenge evaluator as required systems, alongside Physics reset.

The same launch can give a different result if the materials differ. One arrangement with one set of materials gives one score. The same arrangement with a different material gives another score you can compare. The physics stays consistent from one try to the next, so you can compare two arrangements. The response is tied to the material type and remains the same when you reset.

Consistent physics and scoring you can compare

Consistency matters because the score follows the result.

The Play copy says the physics stays consistent from one try to the next, so you can compare two arrangements. The brief restates this as predictable physics and lists deterministic reset as a required system. Scoring follows the same approach. The PRD names nondeterministic scoring as a risk and sets repeatable scoring tolerance as a criterion.

If you place objects the same way and use the same materials, the same launch gives the same score within tolerance. Other criteria support this: reset under two seconds, a complete run that can start, finish, restart and recover from interruption, and no blocker defect in a thirty-minute soak. When physics and scoring are steady, you can learn from the last attempt — move a piece, swap a material, launch again, and see the score change for that reason alone.

Fast reset, local saves and comfort

When you want another attempt, the lab resets and the objects return. The key features call it "A fast reset back to the same experiment" and the acceptance criteria put a number on it: under two seconds. You reset, arrange and launch without extra menus.

Settings are saved on the device. The Play copy states this — "Settings are saved on the device, and comfort presets are included" — and the PRD lists Local settings and save data as a required system. There is no network dependency for the MVP, so progress stays on the headset.

Comfort presets are included in every language of the Play copy. The required systems list names Quest 2 performance and comfort presets, with a standalone target of stable 72 Hz on Quest 2. On a headset linked to a computer, a spectator view shows the lab on the desktop. The key features phrase it as "Comfort presets and a desktop spectator view" and the PRD calls it Desktop spectator view for PCVR. It shows the lab for someone watching from the linked computer.

The lab modules and tools are supplied with optimised levels of detail and collision meshes. Current builds are web builds under a Quest target, with a hosted smoke test that passes. The native Godot port has not started, as noted in the project status.

Who Impact Lab suits

The brief names the audience as physics-toy players.

If you enjoy arranging a small scene, making a change and seeing a scored result you can improve on, the loop will fit. Each experiment is compact: arrange, launch, read the score, adjust. Consistency lets you learn from the last attempt rather than guess.

It also suits players who like to compare ideas. Two arrangements for the same experiment can be tested one after the other because the reset is fast and the physics stays the same. Keep the same materials and move one object, or keep the arrangement and swap a material, and see which change moves the score.

For players who prefer large destruction scenes or sharing creations online, the brief says those are out of scope. Impact Lab stays on the twenty experiments, four tools and three material responses. There are no prices, release dates or ratings to compare, as none are listed and nothing has been released.

Coming soon on aeternusvita.io

Impact Lab is listed as Coming soon at https://www.aeternusvita.io/en/products/impact-lab. The brief records the release date as not decided, with no store submissions yet. That is the only availability stated so far: coming soon, nothing more.

If you want to follow it, open the product page and use the notify option there. The owner reviews blog posts on the CRM Blog page before they go live and copies approved posts into the site repo, so the product page remains the place to get notified.

Pick an experiment, arrange the objects, and launch. When you are ready to hear when Impact Lab is available, the product page is the place to leave your details.