HubWorld
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HubWorld - Free (PWYW)
In what is most akin to an Art installation, HubWorld is a small few minute experience of wandering around and checking out the space in a first person format.
Eerie yet calming sounds background your wandering, finishing up just as you have checked out what exists on this small plain. The experience felt almost dreamlike in it’s appearance, with a smudged quality over everything that’s further than a few feet in front of you.
There are four landscapes to check out, the final of which is actually a little awe inspiring.
HubWorld is designed to be a chill space to hang out in for a short time, which it accomplishes to a T. This experience will only take a few minutes to “finish”, but just existing in the space, with the sights and the sounds, is simply quite nice.