In what look to be a valiant effort to twist the showBlack Mirrorinto realness , Google France has created anescape roomin which player must use Google apps to get out .
AdWeek reportsthat the way , name Première Pièce , mimics a traditional flight room by locking people in a physical space and requiring them to solve a bunch of teaser within a 40 - minute time period . That sounds bad enough , but Google ’s has an extra layer straight out of your techno - nightmares : Players have to apply apps like Search , Maps , Translate , Photos , and Cardboard to get out . Wow , what do you guys consider Google is trying to say here ?
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The troupe also has afew suggestionsfor how to practice the apps :
Google Hangout : clew are given to player by Julie ( the fictional possessor of the position ) via Google Hangout messages .
Google Cardboard : At the end of the game , players have to discover three symbols to unlock a laptop . Those symbols are hidden in a 360 ° landscape painting instrumentalist have to research thanks to Google Cardboard .
Google Translate : On the wall of the room , there are posters with cryptical content write in foreign languages ( Norwegian , Danish , Chinese , Japanese , etc . ) . Those messages are cue participant have to translate thanks to the Google Translate app installed on their smartphone .
We Are Social , the ad means behind this threatening melodic theme , will be livestreaming bodily function in the escapism elbow room today . The stream will also need the next worst matter after an app - themed flight room : YouTube stars .
“ The event will be interactive , with viewers encouraged to publish challenges to the YouTubers through Twitter as well as change aspects of the room , such as turning off the lights or have a pizza to the players,”according to Media Post . Boy , that seems like a prime opportunity for somesocial media fuckery .
If you happen to be in Paris and want to try out this incubus for yourself , the Google safety valve way will be undefendable from May 20th to May 29th in Paris . enter at your own risk .
[ AdWeek ]
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