Noda

Noda is a free to play VR program that is for a space to build and share 3D mental models – mind maps, storyboards, network or flow diagrams, project plans – to enhance productivity, understanding and awareness. It worked on my HTC Vive and Index system, looked ok, played ok, sounded ok. The paid DLC is to convert the free version to the Full price version. The free version has limitations but it can be useful. Has in-game instructions. Try it, if you are looking for mind mapping software.

Noda is not a game. Games contain meaningful gamelike interaction and game loops, which are absent in this software. Instead of being a game, Noda is a software application that is a non-free demo/advertisement for an unsuccessful VR exclusive "virtual whiteboard collaborative space". It's not free, you have to pay an eye watering $20 to unlock the whole application (which is not a game) and it's also infested with a cancerous in-app cash shop. I wonder why people have a low opinion of this developer? It is a mystery. Anyway this garbage is not a game. For those unfamiliar with what actually makes something a game, a "game loop" describes the interaction and feedback a gamer has when playing a game. Tetris, for example, has a game loop where a random block appears, the gamer interacts with the block to position it, and then the game decides if that finishes a row or not, increases the players score if any rows were completed, then gives the gamer another block to position. Counter-Strike has a game loop where a player seeks another player, tests their skill against that player by shooting them or being shot, the computer rewards the player if they win, and then if the player survives, they repeat that loop. There's no loop here, no true interactive feedback. It simply is not a game, it cannot be "played". This has misleadingly been launched in the "Games" section of Steam instead of the "Software" section. This is a common mistake for developers who are new to Steam, or don't understand the difference between games and software which isn't a game. It seems this software published incorrectly as a game is simply lack of experience/knowledge of the correct process. Here's a link for the process to publish non-game software on Steam: [url=https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpWithPublishing?issueid=925]Steam Developer Help With Software Publishing[/url] It's unfortunate this process was not known about/followed, resulting in a software application being published in the wrong place. Publishing things which aren't games on Steam in the Games section as games is misleading to gamers and somewhat harmful, because it pollutes the Steam marketplace and takes away visibility and market exposure for genuine game developers who do the right thing and make games for gamers. There are no gameplay loops in this software, no "gameplay", no meaningful game like interaction. It's a software application and as such has no merits as a video game for gamers. Because of this, I cannot recommend this non-game software as a game to gamers.

It's a start. Make some of the items more intuitive (like touching an object to edit it) and I could see myself using this often for school and work projects. Also, the camera for capture seemed to be off.

Great app for laying out your ideas spatially. Really like the export to .csv feature.

Reinstalled and re-downloaded. Still does not work. Very disappointing. So, not certain that I want to risk purchasing the full version.

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this is actually a really cool application for idea building!