Noun Town: VR Language Learning

I will leave the cat here, so that everybody who passes by can pet it and give it a thumbs up and awards, thank you 　　　 　　／＞　　フ 　　　 　　| 　_　 _ l 　 　　 　／` ミ＿xノ 　　 　 /　　　 　 | 　　　 /　 ヽ　　 ﾉ 　 　 │　　|　|　| 　／￣|　　 |　|　| 　| (￣ヽ＿_ヽ_)__) 　＼二つ Nah, but seriously, this is an awesome game and has been super helpful in my language learning journey. I love it so much! Works great on valve index, devs are *very* active in the discord, its the best.

I bought the steam version but couldnt pass the tutorial because of some bug. Reached out the devs and they also couldnt solve the problem but they send me free Meta store copy so I play there. props to the devs.

I bought this to use for German. There is one glaring issue that has put me off of it, and that is that the voice recognition does not recognize the incorrect use of articles, which is a pretty big thing in the German language. If that is fixed, then I would use it it again.

This by far has been the most fun way of learning. There is a lot to learn I recommend what it tells you because you can over load yourself and then you will forgot more than you elarn this game is meant to be played in small intervals.

It's a nice VR "game" that I could recommend if you want to boost your vocabulary a little instead of just shooting things in VR. It's educational and not as boring as many of those games are and it has relaxing music and a lot of mechanics to interact with in the game.

Disappointed. Speech recognition doesn't work 90% of the time, which is essential for "painting the room" in order to progress. No menu to turn off the constantly repeating music. Instead of Kanji by itself, I'd prefer to see the Hiragana pronunciations with the Kanji.

Very helpful and fun way to assist in language learning. I would like to see a writing component some day where it can score your hiragana/katakana for example, I think that would work well in VR. Thank you for the app and continuous updates!

I purchased this game a couple of years ago in anticipation of a work assignment in Sweden, and the statement from the developers that “It’s on the list of languages for 2023!”. As a big fan of VR, it was the perfect opportunity to use this as a tool to both learn the language, enjoy a hobby, and support the game development industry. Unfortunately, despite it being the most requested language on the developers’ discord, it is still nowhere to be seen years later. This highlights the problems with both making statements that aren’t honored, and purchasing products for features that they don’t already have. It’s the reason I’ve stopped buying early access unless the product and price is acceptable to me as-is. Knowing what I know now, I would not have purchased this game (and am unfortunately well beyond the refund window), and am less trusting of developers when they make these sorts of claims. I understand the prerogative to follow the money, to pivot towards features that make more money, and otherwise find a wider user base for one’s product. These are all understandable goals, but doing so at the cost of improving the product itself or adding value to it just heads you down the same road that Duolingo has paved.

Actually my review is more of a "yes" and "no". (Please note, I already know 5+ languages so take this review with a grain of salt if you happen to know less) The Yes bit: - If you already know a language and simply don't want to get rusty, this is a great game because it's basically The World of Flash Cards - Interactive and interesting, very fun (if you already know a language you're trying not to lose) - It's not AI bs, the languages are decent and you will actually learn - Great for those who need to bone up on their listening skill and get into the habit of speaking the foreign language you're learning in front of others - Different sections for different things, like the weather, a clothing store, etc The No bit: - Can't customize your hands - If you are learning a language with a different writing alphabet (such as Chinese or Korean) and you're new to it, it doesn't really break down the words for you. Just spit it at you for you to spit it back at them, no matter if you got it. No slowing down, no highlighted parts, nothing - Directions are a bit lacking, I already did a majority of the cafe before I noticed I only had to do 5 items - The intro/tutorial part would be enough to dissuade an easily flummoxed person because they would not know what to call the cat (the first item you get), how its name should be written, nothing. I've learned (from doing this all 5+ times -_-'''' ) that you have to break things down and go slow so the person isn't simply standing there going "but I *don't* know what that is!" - You sometimes don't know that you're not supposed to reply to them, the NPC would start yik-yakin' and I thought I had to reply (That could be user error on my part because, again, I know the language) - You get a wrist gauntlet that I'm still figuring out, could use a hover-over feature Additional Bits: - Your headset calibration is going to have to be fairly decent so you can read the smol text you will get. - Don't have a fan pointed at you (like I did) because it will say you messed up a word when you didn't - You're not going to learn a language in a day and you sure as heck won't retain it if you try, this game is dependent on continual practice - Yes/No in the language you're trying to learn should have it in those languages and your home language automatically

VRで言語学習というチャレンジしたことない体験のためにプレイ。 名詞から、ぬいぐるみのような質感のアイテムを持って名前を呼ぶことで覚えていく。 Townの中では簡単な言語を生かしたゲームと町民との会話を行って、ボキャブラリーを増やしたり、単語の反復練習を行っていく。 トリガーを引きながら実際に発音することで、ゲームによって正誤判定がされて正しい発音ができているかという仕組み。 正誤判定の感度はかなり甘いが、このくらいの精度の方がイライラしなくてすみそう。 一部シーンでは、トリガーを引いても音声認識が起動しない、ミニゲーム中にクリアできない状況になる、覚えたはずのアイテムがまた覚えなおしになるなど不安な場面も散見される。 しかし、あまり競合がないジャンルなので、興味がある人はプレイしてみるのもいいと思う。