Comparison

NYU Tandon Vision VR vs [AR] Blob

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

NYU Tandon Vision VR

Experience a virtual mission to Mars driving a student-designed robot. Explore the Gale Crater and collect simulated Martian soil, best enjoyed with headphones and a VR headset.

Highlights
  • Virtual Mars exploration
  • Drive a student-designed robot
  • Explore Gale Crater
  • Collect simulated Martian soil
  • VR headset compatible
Features
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Journey from the classrooms of NYU Tandon School of Engineering to Mars and navigate the surface of the Mars Gale Crater with a student designed robot. The NYU Lunabots team created the ATLAS robot to compete in the NASA Lunabotics competition to collect simulated martian soil. Here, you'll get to drive their robot around in a virtual mission to mars. Best played with headphones. This app will only work in Cardboard or similar headsets, the screen is split and not easily playable without lenses. Works with both magnet (2014) and physical tap (2015) headsets.

About

[AR] Blob

Explore a dynamic metaball simulation in augmented reality. Customize textures, parameters, and environments to create unique 3D visualizations. This app offers an ad-free and in-app purchase-free experience.

Highlights
  • Metaball simulation in AR
  • Customizable textures and parameters
  • Multiple virtual environments
  • Marching Cubes algorithm visualization
  • Ad-free and no in-app purchases
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Are you a fan of 3D computer graphics and augmented reality? Then let yourself be enchanted by this metaball simulation. With [AR] Blob you get a high-quality AR app with which you can play in all facets with Metaballs. Use the settings menu. Here you will find many configuration options that influence the simulation. Choose from a variety of texture types that you like best. Change parameters to see how the simulation adapts and changes. Experiment with refraction. Consider the simulation in the virtual environment of a canyon, in the green nature, in a burned-down observatory, between heaven and earth and numerous other motifs. [AR] Blob uses the Marching Cubes algorithm, which was developed in 1987 by scientists William Lorenson and Harvey Cline as part of a research project. Virtual ISO surfaces can be found, calculated and displayed in three-dimensional space. (e.g. 3D ultrasound technology) As always, this app has no in-app purchases or annoying ads so you get a nice product. We hope you enjoy this AR title.

Screenshots

NYU Tandon Vision VR4 screens
[AR] Blob4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: [AR] Blob at 4.6 against NYU Tandon Vision VR's 2.0. [AR] Blob also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (54 vs 1). NYU Tandon Vision VR's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.6). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

[AR] Blob holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: [AR] Blob has 54 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NYU Tandon Vision VR ships an update every 9 months, [AR] Blob every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and August 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NYU Tandon Vision VR versus [AR] Blob: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNYU Tandon Vision VR[AR] Blob
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)4.6 (54 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings154 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB291 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNew York UniversityPhilippe Zay

Customer experience

NYU Tandon Vision VR

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

[AR] Blob

All ratings54 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral3.7%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

NYU Tandon Vision VR

No in-app purchases

None

[AR] Blob

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NYU Tandon Vision VR free?
NYU Tandon Vision VR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is [AR] Blob free?
[AR] Blob is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NYU Tandon Vision VR or [AR] Blob?
[AR] Blob is rated higher. NYU Tandon Vision VR averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while [AR] Blob averages 4.6 from 54 ratings.
Do NYU Tandon Vision VR or [AR] Blob have ads?
Neither NYU Tandon Vision VR nor [AR] Blob shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NYU Tandon Vision VR or [AR] Blob?
NYU Tandon Vision VR ships an update every 9 months, and [AR] Blob every 2 months. Most recently, NYU Tandon Vision VR was updated on June 9, 2026 and [AR] Blob on August 24, 2026.

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