When it comes to competitive first person shooters, players must train to be accurate and gain quick reflexes. Fortunately, Aim Lab (sometimes called Aimlabs) provides a space for players to train.
Created by State Space Labs Inc., commonly known as Statespace, Aim Lab is an aim trainer that looks to improve player performance through community and officially made training courses and scenarios.
Elijah “Revan” Lafferty, a DPS Overwatch Crimson player, started using Aim Lab about two years ago when it was still in its infancy. Today, he and the majority of the OU Esports Overwatch players use it.
“Aimlabs is a game in itself, it is an aim trainer,” Lafferty said. “That’s what the base of what the game is.”
From Overwatch, to Apex Legends or even Call of Duty, Aim Labs offers a variety of ways to hone your aiming skills by creating unique training scenarios.
”“Aim Lab has been developed as your personal trainer to help you get better - in more games - through curated aim training scenarios, improving your core FPS skills including flicking, tracking, speed, perception & cognition through detailed aim analysis feedback which guides you on quick improvements,”
Aim Lab Steam store page
Players can create any scenario that comes to mind, or browse the extensive community workshop.
Aim Lab has official partnerships with Valorant and Rainbow Six Siege, with both maps and weapons from the games.
Lafferty’s favorite part of Aim Lab is the Voltaic integration, which allows players to survey their progress within the aim trainer.
“Voltaic is a third party organization…They made a whole ranked mode for (Aim Lab), so you have a benchmark,” Lafferty said. “You rank up and progress throughout playing it and it shows you what skill level you’re at.”
Voltaic uses Discord and spreadsheets for players to share and compare scores. There are different benchmarks: novice, intermediate and advanced, with different tiers within those benchmarks.
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Voltaic uses Discord and spreadsheets for players to share and compare scores. There are different benchmarks: novice, intermediate and advanced, with different tiers within those benchmarks.
Although Lafferty enjoys using Aim Lab, he wishes there were more official game integrations and more frequent updates.
“They do a good job of integrating different orgs into their system,” Lafferty said. “Right as of now, they don’t have (an integration) for Overwatch, which is a little unfortunate.”
That said, he still has enjoyed using Aim Lab and looks forward to the full release, as Aim Lab is still in development.
“It’s insane for only being 65% done,” Lafferty said. “I’m just ready to see when the full game releases what it’s gonna be like.”
Aim Lab is one of OU Esports and Co-Curricular Innovation’s donors. To learn more about their donation, check the press release here.
