Overview
labs
  • Completion Time: 6 Hours
  • Difficulty: 1
  • Easily Missed Achievements/Trophies: 0
  • Offline Achievements/Trophies: 0
  • Online Achievements/Trophies: 3
Summary:
This app and rewards are no longer accessible. The program was only run for US citizens between March 10th, 2011 until March 27th, 2011.
Author Notes:
You can use a wireless controller to unlock all achievements and awards. It doesn't impact the active testing if and when the controller turns off from being idle. After a certain amount of time, the message at the bottom of the screen will say that you CAN exit, and the test will continue when you load the Xbox LIVE Labs program again.


Xbox LIVE Labs will only be available in US territories
between March 10th, 2011 until March 27th, 2011.

“Xbox LIVE Labs needs your help to improve Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE. There are multiple tests for your avatar to run. As a thanks for helping us, your avatar will be awarded exclusive Xbox LIVE Labs gear for each test you complete.”

Xbox LIVE Labs is a free downloadable program on the Xbox Marketplace that will be available for a limited time only, and available only to gamers in the United States, and offers them some easy time-based achievements worth absolutely nothing but bragging rights for completionists. This is a method for Microsoft to better their Xbox Live servers, such as upgrading them. This is nothing but a program that runs tests while the Xbox idle/ You can’t escape once the testing starts, or you will have to run Xbox LIVE Labs all over again, so unless you have something else to do while it runs, prepare to sit and stare at this screen for a couple hours straight to unlock all achievements and awards:

For your patience, Microsoft offers users of this specialty program 3 achievements (worth 0 points), similar to the launch gamer picture given to those who bought the launch Xbox 360 consoles, as well as 3 avatar awards (technically 4 as one is for male avatars, and the other for female avatars). When all is done, your avatar could look like this:

So, the only question now is whether or not you find it’s worth sitting around, letting your Xbox run tests, keep you gaming, all for some mad scientist-like avatar awards, and 3 achievements worth absolutely nothing.

General Overview

  • Estimated Difficulty: 1/10
  • Completion Time: 6 hours
  • 3 out of 3 achievements must be unlocked on-line
  • 4 out of 4 avatar awards must be unlock on-line

Notes:

  • You can use a wireless controller to unlock all achievements and awards. It doesn’t impact the active testing if and when the controller turns off from being idle.
  • After a certain amount of time, the message at the bottom of the screen will say that you CAN exit, and the test will continue when you load the Xbox LIVE Labs program again.

Table of Contents

  1. Achievements
  2. Avatar Awards
  3. Downloading for non-US gamers.

Achievements

Lab Technician Lab Technician
Continuously use Xbox LIVE Labs for 30 minutes.

Once you accept to all the screens after the title screen, you will see three bars, a timer, and your avatar in a tube on the right side (see picture at top of page). Stay at this screen for 30 minutes, and the achievement will unlock.

Lab Technician Senior Research Analyst
Use the Xbox LIVE Labs for a total of an hour.

Once you accept to all the screens after the title screen, you will see three bars, a timer, and your avatar in a tube on the right side (see picture at top of page). Stay at this screen for 1 hour (60 minutes) for this achievement to unlock.

Lab Technician Mad “360″ Scientist
Use the Xbox LIVE Labs for a total of six hours.

Once you accept to all the screens after the title screen, you will see three bars, a timer, and your avatar in a tube on the right side (see picture at top of page). Stay at this screen for 6 hours (360 minutes) for this achievement to unlock.

Avatar Awards

Lab Coat (male)
Continuously use Xbox LIVE Labs for 30 minutes.

Once you accept to all the screens after the title screen, you will see three bars, a timer, and your avatar in a tube on the right side (see picture at top of page). Stay at this screen for 30 minutes for this award to unlock.

Lab Coat (female)
Continuously use Xbox LIVE Labs for 30 minutes.

Once you accept to all the screens after the title screen, you will see three bars, a timer, and your avatar in a tube on the right side (see picture at top of page). Stay at this screen for 30 minutes for this award to unlock.

Brain Helmet
Use the Xbox LIVE Labs for a total of an hour.

Once you accept to all the screens after the title screen, you will see three bars, a timer, and your avatar in a tube on the right side (see picture at top of page). Stay at this screen for 1 hour (60 minutes) for this award to unlock.

Crazy Hair
Use the Xbox LIVE Labs for a total of six hours.

Once you accept to all the screens after the title screen, you will see three bars, a timer, and your avatar in a tube on the right side (see picture at top of page). Stay at this screen for 6 hours (360 minutes) for this award to unlock.

Downloading for non-US gamers

Are you a non-US resident and still want these achievements/awards? Here is a brief step-by-step explanation on how to obtain this!

  1. Create a US account on your Xbox (you can find instructions on how to do this on google, youtube, etc.)
  2. Use the newly made US account to download the Xbox LIVE Labs program.
  3. When it’s done download, switch back to your primary account and press the GUIDE BUTTON on your controller.
  4. Push the left analog stick Left to the GAMES tab.
  5. Go down to QUICK LAUNCH, then press :a:
  6. Push the left analog stick Right to select LATEST DOWNLOAD.
  7. Find Xbox LIVE Labs in the download list.
  8. Press :a: to launch the program.

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About Apoch Weiss

27 years old, I am a high school graduate who studied Broadcast Communications. I own and operate Apoch's Metal Review at apochs.net, and was brought onto Lead Example as a guide writer. I'm employed full-time, currently engaged, and have the literal luck of Al Bundy if not worse. I prefer Arcade titles due to lack of time to complete full-length games, and much prefer Puzzle, Platforming, various RPG styles, and Survival Horror.