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Aperture Science

2014-05-16T23:47:29Z

Devgamer: Added photography context of Aperture's logo

[[File:Logo aperture.png|right|256px]]
'''Aperture Science''' is a scientific research company founded by [[Cave Johnson]]. ''Portal'' and ''Portal 2'' take place in Aperture Science's Enrichment Center, which is dedicated to endlessly testing the Aperture Science products and the humans that use them. Their logo is essentially just a picture of a camera lens with the F-number 2.8.

== History ==
{{see also|Story}}
[[File:Underground trophycase newspaper.png|right|150px|thumb|Newspaper reporting the purchase of the salt mine]]
Aperture Science was founded as Aperture Fixtures in the early 1940s by Cave Johnson. Aperture Fixtures was primarily dedicated to the manufacture and distribution of shower curtains {{N}} a low-tech portal between the inside and outside of a shower {{N}} with Cave Johnson winning the "Shower Curtain Salesman of 1943" award. Some time between 1943 and 1947 the company's name was changed to "Aperture Science Innovators". While this was initially done to make their shower curtains sound more hygienic, the company's focus would indeed soon shift to actual science. Cave Johnson purchased a large, abandoned salt mine in Upper Michigan in which Aperture Science's Enrichment Center would be built; however, there was at least one alternate location in Cleveland, Ohio.

Throughout the late 1940s and the 1950s, Aperture Science would begin its comprehensive testing and research practices. The best possible test subjects, the likes of Olympians, astronauts and war heroes were first chosen. They were also the second largest contractor after [[hl2:Black Mesa|Black Mesa]] for the Department of Defense from 1952 to 1954. Aperture's developments in this period included [[Gels#Repulsion Gel|Repulsion Gel]], the [[Weighted Storage Cube]], the [[Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button|1500 Megawatt Super Colliding Super Button]] and the [[Handheld Portal Device|Aperture Science Portable Quantum Tunneling Device]], an early and significantly larger version of the modern Portal Gun.

By the 1970s, Aperture Science was financially unstable. The Olympians, astronauts and war heroes that were used as test subjects were replaced with vagrants who were paid $60 for their time. Aperture Science would continue its research and created [[Gels#Propulsion Gel|Propulsion Gel]].

In the 1980s, test participation became mandatory for all staff, raising the quality of the test subjects, but diminishing employee retention. Aperture's financial problems were severe at this time, but development continued. Moon rocks were used to create [[Gels#Conversion Gel|Conversion Gel]], an efficient portal conductor. {{Spoiler text|Cave Johnson would also be poisoned by his experiments with moon rocks and become deathly ill. As his health degraded he delegated his leadership to his assistant [[Caroline]], asking that her consciousness be placed in a computer. Testing continued with the hope that passing through portals repeatedly might somehow cure Cave Johnson of his illness}}. Aperture Science also began development of its [[GLaDOS|Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System]], an artificial intelligence which would be used to oversee scientific testing.

In 1998, GLaDOS was brought online for the first time during Aperture Science's annual bring-your-daughter-to-work-day. GLaDOS instantly became self-aware and homicidal. GLaDOS flooded the enrichment center with a deadly neurotoxin, killing most of the scientists. Aperture Science was effectively shut down and placed into a permanent testing cycle by GLaDOS.

== Products ==
{{Gallery
|title=Products
|width=170
|height=100
|lines=2
|File:Portal PortalGun.png|alt1=Handheld Portal Device|[[Handheld Portal Device]].
|File:GLaDOS P2.png|alt2=GLaDOS seen in ''Portal 2''|[[GLaDOS]] seen in ''Portal 2''.
|File:Portal 2 Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button.png|alt1=1500 Megawatt Super-Colliding Super Button|[[Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button|1500 Megawatt Super-Colliding Super Button]]
|File:Portal2 Turret Standard.png|alt1=Turret|[[Turrets|Turret]] seen in ''Portal 2''.
|File:Portal2 StorageCube.png|alt1=Weighted Storage Cube seen in ''Portal 2''|[[Cube#Weighted Storage Cube|Weighted Storage Cube]] seen in ''Portal 2''.
|File:Companion Cube.png|alt1=Weighted Companion Cube seen in ''Portal 2''|[[Weighted Companion Cube]] seen in ''Portal 2''.
|File:Portal2 ReflectionCube.png|alt1=Discouragement Redirection Cube as seen in ''Portal 2''|[[Cube#Discouragement Redirection Cube|Discouragement Redirection Cube]] seen in ''Portal 2''.
|File:Thermal Discouragement Beam.png|alt1=Thermal Discouragement Beam as seen in ''Portal 2''|[[Thermal Discouragement Beam]] seen in ''Portal 2''.
|File:Excursion Funnel Forward.png|alt1=Excursion Funnel seen in ''Portal 2''|[[Excursion Funnel]] seen in ''Portal 2''.
|File:Panel.png|alt1=Panel seen in ''Portal 2''|[[Panels|Panel]] seen in ''Portal 2''.
|File:Crusher.png|alt1=Crushers seen in ''Portal 2''|[[Crushers]] seen in ''Portal 2''.
|File:Faith plate.png|alt1=Aerial Faith Plate seen in ''Portal 2''|[[Aerial Faith Plate]] seen in ''Portal 2''.
|File:Repulsion Gel.png|alt1=Repulsion Gel seen in ''Portal 2''|[[Gel#Repulsion Gel|Repulsion Gel]] seen in ''Portal 2''.
|File:Propulsion Gel.png|alt1=Propulsion Gel seen in ''Portal 2''|[[Gel#Propulsion Gel|Propulsion Gel]] seen in ''Portal 2''.
|File:Conversion Gel.png|alt1=Conversion Gel seen in ''Portal 2''|[[Gel#Conversion Gel|Conversion Gel]] seen in ''Portal 2''.
}}

== Staff members and associates ==
{{main|Characters}}
* [[Cave Johnson]]
* [[Caroline]]
* [[Doug Rattmann]]
* [[Greg]]

== External links ==
* {{hl2wiki|Aperture Science}}
* [http://www.aperturescience.com Aperture Science website]
* [http://postcardintellect.com/tutorials/aperture-a-practical-description-for-beginning-photographers/ Diagrams of different F-numbers]

[[Category:Story]]

User:Devgamer

2014-04-27T22:49:09Z

Devgamer: added a joke only nerds will understand ;)

== About ==
Hello world! I'm a dev (unemployed :P) and I'm a "gamer" (not really). Nuff said.

== Contact Me ==
Stupid youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnOJJvCRt9pY7cNhFJyawrg
 Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/MinecraftForest (lifelong member of The Kamikaze Dolphins)
 WiiBrew: http://wiibrew.org/wiki/User:TheCoolDeveloper
 GitHub: http://github.com/devgamer

User:Devgamer

2014-04-27T21:20:22Z

Devgamer: fixed minor exaggeration -_-

== About ==
I'm a dev (unemployed :P) and I'm a "gamer" (not really). Nuff said.

== Contact Me ==
Stupid youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnOJJvCRt9pY7cNhFJyawrg
 Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/MinecraftForest (lifelong member of The Kamikaze Dolphins)
 WiiBrew: http://wiibrew.org/wiki/User:TheCoolDeveloper
 GitHub: http://github.com/devgamer

User:Devgamer

2014-04-27T21:19:12Z

Devgamer: Initial Commit (did you see what I did there-- of course you didn't)

== About ==
I'm a dev (unemployed :P) and I'm a gamer. Nuff said.

== Contact Me ==
Stupid youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnOJJvCRt9pY7cNhFJyawrg
 Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/MinecraftForest (lifelong member of The Kamikaze Dolphins)
 WiiBrew: http://wiibrew.org/wiki/User:TheCoolDeveloper
 GitHub: http://github.com/devgamer

Hoopy the Hoop

2014-04-27T19:49:22Z

Devgamer: added picture of hoopy the hoop in a custom test chamber

[[Image:Hoopy the Hoop.png|right|200px|Hoopy the Hoop]]
In ''[[Portal]]'', '''Hoopy the Hoop''' was a hoop fallen from the sky {{spoiler|among the wreckage of [[GLaDOS]] at the end of the game. Hoopy landed on the [[Aperture Science]] parking lot in front of [[Chell]] just before being dragged off by the [[Party Escort Bot]].}}

As stated in an interview with [[Valve]] on [http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/03/10/opening-the-portal-exploring-portal-s-creation-and-its-ties-to-half-life-2.aspx?PostPageIndex=3 "Opening The Portal: Exploring The Game's Development"], they never expected "The Cake is a Lie" to become such a huge hit. The developers expected, if anything, that Hoopy the Hoop would become the meme derived from ''Portal''.

Erik Wolpaw explains, "We thought we should have a warehouse full of Hoopy t-shirts and mugs and posters…we would watch that hoop roll by over and over again. That was the part of the game we were most proud of, and nobody cared."

== Appearances ==
=== ''Portal'' ===
{{See also|Portal}}

Hoopy the Hoop rolls across the screen {{spoiler|at the end of the game as [[Chell]] lays outside the [[Aperture Science]] facility.}}

=== ''Portal 2'' ===
{{See also|Portal 2}}

Hoopy is known to appear in a few places within ''Portal 2''. Its earliest known appearance is in [[Portal 2 Chapter 1 Her Chamber|GLaDOS' ruined chamber]], where it lays slightly to the left of what could be described as [[GLaDOS]]' head; its second known appearance is underneath a floor [[Panels|panel]] in [[Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 2|Test Chamber 02]]. {{spoiler|It then makes it's third known appearance behind a desk in [[Doug Rattmann|Rattmann]]'s den in [[Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 6|Test Chamber 06]]; this is the same den as referred to by the [[Achievements#Portal 2|Final Transmission]] achievement.}}
Hoopy's fourth appearance is in multiple custom test chambers (Created and published with the [[Puzzle Maker|Perpetual Testing Initiative]].) It is seen by noclipping into the ceilings of the exit rooms, although it doesn't appear in each one.

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery
|lines = 3
|title = Hoopy the Hoop
|height = 150
|width = 200
|File:Portal Hoopy the Hoop 1.png|alt1=h|{{Spoiler|Hoopy the Hoop at the end of ''[[Portal]]''}}|spoiler1=yes
|File:Portal 2 Chapter 1 Her Chamber Hoopy the Hoop.png|alt1=h|Hoopy the Hoop during ''[[Portal 2]]'', in [[Portal 2 Chapter 1 Her Chamber|GLaDOS' ruined chamber]].
|File:Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 02 Hoopy the Hoop.png|alt1=h|Hoopy the Hoop in [[Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 2|Test Chamber 02]].
|File:Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 6 Hoopy the Hoop.png|alt1=h|{{spoiler|Hoopy the Hoop in one of [[Doug Rattmann|Rattmann's dens]].}}|spoiler4=yes
|File:Hoopy Portal2 CustomChamber.jpg|Hoopy the Hoop found in the ceiling of a Custom Test Chamber
}}

== References ==

<references />

{{CharactersNav}}

File:Hoopy Portal2 CustomChamber.jpg

2014-04-27T19:38:59Z

Devgamer: Hoopy the Hoop found by noclipping into the roof of the Chamberlock in a test chamber made with Portal 2's Perpetual Testing Initiative.

Hoopy the Hoop found by noclipping into the roof of the Chamberlock in a test chamber made with Portal 2's Perpetual Testing Initiative.

File:PumpStation Gamma Diagram.jpg

2014-04-26T14:55:37Z

Devgamer: A screenshot of a map inside Portal 2's Pump Station Gamma showing Pump Stations Gamma, Beta, and Alpha.

== Summary ==
A screenshot of a map inside Portal 2's Pump Station Gamma showing Pump Stations Gamma, Beta, and Alpha.
== Licensing ==
{{ScreenshotP2}}

Portal 2 Chapter 6 Beyond the Seal

2014-04-21T02:56:42Z

Devgamer:

{{stub}}
{{Old Aperture infobox
| map = sp_a3_03.bsp
| valve-title = Cave Johnson
}}
This is the thirty-eighth level of the game, and takes place within the dilapidated [[Aperture Science]] Enrichment Center, as well as Pump Station Alpha. This level features [[Goo]] as its main hazard, and also reveals some of the history behind Aperture Science. {{Spoiler text|This level also introduces two new characters through the use of pre-recorded voice messages; [[Cave Johnson]] and [[Caroline]].}}

== Hazards ==
* [[Goo]]

== Walkthrough ==
{{Spoiler|block=yes|
*Go through the door and turn left. Go to the end of the catwalk and go left again.
*Shoot a portal through the opening of the door and the other one to the wall before you and go through it.
*Turn left and pull the [[Circuit Breaker]] on the wall. Enter through the door.
*Go to the area with lights ahead.
*Fire a portal on the wall before you and the other to the top-left corner. Go through the portal.
*Walk a bit forward on the left. Put a portal on the angled wall below and the other one on the floor. Jump through the portal on the floor.
*Go through the elevator doors on the left and go through the lobby.
*Jump from the broken catwalk to the other other side.
*Enter the elevator and push the button.
*Wait for the elevator to stop. Then go to the left, fire a portal to the angled wall on the left-corner with three doors.
*Go down the stairs to a lower floor. Shoot a portal down to the bottom and jump.
*Go through the door and turn left.
*Pull the lever to open the door on the right. Proceed to the catwalk and fire a portal to the left, above the catwalk higher up.
*Put the other portal at the end of the catwalk and go through it. Then turn left and go through the door.
*Turn right and go carefully along the pipe. Go into the elevator on the left.
}}

== Video walkthrough ==
{{walkthrough}}

== Gallery ==
{{gallery
|File:SphereConcept.jpg|alt1=W|Concept art of the Science Spheres
}}

== Related achievements ==
{{Show achievement|Portal 2|Door Prize|width=50%}}

== Music ==
{{main|Portal 2 soundtrack}}
{{Track|Music of the Spheres}}

{{TestChambersNav}}
[[Category:Portal 2 chambers]]

Portal 2 Chapter 6 Beyond the Seal

2014-04-21T02:54:33Z

Devgamer: /* Hazards */

{{stub}}
{{Old Aperture infobox
| map = sp_a3_03.bsp
| valve-title = Cave Johnson
}}
This is the thirty-eighth level of the game, and takes place within the dilapidated [[Aperture Science]] Enrichment Center, as well as Pump Station Alpha. This level features [[Goo]] as its main hazard, and also reveals some of the history behind Aperture Science. {{Spoiler text|This level also introduces two new characters through the use of pre-recorded voice messages; [[Cave Johnson]] and [[Caroline]].}}

== Hazards ==
* [[Goo]]
* Drowning

== Walkthrough ==
{{Spoiler|block=yes|
*Go through the door and turn left. Go to the end of the catwalk and go left again.
*Shoot a portal through the opening of the door and the other one to the wall before you and go through it.
*Turn left and pull the [[Circuit Breaker]] on the wall. Enter through the door.
*Go to the area with lights ahead.
*Fire a portal on the wall before you and the other to the top-left corner. Go through the portal.
*Walk a bit forward on the left. Put a portal on the angled wall below and the other one on the floor. Jump through the portal on the floor.
*Go through the elevator doors on the left and go through the lobby.
*Jump from the broken catwalk to the other other side.
*Enter the elevator and push the button.
*Wait for the elevator to stop. Then go to the left, fire a portal to the angled wall on the left-corner with three doors.
*Go down the stairs to a lower floor. Shoot a portal down to the bottom and jump.
*Go through the door and turn left.
*Pull the lever to open the door on the right. Proceed to the catwalk and fire a portal to the left, above the catwalk higher up.
*Put the other portal at the end of the catwalk and go through it. Then turn left and go through the door.
*Turn right and go carefully along the pipe. Go into the elevator on the left.
}}

== Video walkthrough ==
{{walkthrough}}

== Gallery ==
{{gallery
|File:SphereConcept.jpg|alt1=W|Concept art of the Science Spheres
}}

== Related achievements ==
{{Show achievement|Portal 2|Door Prize|width=50%}}

== Music ==
{{main|Portal 2 soundtrack}}
{{Track|Music of the Spheres}}

{{TestChambersNav}}
[[Category:Portal 2 chambers]]