Pool 3D Training Edition isn't your typical bowling alley arcade game -- don't expect cutesy characters or contrived competitions. Rather, it is a unique billiard simulator with incredibly accurate physics. In other words, pay attention while you play -- you might actually learn something!

Pool 3D Training Edition calculates the same gravitational force, gravitational acceleration, frictional force, and air drag that you would experience at a real table. Sans the jukebox clamor and smokey haze, of course.

The first time we tried the software, we had to blink our eyes. We couldn't even believe how accurately the balls rolled across the table!

What's more, the cue ball can be struck at any point to achieve a side spin, and you can control the strength of the cue strike by varying the speed of your mouse, just like you strike a real ball with a real cue. In short, you'll be hard pressed to find any physical difference between the real and the virtual game!