Rec Room is a social virtual reality game first released in 2016, where players navigate menus and social features through a watch worn on their in-game wrist. Its notification sound became familiar to regular players through invites, messages and system prompts. Clips of the sound later spread to soundboards, where non-players also use it as a generic digital alert. Its continued use comes from that double life, instantly signalling Rec Room to fans while still convincing anyone nearby that a real device has just pinged them in the room.