Ditch your controllers and go “hands-on” with these free sideloadable games.
This past December Oculus introduced native hand-tracking functionality for Oculus Quest headsets, offering users the chance to navigate the Oculus Home interface with their bare hands as opposed to the Touch controllers. It’s a neat addition to the Quest experience, albeit an extremely limited one. At the moment official hand tracking support extends solely to the Oculus Home interface. Established developer Aldin Dynamics recently teased hand-tracking support for its game Waltz of the Wizard, but has yet to confirm when these features will be available.
While it may be some time before we see hand-tracking support for games and apps on the Oculus Store, independent developers are already hard at work building a catalog of “lite” VR hand-tracking experiences on SideQuest. While the following experiences may be rough — extremely rough in some cases — each does a commendable job at showcasing the potential of hand-tracking on Oculus Quest.
Here are five free Oculus Quest games you can play using your bare hands:
TEA FOR GOD
As if this reality-bending sci-fi shoot-em-up wasn’t impressive enough already, the addition of hand-tracking adds a whole new level of immersion to this must-play game. Using a combination of procedural generation and non-euclidean geometry, Tea for God is able to create impossibly large virtual environments you can traverse by physically walking around your real-world play space. Scattered throughout an endless series of hallways and corridors is an army of robotic enemies programmed to shoot on sight.
This is where hand-tracking comes in. Instead of using the grip input on your Touch controller to select your weapon, you now make a “finger gun” with your hand and pull back on your index finger to fire. It’s a silly addition, but one that effectively shows how hand-tracking could be used in a combat scenario.
Tea for God is available for sideloading here.
INTERDIMENSIONAL MATTER
One of the stranger games on the list, Interdimensional Matter tasks you with repairing endless waves of client matter using your telekinetic abilities. The process is simple: take the floating mass of matter apart, insert some properly functioning cores, reassemble the body, and hit the button to continue.
Of course, this is easier said than done as the gelatinous objects you’ll be handling aren’t exactly cooperative in most cases. Thankfully, the game comes with a helpful tutorial mode that should assist you in getting started with your career as an interdimensional assembly line worker.
Interdimensional Matter is available for sideloading here.
VIRTUALPIANO
The title says it all here. A simple yet surprisingly well-made app, VirtualPiano sits you in front of a full 88-key grand piano and, well, that’s it. You can use hand-tracking to interact with each individual key and while it’s definitely not the ideal way to play it still presents an interesting new way to tickle the ivories.
VirtualPiano is available for sideloading here.
MIGHT OF THE GODS: SUN SHARD
Sun Shard originally launched on SideQuest this past August, offering Quest players a free physics-based sword-slasher similar to that of games like Blade and Sorcery. As the name suggests, Might of the Gods adds a new mode to the experience that allows you to step into the role of God and rain down vengeance against hordes of enemy creatures using your bare hands.
Shoot projectiles from your fingertips, slice through waves of enemies with your ethereal blades, or go old-school and physically flick enemies across the map.
Might of the Gods: Sun Shard is available for sideloading here.
SCRIBBLE
Long story short, Scribble is basically a watered-down version of Tilt Brush that’s controlled via your fingers as opposed to motion controllers. By pinching your index finger together with your thumb, you activate a digital paintbrush that allows you to finger paint 3D art across a near-infinite canvas.
You can choose from a variety of colors to customize your VR masterpiece and even manipulate its size.
Scribble is available for sideloading here.
Feature Image Credit: Felix Hurbst
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