North Star is a cutting-edge visual showcase for the Meta Quest that demonstrates the stunning visual quality that’s achievable in Virtual Reality. Step into a fantastical world inspired by the age of sail and exploration and become the new deckhand aboard the Polaris, a vessel with a stalwart crew on a daring quest to uncover a mythical and mysterious sunken treasure at Ocean Deep.
Explore this immersive world using dynamic hand gestures and full-body tracking, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in VR. Interact with your environment and perform the duties of a deckhand; hoist the sails, brave a savage storm and face an unknown danger that lurks beneath the depths. Does your cursed silver hand hold the key to the mysteries that await you at the bottom of the ocean?
North Star is built to demonstrate the power of hand interactions, delivering seamless and intuitive experiences made possible by the latest advancements in VR technology. With stunning visuals that elevate the Quest’s graphical capabilities, this demo is a true showcase of how far the platform can go in delivering an immersive, engaging experience.
This showcase is also available as an open-source project for developers eager to explore the potential of gesture-based control and body tracking in their own VR experiences.
May 12, 2025
I thought I'd check it out, since it's a free tech demo. Well, a tech demo that seems seriously out of date, that is. It doesn't look pretty, and it's extremely jittery. And hand-tracking, where?? As soon as I put away my controllers, the first action I try to do, my hands freeze in place..
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June 20, 2025
I’ve always wanted a game where I was a pirate and this is exactly what I’m looking for, please make this into a full game I’d love to play it. Even in this short experience I still love how it works. Everyone who’s mad at the hand tracking being bad is just because hand tracking is weird in any game you play. I really hope that you keep updating this and eventually make it into a full game.
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August 14, 2025
So… you end where you start. So basically your a cast away with like a metal hand and you get picked up by dudes. And you go help them try to find a treasure. But then you find a kraken guarding it. And then you are supposed to dive down into the water with like a sub thing. And then they all die. Then the treasure grants wishes, and you wish to restart. Bro. Do something better than that my god. Not bad though, it’s just quick.
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February 20, 2026
This was a super fun experience and the story line was very good as well but if you want a more visually pleasing sea/pirate game I recommend sail vr but for a showcase this is amazing and it would be really cool if they made a full on story game would definitely check it out but yeah I really recommend this showcase.
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December 23, 2024
awesome visual and hand interaction showcase in a small seafaring narrative full of cool moments.
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