MERCURY - TECH SHOWCASE

The world’s first fast-paced hand-tracking mecha brawler!

Note: This is a free tech showcase built to explore experimental hand-tracking. Play in a well-lit room and check the gesture controls below before starting:

🖐️ Move & climb with gorilla locomotion

👊 Fist to punch

👉 Finger gun to shoot

👊🛡️Block by holding both fists in front of your face

👏 Clap to scan

The Conflict

On a barren outer-system planet, the Tyris Corporation exploits the valuable resource Mercury, pushing the local population, the Heskar, into rebellion. With improvised mechs and sabotage tactics, the Heskar fight back.

In response, Tyris deploys its elite unit: RIS_TEC.

Players can experience both sides of the conflict:

RIS_TEC Mission: Hunt down and eliminate illegal Heskar mechs to restore corporate control.

Heskar Mission: Sabotage RIS_TEC cities at all costs and disrupt the occupying force.

Feel the game

To deepen immersion even further, Mercury fully supports native bHaptics vest integration.

The Team & the Project

Mercury is the world’s first fast-paced VR mecha brawler controlled entirely through hand gestures, developed as a technical showcase for Meta Quest 3 and 3S.

Mercury was developed in just two months by a team of six students as part of the Meta Horizon Start Developer Competition 2025 and as a fourth semester project.