I'll crash straight into the sun with this Meta Quest 2 game's hand-tracked controls

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If you have a terrible habit of losing your VR controllers down the back of the sofa, the new Stellaris spin-off is made for you.

Roguelite intergalactic adventure Ghost Signal: A Stellaris Game is set to make like the best VR games by incorporating Hand Tracking 2.0 technology from day one, offering a truly innovative, hands-free experience.

The function will “allow you to play intuitively without using controllers,” Fast Travel Games’ lead designer Christopher Smith says in the announcement trailer(opens in new tab). This means we don’t have to worry about securing those wrist straps while exploring space's vastness.

In Ghost Signal, you captain a single ship rather than lead an entire space empire, as in Paradox Interactive’s grand strategy game Stellaris. Piloting the Aurora, you’ll travel deep into space, tracking down a ghost signal whilst battling space pirates and monsters.

Hand Tracking 2.0 allows you to interact with and operate the game using more complex hand motions; we’ll be able to explore space with the flick of a wrist and access in-game menus with our bare hands. Whilst this might sound exciting to many, my ADHD-addled brain is not looking forward to a game that might take my fidgeting as a sign to attack one of those “creatures as big as planets”.

According to the press release(opens in new tab), Hand Tracking 2.0 will let us “access menus with the turn of a hand, easily move about the galaxy by dragging space around [you], and strategically aim at an object to interact.”

This is certainly a departure from conventional gamepads or keyboard and mouse setups, especially when it comes to the usually frenetic nature of a roguelite. But if you’re feeling more unsure than excited about a spacey shooter game that