A free hand-tracking experience for Quest that surrounds your hands with particle effects reacting to preset music or MP3 files stored on your headset.
HandParticle is an audio-reactive visual experience in the media and video category from VoxelKei. Particle effects follow your hands and respond to whatever music is playing. It is distributed through SideQuest, where it was first listed in October 2020.
What you can do
You move your hands and the particles move with them, pulsing and changing in time with the audio. The developer's idea is simple: moving your body to music is fun, and visuals that answer your movement should make it more so. There is no score or goal; you choose a track, watch and move.
- A range of particle effects to switch between
- Preset music tracks included with the app
- Playback of your own MP3 files stored on the headset
- Effects that react to the audio as it plays
The listing's tags group it with music, relaxation and meditation, so it can serve as a calm wind-down as easily as an energetic session. The developer has said more visual effects are intended, but the description does not give details or dates.
Comfort
Hand tracking is required, so you use the app with your bare hands rather than controllers. There is no movement through a virtual space described in the listing.
How to get it and what to know
- It is free.
- It is installed from SideQuest by sideloading; see our guide to sideloading on Meta Quest.
- It is also available on itch.io.
- Supported headsets: Meta Quest headsets such as the Quest 3 and Quest 3S. The developer notes it was optimized for the Quest 2.
- Rated 4.7 out of 5 by 43 SideQuest users.
