Inspiration
What it does
How we built it
Challenges we ran into
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Inspiration
Mars is often the setting for stories about reaching somewhere new. We wanted to tell a smaller story about keeping a home alive when its systems fail. Dome Seven is a rescue mission: recover the black box and help Zoe bring the emergency relay and the Old Day mech back online.
How we built it
We adapted MARS3077’s Martian landscape, Dome Seven setting, and procedural Old Day model for Quest Browser with Immersive Web SDK and WebXR. This adaptation adds a new mission, English spatial briefings, and visual and sound cues for each milestone. We learned to make targets clear from both seated and standing positions without moving the camera. Look toward the highlighted marker, then pinch your thumb and index finger. Either hand works, with no controllers needed from start to replay.
What changed
The original MARS3077 project started before the competition. This version adds a standalone immersive mode based on the desktop 3D project, with Quest Browser support, hand tracking, and a seated rescue loop. Restoring the relay lights the approach; waking Old Day turns on its lights and swivels its cabin.
Testing and next steps
Open the public build directly in Quest Browser, enable hand tracking, and select Enter VR. Look and pinch through Start Mission, Black Box, Power Relay, and Wake Old Day. We tested the full loop and replay with emulated Quest 3 hands and no controllers. The footage is an IWER emulator capture. Physical Quest validation is pending. We plan physical Quest 3 and 3S playtests, accessibility improvements, and a follow-up rescue. Tentative target for public Quest release: Q1 2027.
What we learned
What's next for MARS 3077: Dome Seven
Built With
- webxr
