In memory of Sir Patrick Stewart  ·  1940 – 2026

IKAREE

The bridge crew

Meet the AI-driven bridge crew of the IKAREE

Six officers with their own histories, humour and ways of disagreeing. Their dialogue is generated live, so they answer what you actually say. Talk to them, ask their advice, overrule them. They remember.

Thomas Reed on the bridge of the IKAREE. First OfficerCommander Thomas ReedRecommend we do it anyway, Captain. I've lost worse hands. Emily Hart on the bridge of the IKAREE. Science OfficerLieutenant Commander Emily HartThe spectrum is doing something it absolutely shouldn't, Captain, and I love it. CounsellorDoctor Sarah BennettYou've asked everyone's opinion but your own, Captain. What do you want? Tactical OfficerLieutenant Ryan ColeShields are up. Not that anyone asked. HelmLieutenant Commander Daniel BrooksShe'll do it, Captain. Probably. Ninety percent. Seventy. Give me ten minutes. Chief Medical OfficerDoctor Helen GrantIf you're going to get us all killed, Captain, at least eat something first.

Engineering Lieutenant Commander Rafael Duarte, 56, from Porto, runs the engine room and talks to the bridge over the intercom while Brooks flies the ship. The longest-serving man aboard, he never lies about the numbers: “You want warp eight out of a cracked nacelle? She'll do it. Once.”

How the crew works

Each officer is an AI-driven character with a written personality: where they come from, what they are good at, how they joke, how they disagree, whom they get along with and the thing they never say. When you speak, the officer whose station it concerns answers in their own voice. Their faces are lip-synced and they turn in their chairs to talk to you.

They don't just obey. Commander Reed plays devil's advocate on purpose, Lieutenant Cole names the risk in one sentence and then complies, Dr Grant tells you medically why your plan is terrible. After you decide, they carry it out. In story episodes they remember your choices, and after a mission they may write about you in their private journals.

What you can say to each station

Early Access

Take the chair.

Early Access on the Meta Horizon Store. The public store page opens soon.

  • Meta Quest 3 / 3S, standalone
  • PC VR on Windows: Air Link, Link or OpenXR
  • Seated, voice-driven, internet and microphone required