Aashay Desai

Product Manager, Presence Platform at @Meta. Opinions here are my own. Do The Thing.

[Dilmer 🔜 AWE @Dilmerv]

📣 Today I’m excited to share an IMPORTANT update on where we’re headed with VR & Worlds.

Over the past year, we’ve listened to feedback from developers and creators. One thing was clear: both communities needed more focus and clearer direction.

Starting in 2026, VR & Worlds will operate as two distinct platforms:
- VR is focused on third-party developers, with the Meta Horizon Store restructured around apps and games instead of Worlds.
- Worlds is going mobile-first, with dedicated tools to build for mobile.

We remain the largest investor in VR, and we’re building both platforms to support the long term success of our creator and developer communities.

📌 Read the full details in Samantha Ryan’s post https://t.co/CfztCB1ClV

[Aashay Desai @Aashay]

@bjnortier Following up: I deleted/reinstalled the app and redownloaded the model. Took like 5 seconds to optimize. Thanks for making such a handy tool!

[Aashay Desai @Aashay]

@bjnortier using HT 2.6.12’s small English model, coreML enabled, on iPhone 14 pro max. Loading the model spins infinitely (eventually my phone locks). What’s the expected load time on first boot?

[Aashay Desai @Aashay]

@GetZeel your phone verification codes don’t seem to be going through, I’ve tried resending it multiple times

[Meta Horizon Developers @MetaHorizonDevs]

We just heard from Meta Product Managers Aashay Desai and Meenal Nalwaya how MR is allowing users to see, capture, augment, and connect with the real and virtual worlds in new and exciting ways. One key capability you can use to build MR experiences on Meta Quest is Scene 🧵

[Aashay Desai @Aashay]

@Friendswithyou @Friendswithyou thanks for doing the right thing!

[Aashay Desai @Aashay]

@Friendswithyou Any update on this? Have you begun the refund process?

[Dilmer 🔜 AWE @Dilmerv]

Big XR News 🚀

📌 Today we get a step closer to realistic hand & controller interactions with the New Interaction SDK from Oculus, part of the v37 SDK released today.

👉 Full introduction to the SDK available at: https://t.co/rhhgdKX9o2

RTs are very appreciated !

#VR #Meta 🥽

[Aashay Desai @Aashay]

@danfinlay @MetaMask Yeah, the NFT space is already scary and not really friendly to newbies. Fake websites with fake mint buttons are really common (and it’s easy to miss details when FOMO kicks in). Embarrassed to say I speak from experience (but sometimes it’s OK to learn things the hard way).

[Aashay Desai @Aashay]

@MetaMask Small feature idea: If you changed the "Mint" logo/icon on a mint txn to be larger and maybe colorful (mint green?) maybe people would get used to seeing it when minting NFTs, and think 2x when they see a send txn vs mint txn (e.g. a common scam). Would help!

[Prabhu @technogoy]

Presence Platform updates in v35 - Devs can try out Spatial Anchors experimental, ship Voice SDK experiences to users and build Passthrough apps on Unreal. Lots of goodness and more to come! #presenceplatform #OculusQuest2 @oculus @Oculus_Dev https://t.co/OJBJ91lQ2x

[Aashay Desai @Aashay]

@Avis Yep. It had to do with an expired credit card. Would’ve been nice just to get a simple error message instead of a 500 server error. Pass it to your tech team!

[Aashay Desai @Aashay]

@Avis your website isn’t letting me modify a reservation (getting server 500 errors). Is this a known issue?

[Aashay Desai @Aashay]

😟😟😟😵☠️

[Bob Berkebile @pixelplacement]

Getting spooky good results with physical wall occlusions in my room mapper solution for #Quest2 passthrough #XR #VR #MR #AugmentedReality #Oculus

[Aashay Desai @Aashay]

@SilvonHome are y’all ever getting the silver-colored duvet covers back in stock? 😔

[Aashay Desai @Aashay]

@RecluseOrNot Thank you!

[Aashay Desai @Aashay]

@RecluseOrNot found this guy last night near the ceiling in our bedroom, not the best lighting and detail (didn’t wanna get too close) but is it a recluse (Fremont, CA)? #recluseornot

[Aashay Desai @Aashay]

@autonomousdotai Is your customer service team up and running? Been a week without a response. I just need my shipping address changed! :\

[Aashay Desai @Aashay]

@zoom_us Zoom client download for windows is redirecting to a broken CDN link. Got a mirror?

Dead link: https://t.co/6Q8bhKJ8NX