Product Manager, Presence Platform at @Meta. Opinions here are my own. Do The Thing.
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Aashay Desai retweeted
📣 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 developers.meta.com/horizon/…
Aashay Desai retweeted
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 retweeted
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: youtu.be/O5o-q9odUB4
RTs are very appreciated !
#VR #Meta 🥽
Aashay Desai retweeted
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 developer.oculus.com/blog/pr…
Me: * Obligatory Twitter check after the usual 3+ month break *
Twitter: 10XXX ENNGINEEERS RRREEEEE
Me:
Aashay Desai retweeted
It isn’t difficult. Say it... BART...just BART. Easy peasy. xitter.cf/_anishad/status/100597…
It's been almost three years and this still holds true 😭 xitter.cf/aashay/status/51049080…
September 12, 2014 will forever be known as the day I made an omelette without breaking it for the very first time. #notsogreatinthekitchen
Aashay Desai retweeted
No matter your personal feelings about Fortnite or @Ninja and Drake, tonight is a momentous victory for all of Twitch, streamers, and the entire world of gaming. This happened because people from all walks of life just truly love video games. – at Manhattan, NY
Aashay Desai retweeted
playing fort nite with @ninja twitch.tv/ninja
Looking forward to a few hours of awkward elbow placements and “ding ding ding ding ding” for the entire flight.
This is why design matters.
Aashay Desai retweeted
I feel bad for kids who are currently learning to program by moving shapes and animating dogs as they're gonna be hit with the cold reality of real development which is copy/pasting linux commands and resolving git merge conflicts.
