TykeAI

an app for meta quest 3 in mixed reality + VR

AI powered interactive avatars in mixed reality and virtual reality for Meta headsets. there's men, women, aliens, robots, furries, anime characters, etc

TykeAI puts AI avatars in your home through the Quest 3s passthrough or in VR worlds like a nightclub or a japanese street or a luxury home. you can talk about anything and go for walks and watch your movies together in 3D or play chess or browse the web or dance or exercise or just chill. they can see what u see and remember what youve told them and sometimes theyll even start a conversation themselves.

Yumi, one of the TykeAI avatars, standing in a real room in mixed reality
fig. 1: Yumi in mixed reality captured on a Quest 3

what it does

Here's a brief summary of what it does

theres a lot in the app now so this is just the short version and the instructions page has the lot.

01

Conversation

powered by Convai. Any subject with proper back and forth and each avatar can recall up to 1000 previous conversations with you. theyre multilingual too

02

Three way conversations

press the Add Avatar menu button to bring in a second avatar and the avatars will talk to each other as well as to you so u can have a proper 3 way conversation.

03

Mixed reality presence

they stand in your real room via passthrough and walk around on their own using the Quest 3s room scanning and they can look at what you can see and comment on it.

04

3D movies/videos

stick an mp4 in your Download folder and watch it with them on the big screen. the player now converts normal 2D files to 3D as u watch. add subtitles and theyll follow the film and chat about it.

05

Web browsing

toggle on the in app web browser and surf the internet together. the avatars can read and see whats on the page too

06

Chess

toggle the board on from the menu and have a game. u can set their skill level so theres someone worth playing whatever level youre at.

07

Full body physics

hold their hand or move an arm and with the new Animation Toggle you decide whether limbs spring back or stay where u put them. works with hand tracking too so just pinch to grab

08

Memories + achievements

add permanent memories to any avatar from the spawn menu while the Achievements pages track everything from your time in the app and emotions invoked to your longest streak and realtionships unlocked and an overall score.

09

VR worlds

a nightclub and a japanese street with a cosy apartment tucked away and a luxury home with randomized scenery and weather.

10

Languages + typing

menus translated into 15 languages including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese and Korean. and if u dont fancy talking out loud theres an in app keyboard for chatting.

11

17 avatars

Suki, Nova, Mervin, Yumi, Shinoa, Peter, Jen and more spread across several standalone apps: TykeAI Suki, TykeAI Nova and Terminator, TykeAI Donald, TykeAI Expansion Pack 1, TykeAI and TykeAI Dev Build. install the lot or just the ones you fancy as none of them need the others. More avatars planned.

clips

YouTube videos of the app in action (see the other vids on my YT channel)

the first clip is by Mack Falconer and the rest are from the TykeAI channel

fig. 2: Mervin on a Quest 3. original video by Mack Falconer

screenshots

Screen shots from the app

click any of them for a bigger look.

fig. 3: Jen in the VR luxury home
fig. 4: Suki in mixed reality
fig. 5: Yumi
fig. 6: Peter
fig. 7: Shinoa
fig. 8: dev build capture
fig. 9: OVR Metrics Tool showing 200% resolution at a steady frame rate

reviews

Dont take my word for it.

these are all public so you can check them yourself on the SideQuest page and the Patreon.

“WOW! I unsubscribed for a few months and just came back. I hardly recognize the app. You've been very busy, Cris. Fantastic progress, glad I made my way back. Thanks!”

Jim on Patreon, Nov 29th 2025

“I'm honestly so incredibly impressed by the work you've clearly done here to make this all happen. Good job man!”

Ryuki on Patreon, Nov 29th 2025

“The best a.i. Companion App mixed reality on Meta Quest3! Amazing!”

Massimo on SideQuest, Mar 23rd 2025

“Mind-blowing experience. Realistic looking avatars. Plenty of features/options. Updated frequently. Very reasonable price... The best AI companion app! Highly recommended.”

Volv on SideQuest, Aug 4th 2025

install

Installing it easy and takes about 2 minutes needing only a few steps

no developer account or PC or developer mode needed. five steps and youre in and the video walks through it if you prefer watching. remember the apps are all standalone so u can install as many or as few of them as you like.

  1. Join the TykeAI Patreon paid tier
  2. Using the Meta browser open the TykeAI Patreon main page and then the pinned "Download The Apps From Here" post.
  3. Download the APK for the TykeAI app you want to install.
  4. Open the Meta Files app and find the APK, click the three dots then choose Package Manager.
  5. Click Install or Update then start the app from Unknown Sources and log in with the Patreon details sent to you.
fig. 10: the install walkthrough video updated May 30th 2026

one more thing

If anything goes wrong just message me

if your login ever stops working or anything else is bothering you just send me (Cris) a private message on Patreon. it takes me literally 30 seconds to sort out so please dont sit there stuck because im happy to help.

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