TykeAI

TykeAI is an independent software studio developing interactive AI companion applications for standalone Meta Quest 3 headsets. Created and updated by solo developer Cris, its work combines mixed reality, virtual reality, conversational AI and spatial computing to place responsive 3D characters into users’ environments.

Its flagship TykeAI application uses mixed-reality passthrough and scene-depth sensing to integrate avatars with a user’s physical space. Dynamic navmesh generation enables avatars to navigate scanned rooms autonomously, while computer-vision features can interpret surroundings and gaze-aware interaction helps make conversations feel situated in the space around the user.

Interactive companion systems

TykeAI builds beyond a conventional text or voice chatbot through interactive avatar behaviour and utility features, including:

• Conversational AI powered through Convai integration, with multilingual interaction and long-term memory capabilities
• Real-time chess, in-app web browsing and multi-avatar conversations
• Full-body physics interactions and humanoid character presentation with lip-syncing and blendshape-based visemes
• Media playback that converts standard 2D MP4 files into stereoscopic 3D projections

Mixed reality and virtual worlds

The studio develops for both passthrough-based mixed reality and dedicated VR experiences. Its VR environments include settings such as a nightclub, Japanese street apartment and luxury penthouse, while its mixed-reality mode brings companions into a scanned real-world room.

TykeAI also develops and integrates 3D character assets using workflows that include Character Creator 4 and Unity BiRP rigging. Performance is tailored for the standalone Quest 3 platform, with ongoing avatar releases, customization work and performance updates.

The TykeAI app family includes the core application alongside releases and builds such as TykeAI Suki, TykeAI Nova, TykeAI Expansion Pack 1 and TykeAI Dev Build. The studio operates in the intersection of immersive entertainment, interactive software and consumer AI applications.