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A setup video for Phoenix, Meta's light headset that connects to a puck on a cord, has leaked online, Road to VR reported in July 2026. It shows the screens you see when you first turn the headset on.
The video shows a slim, almost glasses-like shape and nose pads you can remove. It also shows lenses you can slide apart to fit your eyes, and built-in hand and eye tracking.
Meta has not announced Phoenix.
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A Horizon OS video shows prescription lenses made with Zenni Optical
The leaker Luna found video inside Horizon OS, the Quest software, showing prescription lenses for Phoenix that Meta appears set to release with Zenni Optical, its official prescription lens partner. Road to VR reported the find.
Phoenix would offload its compute to a cable-tethered unit
Road to VR reads the leaked Horizon OS images as showing a cable running off the left temple to a separate compute unit, which is how Phoenix would keep its near glasses-like profile. Engadget and Tom's Guide describe the same tethered puck. Meta has not shown the unit.
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