UploadVR’s Craig Storm filed a first-wear note on Liminal: Walking Meditation — a companion app that pairs with Meta AI glasses so spoken GUIDANCE follows what the CAMERA sees on a walk. Storm tested a prerelease build on Ray-Ban Meta ahead of Connect. The phone app targets OCTOBER on iOS and Android.
Camera CONTEXT, not a recorded LOOP
Setup is deliberate: launch the phone app, pair the glasses, pick a theme, voice, and pacing, then pocket the phone. Hands-free AUDIO plays through the frames while the system periodically samples a SCENE — Storm describes SINGLE MOMENTS rather than a continuous photo stream — and folds those details into narration. On a night walk, the build named his car and “amber streetlights.” In daylight it called out trees, grass meeting pavement, and bright sun against blue sky. LONG pauses sit between prompts so the walk stays quieter than a CONSTANT podcast feed.
Twelve themes, ZERO retention, no microphone
At LAUNCH the catalog lists TWELVE meditation themes — Storm tried PRESENCE, WONDER, and GRATITUDE — plus eight voices and three pacing options. CTO Tin Nguyen told UploadVR that pacing changes how much NARRATION you hear and how long the walk runs; the shortest sessions land around 10 to 13 MINUTES. Privacy is part of the product pitch: images route through the phone for AI processing with ZERO DATA RETENTION on Google Gemini, then DISCARD. The app does not request microphone access, a choice co-founder Damian Moratti framed as intentional so conversations are not captured as prompts. Location still feeds local weather and season into the walk, per Liminal’s own product page.
What DAT 1.0 makes POSSIBLE
Storm ties the build to Meta’s Wearables Device Access Toolkit, demonstrated at the Connect 2026 Developer State of the Union — the same STABLE toolkit Meta says begins rolling out September 30 for camera CAPTURE and related APIs on AI glasses. Liminal’s VR app on Quest stays a SEPARATE product: Moratti describes VR as ESCAPE from the world and Walking Meditation as ATTENTION on the world. Safety stays thin by design — no NAVIGATION, no hazard alerts — because reliable alerts looked HARDER than the team wanted to ship. Users pick a SAFE route and pause when traffic or terrain needs full FOCUS.
PRICE and the useful FRAME
Pricing is set at $9.99 per MONTH or $99.99 per YEAR for 30 CONTEXTUAL walks monthly, with unlimited OFFLINE scripted versions of each theme. That is a SOFTWARE bet on Meta AI glasses as a daily wellness SURFACE — camera-aware AUDIO without a screen — while Connect week still flooded the beat with FOV specs and puck weight. Confirmed across UploadVR and Liminal’s Walking Meditation site: October iOS/Android target, Ray-Ban Meta class hardware, Gemini with zero retention, no microphone, no route GUIDANCE. Not confirmed: day-one frame SKU list beyond “compatible Meta AI glasses,” or how often Gemini misreads clutter the way early tests fixated on GARBAGE CANS.
Sources: UploadVR — Liminal Uses Meta Glasses To Deliver Meditation Based On What You See (Craig Storm, September 28, 2026); Liminal: Walking Meditation product page.