Clip of Meta’s long-anticipated slim VR headset is making the rounds online after being extracted from Quest firmware. The footage, showing the device’s initial setup flow, has renewed bets that the company will show the hardware at its Connect event this September.

X user ToastConcern first spotted the images in Quest’s firmware, and NoriDoesVR captured the full setup flow. The blurry frames show a puck-tethered headset, a design Meta has worked on for years under codenames Puffin, Loma, and now Phoenix.

The leaked footage shows updated device-fit and eye-tracking setup screens, suggesting those features will be central to the product. Road to VR calls it “unmistakably” Meta’s upcoming thin headset.

Meta Connect lands September 23, and the company has a habit of letting hardware details slip in the run-up to that event. A lightweight passthrough headset would slot in above Meta’s Ray-Ban and Display glasses as a more serious spatial computing option.

Meta has not commented on the footage. As with most pre-Connect leaks, the real question is whether the September event confirms the design, the specs, and a price that makes the thin form factor stick.

Source: Road to VR