Uchi, Kuru? Desk

What it is

A menu bar app that streams a single Mac window to a floating panel in Quest 3. It has no Dock icon and no window of its own — it just waits in the menu bar. From the headset you can click, drag, scroll and type into that window.

The video never leaves your local Wi-Fi. Nothing is sent to the internet or to any server of ours, and there is no account to create.

Download

macOS 13 Ventura or later · Apple Silicon and Intel
Your Quest and your Mac must be on the same Wi-Fi network

Setting it up

1. Unzip it, move it to Applications, and open it.
   A ▣ in the menu bar means it is ready and waiting.
2. Allow Screen Recording.
   You are asked on first launch. If you missed it: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen Recording → turn on Uchi, Kuru? Desk.
   macOS only applies the grant on the next launch, so the app has to be reopened — it notices and offers you a Reopen button.
3. To click and type as well, allow Accessibility in the same place.
   Without it, everything still works — view only.
4. In the Quest app, take Your Mac off the shelf and tap Search.
   Your Mac appears by name; pick it, then pick the window you want to see.

Never launch it again

On first launch it offers to open automatically when your Mac starts. Say yes and the Mac is simply always ready when you put the headset on. You can change it later from the ▣ menu → Open at login.

If macOS says the developer cannot be verified

The current build is not yet notarized by Apple, so macOS asks once.

1. Right-click (or control-click) the app → Open → Open again.
2. If it still refuses: System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down to the "Uchi, Kuru? Desk was blocked…" line and click Open Anyway.

This step goes away once the notarized build replaces this one.

Troubleshooting

• The Quest cannot find the Mac — check that both are on the same Wi-Fi. Guest networks and access points with client isolation block the automatic discovery. In that case click the IP address in the ▣ menu to copy it, and paste it into Enter IP manually on the Quest.
• No windows are listed — Screen Recording is not granted, or the app has not been reopened since you granted it. A ⚠︎ in the menu bar says which.
• Clicks do nothing — Accessibility is not granted.
• The icon shows 🛑 — port 8765 is taken. Check whether another copy of Uchi, Kuru? Desk is already running.
• Stuttering or lag — drag Picture quality toward Smooth on the Quest panel and make the panel a little smaller. For reading text, the Sharp end with a large panel is clearest.
• Firewall — allow incoming connections (TCP 8765, UDP 8766).