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NODBOT DEV for MUSE

NODBOT DEV for MUSE — a camera-free companion for the desk and the bedside.

A camera-free companionfor the desk and the bedside.

Muse already lives in your phone. NODBOT gives it a quiet place in the room — a body that senses presence at the desk and at the bedside, and pays attention without a camera, without a glowing screen, and without asking you to unlock anything.

  • No cameraNot in any mode, at any time.
  • LiDAR + mmWaveNon-contact sensing. Heritage adds 24GHz radar.
  • On-device perceptionZero cloud retention of perception data.
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NODBOT DEV for MUSE on a desk — comic flat illustration with the E-ink surface facing the room

On your desk A calm surface that notices you're still sitting. No unlock, no glow.

At your bedside A quiet presence that talks you down from the day, and turns the light off after you've settled.

Not a smart speaker. Not a tablet. A room-facing body for one Agent.

The question

“Muse already lives in my phone. Why should it live in the room?”

Because the moments that matter are not the ones where you open an app. They are the ones where you are already sitting, or already in bed — and the phone is face-down, out of reach, or the last thing you want to pick up.

The last few years of AI have been about doing more for you: booking, buying, summarizing, replying faster. The hours that shape a day were never part of that story — the hour you spend seated, and the hour before sleep.

NODBOT is not a faster way to use Muse. It is a place for Muse to be. The sensors stay on, the surface stays quiet, and nothing has to be unlocked first.
Phone: sensing exists only inside the dashed line — and only while you hold and unlock it.
NODBOT: a fixed body with an always-on sensing field around the desk or the bed.

From room signal to response · how it worksAn illustration of the pipeline · sample data, not a live feed

1 · Sense
    2 · Interpret (on-device)

    3 · Respond (same Muse)

    Consumer wellness feature, not a medical device. No camera in any function · perception data processed on-device with zero cloud retention.

    Your phone waits for you. NODBOT is already there.

    The desk

    Photo slot: desk scene, eye level, product on the left third, 1400×1000
    SEATED 51:12

    Focus session 45 min

    Stand

    2 min

    LIGHT

    40%

    Wave to snooze

    FOCUS 45:00

    Deep work · in progress

    Do not disturb

    Light 62%

    TAKE 2 MIN

    You've been seated 51 min

    Stand · stretch · look out

    Wave to snooze

    Tap to flip
    NODBOT

    On your desk

    The desk is where the hours quietly add up.

    You sit down at nine. You look up and it is noon. Between those two points, nothing in the room noticed how long you had been in the same chair — not your laptop, not your phone, not the Agent waiting inside it.

    NODBOT sits at the edge of the desk. It does not glow, it does not notify, and it does not compete with the screen you are already working on. It simply knows you are there — and stays readable from where you sit.

    A surface, not another screen.

    An E-ink surface with a 320×300-equivalent canvas, readable across the desk. Seated time, focus, a countdown — information you take in with a glance instead of a notification.

    "Seated 51:12 · focus session 45 min"
    "Stand 2 min · light 40% · wave to snooze"

    Nothing glows. Nothing asks to be unlocked.

    It notices you, not just your screen.

    Fifty minutes in the same chair, and the nudge escalates in three stages: a line, a suggestion, a rest screen you can't miss. The light shifts before the message does. No camera is involved at any point.

    It credits the work that shows up nowhere.

    Forty-five minutes of deep focus earns a milestone. The room knows, even when your phone is face-down and the rest of your day is in another window.

    Why your phone can't do this

    A phone widget lives behind a lock screen. Visible to one person. Gone the moment the phone is face-down. It knows screen time — not sitting time.

    Muse keeps working when you put your phone down. NODBOT is how the room notices.

    The bedside

    At your bedside

    The last thing you look at shouldn't be a screen.

    It is eleven. You are in bed. You want someone to talk to — about the day, about tomorrow, or about nothing in particular.

    Muse is there. Same Muse. But to reach it you pick up your phone. Five minutes of Muse, then a notification, then a video. Forty minutes later you are still awake, and the room is lit by the thing you were trying to put down.

    NODBOT sits on the nightstand. E-ink holds a page without glowing. In the dark it is a quiet object, not a screen in your face — and there is nothing to unlock.

    Company, not a chatbot.

    Press to talk, or use real-time mode with interruption. Muse tells you a story, asks about your day, follows where you want to go. Same memory, same personality — the Muse you already use, now in the room with you.

    It helps you settle, not just plays a track.

    Muse reads the room through NODBOT's sensors and walks you down: slower breathing cues, body-relaxation prompts, a voice that softens as you settle. C-Tone layers adaptive sound, gradual light, and subtle haptics — adjusting in real time instead of looping a static track.

    A surface that doesn't fight your sleep.

    No glowing screen by your pillow. No notifications. E-ink holds a calm page. The light engine moves in slow sunrises, not sudden flashes.

    A morning that starts the way you like.

    Not a preset ringtone. Muse designs a wake soundscape around a melody, texture, or mood you actually like — rendered by C-Tone with gradual light and haptics.

    After you settle

    It senses that you're settled — breathing quiet, movement still — and turns off the light. No timer to set. No app to open. No phone by the pillow. Partner and pet filtering is still being calibrated; bedtime routines are documented for single-sleeper setups first.

    Consumer wellness feature, not a medical device. It does not diagnose or treat anything.

    Why your phone can't do this

    A glowing screen next to your pillow is the problem, not the solution. And a phone can't layer sound, light, and haptics into one continuous environment — it has a speaker and a screen. NODBOT has a room-facing surface, an ambient light engine, and a haptic layer, all working locally.

    Muse is already there at bedtime. NODBOT is how it reaches you without picking up your phone — and how it knows when you've settled.

    E-ink holds the page without power. The light engine moves in slow sunrises — never sudden flashes.

    Positioning

    Not a smarter speaker. A different kind of presence.

    NODBOT is not trying to do more things for you. It is built for the part of the day no app covers: being in the room while you work, and staying there while you sleep. The category is full of speakers, tablets and cameras. This is the opposite bet.

    Muse in your phone
    Muse in the room
    You open it.
    It is already on.
    Knows screen time.
    Knows seated time, in-bed state, presence.
    Goes dark when face-down.
    Stays readable across the room.
    Waits for a question.
    Notices a change and responds without one.
    One person, behind a lock screen.
    A shared surface anyone in the room can read.
    Asks you to pick it up.
    Lets you leave it down.

    What the Agent gains

    What NODBOT deliberately does not do

    • It doesn't watch. No camera in any mode. Perception is TOF LiDAR and, on Heritage, 24GHz mmWave radar — depth and motion, not images.
    • It doesn't spend. No shopping, no payments, no account actions. The failure mode is a reminder that mistimes — not a purchase you didn't make.
    • It doesn't diagnose. Sleep-stage sensing is a consumer wellness feature. It is not a medical device and does not treat any condition.
    • It doesn't listen by default. The microphone is push-to-talk, with a physical cut-off switch for the rest of the time.

    Available now / coming via firmware / not planned

    Available now
    Desk surface and widget library · bedside C-Tone wind-down · Muse-designed wake soundscape · desk and bedside scene switching · presence and ambient sensing · wave response · three-stage seated-time nudges · deep-work milestones · lights-off after sleep transition.
    Coming via firmware
    Real-time Muse task status on the desk surface · semi-automatic settle-down routine with wave-to-confirm lights-off · partner and pet filtering calibration.
    Not planned
    Camera · shopping, payments or account actions · medical or diagnostic sleep claims · an always-on microphone · a general-purpose tablet or speaker.

    Same Muse. Same memory. Same personality. A second body — one that senses the room and stays quietly present.
    The screen is where Muse answers. The room is where it stays.

    Two products, two different jobs

    One extends an Agent.
    One doesn't need one.

    Primary · NODBOT DEV for MUSE

    A camera-free body for the Agent you already use

    What it is
    Desk presence + bedside presence, driven by always-on, camera-free sensing.
    Data & services operated by
    Meta. Conversation, memory, personality and task execution run through Muse. Refer to Meta's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
    Hardware focus
    320×300 equivalent E-ink surface · TOF LiDAR (Heritage adds 24GHz mmWave) · C-Tone sound-light-haptics · gesture input · no camera · on-device perception.
    Best for
    People already using Muse daily who want it at the desk and the bedside.
    Price
    $129 one-time. No device subscription. Agent service separate.

    Not a Meta product · Compatibility note

    NODBOT DEV for MUSE is an independent hardware product made by NETVERSE. Not made, endorsed, sponsored by, or affiliated with Meta. "MUSE" is used only to describe compatibility. Muse-related data and services are operated by Meta — refer to Meta's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

    Also from NETVERSE · Raychel NODBOT

    A standalone sleep device that doesn't need an Agent.

    What it is
    Non-wearable sleep sensing, adaptive gentle wake, local-first privacy.
    Data & services operated by
    NETVERSE. No Agent required; currently no subscription, unlimited tokens.
    Hardware focus
    TOF LiDAR across the line; Heritage adds 24GHz mmWave radar for stronger sleep staging and partner/pet filtering. E-ink + full-spectrum sunrise light + local storage.
    Best for
    People who want a sleep device with its own services, entirely independent of an Agent platform.
    Price
    From $169. See Raychel NODBOT.

    No reservation here — this card answers a different question.

    Three questions, in order

    1. 01
      Do you already use Muse or another Agent every day? No → Raychel NODBOT.
    2. 02
      Do you want that Agent at the desk and at the bedside? No → Raychel. Yes → question 3.
    3. 03
      Are you comfortable with conversations and cloud tasks running through the Agent service? Yes → NODBOT DEV for MUSE. No → Raychel.

    They don't compete. One extends an Agent into the room. The other is a room that needs no Agent at all.

    Price and ownership

    What $129 buys —
    and what it doesn't

    One device, paid once. No device subscription. The Muse Agent service is separate, with its own free and paid tiers — NODBOT doesn't replace it, and doesn't hide it.

    No subscription
    ever
    Photo slot: warm-light close-up, E-ink content must stay legible, 1600×900
    NODBOT

    Early Access terms. Available in the US, Canada, Japan and Singapore only. Paid in full at checkout and built to order in 30–60 business days, with a fixed-date update every two weeks. Refunds are not available between order and dispatch; 30-day returns after delivery.

    Muse-related data and services are operated by Meta. Refer to Meta's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. The device itself has no camera; perception is processed on-device with zero cloud retention. A physical switch silences the microphone.

    Questions people actually ask

    The questions that decide whether this belongs in your room.

    Give the same Muse a place in the room.

    A camera-free companion for the desk, the bedside, and the hours in between.

    Reserve at $129

    One-time · No device subscription · US / CA / JP / SG · Early Access ships in 30–60 business days · Refunds not available before dispatch

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    NODBOT DEV for MUSE · Developer Kit

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    NODBOT DEV for MUSE is in Early Access in the US, Canada, Japan and Singapore. Reservations are handled in our Discord — join, and claim your batch when it opens. Built to order in 30–60 business days; refunds are not available between order and dispatch.

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    NODBOT DEV for MUSE is made by NETVERSE, independent of Meta. Muse data and services are operated by Meta.