Tunabee's Tabletop Orchestra: Tap the Beat with Four Critters on Your Table

Tunabee's Tabletop Orchestra is a music session on a VR headset where the band sits on your real table in mixed reality. You place four small instrument critters, follow Tunabee as conductor, and tap each one on the beat. The layers build until the full song plays, then a short replay clip plays that take back to you.

It is coming soon from aeternusvita.io. This guide explains what it is, how a session works and who it suits, using only the details from the project brief and the Play copy. If you want to hear when it is ready, you can get notified from Tunabee's Tabletop Orchestra.

What Tunabee's Tabletop Orchestra is

The one-line pitch is:

"Place four instrument critters and tap in time while Tunabee conducts."

The subtitle is "Tap the beat with Tunabee".

The en-GB Play description says:

"Tunabee's Tabletop Orchestra is a music session on a VR headset, for ages 10 and up with a parent nearby. The band sits on your real table in mixed reality."

It is made by aeternusvita.io. The category in the brief is Music / learning and the platforms listed are Meta Quest, Android XR and Web, with Quest MR as the lead.

There is no account to set up. The description is clear: "You do not need an account."

It is for families with kids and designed as parent-supervised play. The brief notes that store guidance for Quest titles of this kind is 10 and up with a parent nearby, with co-play messaging. If you are reading this as a parent, it is written for you.

How a session works

The core loop in the brief is short:

Pick a song -> place 4 instrument critters -> Tunabee conducts -> tap each on the beat -> layers stack -> full song + replay clip

You pick a song. You place a drum beetle, a flute bird, a bass frog and a bell flower on your table. Tunabee takes the conductor spot. You tap each critter on the beat. Each tap brings in its layer. The layers stack until the full song plays. A replay clip then plays that take back to you.

The Play copy puts it in plain steps: "Pick a song. Place a drum beetle, a flute bird, a bass frog and a bell flower. Tunabee conducts. Tap each critter on the beat. Each one adds its layer, and the layers stack until the full song plays. A replay clip plays that take back to you."

You keep the rhythm and listen for the next layer to join.

Meet the four critters on your table

The band is four critters, each tied to one instrument voice.

• Drum beetle — the drum layer
• Flute bird — the flute layer
• Bass frog — the bass layer
• Bell flower — the bell layer

The listing calls them together: "Drum beetle, flute bird, bass frog, bell flower." You place all four on your real table in mixed reality. A clear table gives them space. You learn the instrument names because each critter is named for its sound.

You can name each one with your child before you start: drum, flute, bass, bell.

Tunabee conducts while you tap the beat

Tunabee is the conductor. You watch Tunabee for the pulse.

The brief lists "Tunabee conducts while you tap the beat" as a feature, and the Play copy repeats it: "Tunabee conducts. Tap each critter on the beat." You tap each critter directly on the beat to add its layer.

You do not need to read music. If you sit beside your child, you can watch Tunabee together and take turns tapping.

The learning goals in the brief are rhythm, listening and instrument names. The brief notes that any mention of VR-learning research must stay general and must not claim results for this app.

Layers that stack into the full song

Each critter carries one layer. When you tap on the beat, that layer joins the mix. As you keep time across the four, the layers stack.

The feature list says it plainly: "Layers stack until the full song plays." You hear the build as each new layer joins until all four play together.

You do not need to manage many parts at once at the start. The design lets you bring one layer in, settle with it, then bring the next. That stepped build makes it easier to hold the beat.

A replay clip of your take

When the full song has played, a replay clip plays that take back to you.

The Play copy says: "A replay clip plays that take back to you." The feature list shortens it to "A replay clip of your take." It is a short playback of the version you just built.

The replay is kept simple. The brief does not describe a chain of clips or sharing step. You tap the beat, you build the song, you hear it back once.

A colour songbook with no music staff

Alongside the headset session there is a songbook PDF. It marks the beat in colour and it does not use a music staff.

The brief calls it a "Songbook PDF with sheet-free colour notation" and the Play copy says: "A songbook PDF marks the beat in colour, and it does not use a music staff." The feature list repeats it as "A colour songbook with no music staff."

That keeps the songbook approachable if you do not read notation. Colour shows the beat without a staff, so the paper and the headset point to the same pulse.

Who it suits

Tunabee's Tabletop Orchestra suits families who want a short, calm music session on the table with a parent close by. The brief audience is families with kids, with guidance of ages 10 and up with a parent nearby.

As a parent, consider it if your child enjoys music and small characters. The session asks for listening and tapping on the beat. Your child meets four instruments by name and hears how each one changes the song when it joins.

It also suits you if you want a session with a clear shape. You pick a song, place the four, follow Tunabee and hear the replay. The steps are the same each time and play stays on one table.

It will suit less if your child wants free roaming or long sessions away from the table. This is a tabletop session in mixed reality, focused on rhythm and listening with four small figures and a conductor.

What you need and coming soon

You need a VR headset that supports mixed reality and a table for the band. The brief lists the lead platform as Meta Quest, with builds also for Android XR and Web. The project status is hosted with a smoke pass, but nothing has been submitted to stores yet.

You need a parent nearby if your child is 10 and up. You do not need an account. The Play copy states this plainly.

There is no release date, price, rating or review to share because the project has not been released or submitted. The product page shows coming soon, and that is the only availability to note.

Tunabee's Tabletop Orchestra is coming soon at https://www.aeternusvita.io/en/products/tunabee-s-tabletop-orchestra. If you would like to try the session with your child when it is ready, get notified from Tunabee's Tabletop Orchestra. You will hear on that page when it is live. Then you can place the four critters on the nearest table, watch Tunabee, and tap the beat until the layers stack into the full song.