Chinese language smartphone creator Vivo introduced its ‘Imaginative and prescient’ XR headset again in March, and now the corporate has formally unveiled the machine’s spec sheet along with starting stay demos in China. Briefly, it’s lighter and cheaper than Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional by a good margin while taking greater than few design cues within the course of.
On the firm’s product launch occasion in Dongguan, China, Imaginative and prescient revealed extra about Imaginative and prescient, which is being provided first in a ‘Discovery Version’.
Whereas the headset isn’t at present accessible for buy but, it has begun demoing throughout China, together with main cities equivalent to Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou, the corporate says in a press assertion.
It’s unsure right now whether or not Vivo ever intends to carry it out of China, which could possibly be a tough promote; Vivo Vison not solely contains the ‘Imaginative and prescient’ from Imaginative and prescient Professional, but additionally is taking various design cues instantly from Apple.
That mentioned, pricing is barely much less unsure, though not confirmed right now. Gizmochina studies Vivo executives have hinted at a ¥10,000 price ticket (~$1,400), which is a far cry from Imaginative and prescient Professional’s $3,500 worth.
In comparison with Imaginative and prescient Professional, which weighs round 600g, Vivo Imaginative and prescient is remarkably lighter at simply 398g too, which Vivo notes can also be “26% smaller than the business common, bettering general consolation.”
Like Vison Professional, Vivo is placing heavy emphasis on hand-tracked interactions, which the corporate says contains “move-and-pinch” gestures, supported by 1.5° high-precision eye-tracking, 26 levels of freedom fingertip recognition, and a 175° vertical monitoring vary.
The twin micro-OLED shows are additionally mentioned to ship “8K binocular decision,” 94% DCI-P3 colour protection, and DeltaE<2 colour accuracy, with brightness and chromaticity calibration minimizing visible discomfort; vivo compares the visuals to skilled cinema screens.

The headset shall be provided with 4 sizes of sunshine seals, and eight foam padding choices to make sure an optimum match, the corporate says.
As for chipset, Vivo Imaginative and prescient is working a Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 21, which is round a 2.5x GPU and 8x AI efficiency over the earlier technology.
And also you received’t discover Android XR beneath the hood both, which seems like a little bit of a missed alternative. Vivo has created its personal customized working system for Imaginative and prescient, referred to as ‘OriginOS Imaginative and prescient’.
You may catch a long-form matchup between Imaginative and prescient Professional and Vivo Imaginative and prescient, courtesy of Vincent Zhong. Non-Mandarin audio system can activate auto-generated subtitles by clicking the ‘CC’ button close to the underside proper of the body.
Right here’s the spec sheet supplied by Vivo:
vivo Imaginative and prescient Discovery Version Specs
- Weight: 398 g
- Peak: 83 mm
- Thickness: 40 mm
- Measurement: 26% smaller than business common
- Mild seal choices: 4
- Foam padding choices: 8
- Working system: OriginOS Imaginative and prescient
- Eye-tracking precision: 1.5°
- Fingertip gesture recognition: 26 levels of freedom
- Vertical monitoring vary: 175°
- Panel sort: Twin Micro-OLED
- Decision: 8K binocular
- Coloration protection: 94% DCI-P3
- Coloration accuracy: DeltaE < 2
- Binocular brightness distinction: ≤ 2 nits
- Binocular chromaticity distinction: ΔE < 2
- Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 21
- GPU efficiency: 2.5x over earlier technology
- AI efficiency: 8x over earlier technology
- Panoramic video viewing
- Sports activities/e-sports broadcasts: Multi-angle and split-screen
- Digital theater display: 120 ft equal

