Smartphone maker Vivo entered the mixed reality (MR) race with the launch of the Vision Discovery Edition on August 21 at the company’s 30th anniversary event in Dongguan, China.
With the launch, Vivo becomes the first Chinese smartphone brand to extend into MR hardware. The company said it took four years to develop the device.
At 398 grams, the headset is 26 percent smaller than the industry average, with multiple light seals and foam options for a customizable fit.
“Our vision has always been to put users first, and to let technology illuminate beauty,” said Hu Baishan, executive vice president & COO at Vivo, who is also the president of Vivo Central Research Institute. “With the Vision Discovery Edition, we’re bringing mixed reality from the lab into daily life, and beginning a century-long journey to build technology that endures.”
The headset is engineered to deliver cinema-grade visuals through its dual Micro-OLED displays that provide ultra-sharp 8K binocular resolution, the company said. It supports 94 percent of the DCI-P3 color gamut with DeltaE < 2, ensuring highly accurate color reproduction. To reduce eye strain and improve comfort, the brightness variation between the two lenses is kept within 2 nits.
Interaction is powered by 1.5° high-precision eye-tracking, 26 degrees of freedom in fingertip gesture recognition, and a 175° vertical tracking range, enabling natural “move-and-pinch” gestures, it said.
Under the hood, the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 platform delivers a 15 percent GPU boost and up to 20 percent CPU performance gain over the previous generation, supporting smooth high-speed rendering for immersive gaming, productivity, and entertainment.
Users can project a 120-foot virtual theater screen for cinema-like viewing or watch live sports and e-sports in multi-angle, split-screen formats.
While the MR launch was the headline, Vivo also used the stage to upgrade its imaging strategy, announcing deeper integration across night photography, portraits, telephoto, and video, alongside cross-device experiences that connect smartphones with the new MR platform.
The company reaffirmed its global partnership with ZEISS and showcased progress in AI-driven imaging chips and algorithms.
Among handset makers, Apple launched its Vision Pro headset in 2023.
On the enterprise side, Microsoft’s HoloLens 2, Magic Leap’s Magic Leap 2, Lenovo’s ThinkReality VRX, and Varjo’s XR-3/XR-4 dominate, serving industries such as healthcare, automotive, design, and defence. These devices are generally priced at the higher end, between $1,300 and $6,000, and are tailored for professional rather than mass-market use.
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