At an event in China, Vivo has announced today its first mixed reality (MR) headset, vivo Vision Discovery Edition. The design of this device is made in such a way so that it is comfortable to wear. It features a lightweight, ergonomically optimized build. Weighing just 398g with a height of 83 mm and a thickness of 40 mm, it is 26% smaller than the industry average, improving overall comfort. The design offers four sizes of light seal, and eight foam padding options to ensure an optimal fit and long-lasting comfort, even during extended wear or active movement.
vivo Vision Discovery Edition runs on OriginOS Vision, which enables natural and intuitive interactions. The information appears seamlessly in the surrounding space, allowing users to shift from traditional “tap-through-screen” interactions to “move-and-pinch” gestures. With 1.5° high-precision eye-tracking, 26 degrees of freedom in fingertip gesture recognition, and a vertical tracking range of 175°, users can enjoy intuitive and responsive controls. Additionally, its Dual Micro-OLED screens deliver 8K binocular resolution, 94% DCI-P3 color coverage, and DeltaE<2 color accuracy, producing visuals comparable to professional cinema monitors. Binocular brightness and color consistency calibration was also performed, with the binocular brightness difference ? 2nits and the binocular chromaticity difference ?E < 2 to reduce the discomfort caused by binocular visual differences.
vivo Vision Discovery Edition is equipped with the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 21 platform. Compared to the previous generation, it delivers up to 2.5x GPU performance and 8x AI performance, enabling groundbreaking visual and interactive experiences.
This headset serves as a seamless entryway for users into their digital lives, covering immersive entertainment, gaming, and productivity scenarios. Its immersive video enables panoramic viewing from any angle, allowing users to watch live sports and e-sports broadcasts from different angles or in split-screen mode without missing any of the action. For media entertainment, it can generate a 120-foot theater screen, allowing users to enjoy cinematic experiences anytime, anywhere.
Pricing of this device has not been disclosed which will be made available close to the launch.
At the event, vivo also announced an integrated upgrade to its imaging strategy, focusing on scene integration and building a complete imaging ecosystem matrix. This upgrade aims to strengthen vivo’s long-standing capabilities in night photography, portraits, telephoto, and video, while responding to shifting user demands for diverse, scenario-based imaging experiences.
With its new strategy, vivo aims to make professional imaging capabilities accessible to a broader audience by covering imaging security, health applications, and cross-device experiences. In health imaging, vivo plans to combine the Telephoto Macro capability of vivo X200 series with medical-grade optics to develop a portable slit lamp that will make ophthalmic diagnostics more accessible. To provide an immersive creation and viewing, vivo is committed to enabling seamless cross-device imaging experiences—from the debut of 3D imaging technology on the X100 Ultra and 60 fps spatial video on the X200 Ultra all the way to the brand-new Vision Discovery Edition.
vivo and ZEISS also announced that they have entered a new era of global imaging partnership. Over the past five years, vivo has collaborated with ZEISS to deeply integrate vivo’s user-oriented product philosophy with ZEISS’s leading optical technology, continuously setting new standards in mobile imaging.
“The collaboration between vivo and ZEISS is both deep and broad, transcending hardware or software solutions. Both partners are actively engaged in continuous learning and proceeding with the joint aim to responds to the needs and voices of consumers and the global imaging community, continuously innovating in the area of smartphone optics for state-of-the-art photography and videography. We look forward to deepening and broadening our collaboration to enable intuitive and creative use of mobile imaging technologies by millions of consumers worldwide.” said André Kutz, Head of ZEISS Photonics & Optics.
