Xiaomi Jumps into the VR Deep-End with New Headset

When Xiaomi introduced its latest smartphone entry, the Redmi Pro, and its first notebook, the Mi Notebook Air, information technology likewise hinted that it had considered playing in the virtual reality (VR) space. It even went equally far as putting up a call-out for public test registration.

Non even a week in and Xiaomi, however riding the euphoric high that its new product launches fabricated and creating a 2d moving ridge of anticipation from all that, has revealed how it intends to bring together the VR race with the unveiling of the Xiaomi VR Play.

This attempt at VR sees Xiaomi bundling an app with the headset, ensuring seamless appointment of the content it curates and any media that has been enhanced for pure user immersion.

When the app is engaged and the smartphone is docked into the headset, users will come across and immediately interact with a 3D interface that is peculiarly designed to ensure the device need non exist taken apart to manage all not-VR processes. Controls and menus can exist accessed by just moving one's head and pressing the top-panel push button.

Physically, the Xiaomi VR Play is very different from other market entries. Using a mix of durable cloth, mostly comprising lycra, spandex, and hardy fibres, the headset looks tough, robust, yet comfortable to handle. Complementing the look and feel of the design is the use of a big aught that ensures the variable-size docking mechanism, which sports a pair of cutouts for easy aligning of the device, is super secure.

On the inside, a pair of anti-glare lenses are used to reduce eye-strain.

If anyone has bug with the blackness and minor use of orange hues for the Xiaomi VR Play, the Red china electronics manufacturer also offers a couple of variant looks to choose from and fifty-fifty permit users to transport in their custom DIY designs to exist applied to the headset.

For now, the Xiaomi VR Play is in the open-testing stage in People's republic of china now and volition all the same undergo a number of improvements before the final release rolls out.

More details nearly the Xiaomi VR Play be found on the MIUI Forum.