Certainly one of China’s Largest Tech Firms Simply Copied Apple’s Largest Flop

Apple has had some misses previously (taking a look at you, G4 Dice), however in current instances, arguably no piece of {hardware} has been an even bigger flop than the Vision Pro. However simply because sales for Apple’s $3,500 face computer have been tepid at finest hasn’t stopped rivals from conjuring up their very own lookalikes. That features Samsung and its upcoming Project Moohan headset running Android XR, and now, an virtually laughably shut lookalike out of China from smartphone maker Vivo.

If Undertaking Moohan takes some inspiration from the Imaginative and prescient Professional, Vivo’s headset, referred to as (and I’m not making this up) Vivo Imaginative and prescient, is mainly a duplicate/paste scenario, besides it allegedly addresses one of many Imaginative and prescient Professional’s largest downsides: the burden. Based on Vivo, which simply launched numerous key specs concerning the Vivo Vision this week, its headset weighs in at 398 grams, which is a ridiculous 40% weight discount in comparison with the Imaginative and prescient Professional. That even beats Meta’s Quest 3 within the weight division by 117 grams. Evidently, that’s a wild declare.

As for the similarities to the Imaginative and prescient Professional, the Vivo Imaginative and prescient has a lot; there’s the knitted head strap, an identical glass entrance, a battery pack, and it helps “transfer and pinch gestures” and eye monitoring, which sounds just like Apple’s visionOS. There’s no Imaginative and prescient Professional-esque EyeSight characteristic (the front-facing show that reveals your eyes) on the entrance of the headset, nonetheless, which may account for the distinction in weight between the 2.

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What makes that potential weight discount much more wild is the truth that Vivo Imaginative and prescient additionally appears to match the Imaginative and prescient Professional on one among its largest promoting factors: a really premium show. Based on Vivo, the headset has a micro-OLED show with a decision of three,552 x 3,840 and a PPI (pixel density) of 4,032. Each of these specs match the Imaginative and prescient Professional, which has a decision of three,660 x 3,200 pixels per eye and a PPI of three,386. In different phrases, Vivo is promising a headset that theoretically appears to be like as premium because the Imaginative and prescient Professional however weighs a hell of rather a lot much less.

There’s additionally one different eye-opening bit: Vivo says the Imaginative and prescient may value lower than half the value of a Imaginative and prescient Professional when it’s launched. According to early rumors, worth estimates are ranging across the $1,400 mark, although there isn’t a official pricing from Vivo simply but.

So, hypothetically, we’re taking a look at a headset that has a show that’s as good because the Imaginative and prescient Professional, if not nicer, prices lower than half, and completely crushes each Apple and Meta on weight… hmm. Hear, I’m open-minded, however I’ll consider all of that if and after I see the Vivo Imaginative and prescient for myself. It’s price noting right here that the Vivo Imaginative and prescient isn’t fairly an actual product but, because the model introduced this week is a “Discovery Version.” There’s nonetheless rather a lot I must see earlier than I purchase into the hype, however if this headset is legit, it form of dunks on the competitors.

Although, I suppose it’s price noting that even when it does truly trounce Apple at its personal recreation, it’s not fairly actual competitors because the Vivo Imaginative and prescient will possible solely be launched in China. Plus, Apple is rumored to be within the lab engaged on one other Imaginative and prescient Professional iteration with a beefed-up M5 chip, so perhaps its laborious work on that entrance will assist preserve tempo with a carbon copy rival if and when it does launch. For now, I’m labeling the Vivo Imaginative and prescient too good to be true till confirmed in any other case.