Last week, we tend to reportable regarding Xiaomi’s plans to launch its first-ever video game receiver. although the Chinese company was earlier expected to require the wraps off the receiver on Lammas Day, that didn’t transpire. Instead currently it looks, Xiaomi are going to be launching the VR receiver later on on August four. it’s place up teaser videos on its Weibo account that hints at the August four launch date.
The videos don’t specifically reveal loads regarding the future receiver. It shows close-ups of 3 individuals talking regarding VR, and within the run up to event, Xiaomi is anticipated to unharness additional such teaser videos. whereas details square measure scarce, Xiaomi chief Tang alphabetic character recently confirmed the existence of a VR receiver. alphabetic character conjointly confirmed that the future receiver are going to be compatible with Google’s Daydream VR platform.
One of the most reasons Xiaomi is coming up with on venturing into the VR area is as a result of it feels none of the VR headsets on the market nowadays square measure optimized for MIUI. It will currently leverage Google’s Daydream platform, associated is additionally expected to supply a bunch of video resources which will offer users an ‘enjoyable VR experience’.
With the launch of its VR receiver, Xiaomi can be part of the likes of Lenovo, Huawei, Coolpad, HTC and Samsung. Xiaomi’s VR receiver can little doubt be feature-packed however sharply priced. It remains to be seen if Xiaomi can eventually launch the VR receiver in markets outside China.
In the in the meantime, Xiaomi is gears up to launch the budget Redmi 3s smartphone in India tomorrow. because the name suggests, the future device is actually a variant of the Redmi three boast a full-metal atomic number 12 alloy unibody style and a fingerprint scanner. Xiaomi had originally launched the smartphone in China, with costs ranging from 699 Yuan, that is some Rs7,000.
The Xiaomi Redmi 3s options a 5-inch HD (720p) show, flower 430 octa-core chipset, 2GB of RAM for the 16GB variant, and 3GB of RAM for the 32GB variant. It conjointly comes with a hybrid SIM card slot, 13-megapixel rear camera with junction rectifier flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) support, 5-megapixel selfie camera, and property choices like 4G LTE support, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth four.1, and GPS. it’ll be fascinating to examine if Xiaomi launches Redmi 3s in India with the precise same set of specifications and options, or it makes a couple of modifications adore it did with the Redmi Note three.
