Facebook partners with Xiaomi to bring Oculus technology to China
The Mi VR Standalone mobile headset will be exclusive to Chinese market
Facebook's Oculus has announced that is partnering with Chinese phone maker Xiaomi Technology in a deal to manufacture its new virtual reality headset.
Xiaomi has agreed to manufacture Oculus's new headset, the Oculus Go, which was announced in October 2017.
As part of the deal Oculus has agreed to launch the Mi VR Standalone, a version of the headset exclusive to the Chinese market built with Oculus technology. Oculus has not detailed how the Mi VR Standalone will differ from Oculus Go, but said it will share the same core hardware features and design.
Oculus also revealed it is working with Qualcomm Inc. and will use the company's Snapdragon 821 chipsets to power the mobile VR headset.
"We've worked closely with Qualcomm to deliver the highest possible level of performance to meet the high computing demands of the standalone VR product category," said Oculus in a blog post.
The Oculus Go us set to release early this year, priced at $199.