Zuckerberg teases prototype Oculus VR headset for mobile devices

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No mention of virtual reality is complete without touching on the mobile side of things. That is what happened at the Oculus Connect today as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg went on stage today to tease attendees about its upcoming entry into the mobile VR market.

Zuckerberg just showed a prototype (in a video) of a device that’s like Oculus but untethered like GearVR; he calls it the next step
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Oculus is no stranger to the mobile VR market of course, as the company was reponsible for Samsung’s GearVR. However, this new VR unit that was demonstrated on stage is far more advanced than the GearVR. The key feature of this new headset comes is positional tracking. Currently only available on high end VR headsets like the Rift and the Vive, positional tracking would allow the headset to track the wearer’s position, allowing it to adjust the onscreen content accordingly, making the wearer feel like he’s navigating through an actual space.

Zuckerberg did mention that this prototype headset is still in its early development stages, so it is unlikely that we will hear anything more about it until next year. Interestingly enough, Zuckerberg also mentioned that the device would be affordable. Just how “affordable” this headset would be remains to be seen.

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ZUK Edge launched with minimal bezels and fast fingerprint sensor

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Lenovo has launched a new ZUK flagship smartphone in China, running the latest Snapdragon 821 processor, the same chipset seen underneath the hood of most of 2016’s later flagships. The ZUK Edge features a great screen to body ratio, and runs on Android Nougat as well.

For starters, the ZUK Edge sports a 5.5-inch display at Full HD resolution covered with a 2.5D glass. The device has pretty seem bezels, giving an impressive 86.4 percent screen to body ratio. Underneath the hood, as mentioned earlier, it is powered by the flagship standard Snapdragon 821 processor with an Adreno 530 GPU. The handset is available in both 4GB RAM and 6GB RAM variants, but with only one choice of 64GB storage configuration.

The ZUK Edge features a 13MP rear PDAF camera with an f/2.2 aperture, coupled with a front facing selfie shooter of 8 megapixels. The phone packs a heart rate sensor on the back and a fingerprint sensor on the front, said to unlock in a snappy 0.09 seconds. It comes equipped with a 3,100mAh battery, and supports Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 3.0 technology as well, via the USB Type-C port.

The ZUK Edge will set you back 2,299 CNY (RM1,481.59) for the 4GB RAM model and 2,499 CNY for the 6GB RAM model. There is also a ZUK Edge L available, which is a famous Korean actor Lee Min Ho edition. What do you think?

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ZUK Z2 to fit Snapdragon SoC despite CEO's claims of Exynos 8890

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While Chang Cheng, the CEO of Chinese OEM and Lenovo subsidiary ZUK has claimed that he spent a day with the ZUK Z2 and the alleged Exynos 8890 chip was good, the company itself has released a teaser image of the Z2, with a full-on Qualcomm Snapdragon logo in it, which is also the first thing you’ll see before the series of Chinese characters below it.

Confusion? we’re guessing so. But it could be possible that the ZUK Z2 could pack two different processors with similar processing power. Such is the case of the Galaxy S7 series, which has either a Snapdragon 820 or Samsung’s own Exynos 8890 under the hood. Nevertheless, the China launch of the ZUK Z2 is set for May 31, a week from now.

The Z2 is rumored to sport either a Snapdragon 652 or a Snapdragon 820 processor with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, which could mean a possibility of a lower-end and a higher end model of the handset. On the display side, the device is said to feature a 4.7-inch Full HD display. The rest of the specs include a camera pair of 13MP/8MP, plus a larger than usual 4,100mAh battery. Guess we’ll just have to wait for the Z2 event to find out whether or not the ZUK Z2 will be packing an Exynos chip instead.

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