News & Reviews:   Xiaomi Mi VR

Last week saw the official refresh of the long awaited Apple MacBook Pro with a faddish "new" feature while Microsoft announced their Surface Studio, Surface Dial and Surface Book. However, the biggest news of the week was probably the announcement of the Xiaomi Mi Note 2 and their first unique looking smartphone, the fully ceramic Mi MIX alongside their Mi VR headset.

Not so impressed by the Xiaomi Mi Note 2 or Mi VR? Well, Xiaomi continued to push boundaries with their fully ceramic Mi MIX concept smartphone utilizing a single block of ceramic and edge-to-edge display. Designed in collaboration with designer Philipe Starck, the front camera has been moved to the bottom and a number of sensors have been updated to work with the new fully ceramic build.

Asides from announcing their dual curved edge display Xiaomi Mi Note 2, Xiaomi also announced their affordable Mi VR headset for just 199 CNY (RM122). Compatible with the Mi Note 2, the Mi VR features a 16ms ultra-low latency for less motion sickness bundled with a hardware-based 9-axis inertial motion sensor controller. No Malaysia release date for this or whether or not we'll be getting this but it would certainly be a cool accessory to go with the Mi Note 2.