With Facebook being banned in China, Oculus turns to Xiaomi to push the global launch of Oculus Go.
Today at CES, Oculus shared details about their partnerships with Xiaomi and Qualcomm Technologies.
Xiaomi is the hardware partner for the global launch of Oculus Go and are also announcing Mi VR Standalone—a VR headset based on Oculus technology exclusively for the Chinese market.
Both are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 Mobile VR Platform and share the same core hardware features and design. Xiaomi is working directly with Oculus developers to localize some of the most popular content from the Oculus Store and to bring it to the Mi VR Store in China.
The Oculus Go is set to release in early 2018, starting at a price of $199.
The decision may have been made since Facebook is still banned in China.