Lenovo today unveiled the first standalone VR headset in Google’s Daydream mobile VR ecosystem, the Mirage Solo. Revealed today at CES, the headset integrates Google’s WorldSense six degrees of freedom (6DoF) positional tracking alongside the headset’s 3DoF controller.

First teased back at Google I/O, Lenovo’s then unnamed headset was set to arrive with a similar 6DoF headset from HTC, however HTC recently scrapped plans to bring their headset to the West with Daydream support, instead releasing in China with a mobile version of the Viveport content store. Lenovo’s headset is the first and currently only standalone headset currently in the Daydream app ecosystem.

Clay Bavor, Vice President of Virtual and Augmented Reality at Google, says Lenovo’s headset marks an important shift for the Daydream platform, giving the user a “more immersive and streamlined way to experience the best of what Daydream has to offer without needing a smartphone.”

image courtesy Lenovo

There’s no definitive release date yet, but the headset is expected to hit shelves in Q2 2018. As for pricing, Lenovo says they’re working on reducing the price “so that it’s accessible to more people.” The company says the Mirage Solo will be priced “under $400.” While not explicitly stated, we’re reading between the lines here when we say it’ll likely have a $399.99 price tag, but that remains to be seen.

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Mirage Solo is said to give users access to the entire Daydream catalog of over 250 apps and games, including Google apps like YouTube VR, Street View, Photos, and Expeditions. Notably, Google says a game designed for Lenovo Mirage Solo’s 6DoF capabilities based on Blade Runner 2049 (2017) called Blade Runner: Revelations will come to the headset as well. “We’re working closely with developers to bring new experiences to the platform that take advantage of all these new technologies,” the company says.

image courtesy Lenovo

Lenovo Mirage Specs

  • Dimensions (W x L x H) (mm) : 204.01 x 269.5 x 179.86 (inches) : 8.03″ x 10.61″ x 7.08
  • Weight: 645 g (1.42 lbs)
  • Color: Moonlight White
  • Operating System: Daydream OS
  • Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon™ 835
  • Audio: Android N Pro Audio, 3.5 mm Audio Jack with Dual Microphones
  • RAM : 4 GB
  • ROM : 64 GB UFS
  • Card Slot : microSD Card; Up to 256 GB
  • Battery: 4000 mAh Li-ion Polymer (standby and general usage time TBA)
  • Display 5.5″ Resolution QHD (2560 x 1440) LCD, 75 Hz
  • Lens : 2 x Fresnel-Aspheric, 110° FOV
  • WLAN : WiFi 802.11 ac/n 2×2 MIMO Dual Band
  • Bluetooth: Bluetooth® 5.0 + BLE

What’s in the Box

  • Lenovo Mirage Solo
  • Daydream Wireless Motion Controller
  • Travel Adapter
  • USB Type-C™ Cable
  • 3.5 mm Earphones
  • User Manual
  • Quick Start Guide
  • Warranty Card
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Scott Hayden
Well before the first modern XR products hit the market, Scott recognized the potential of the technology and set out to understand and document its growth. He has been professionally reporting on the space for nearly a decade as Editor at Road to VR, authoring more than 4,000 articles on the topic. Scott brings that seasoned insight to his reporting from major industry events across the globe.
  • Ian Shook

    Can somebody please tell me what I think about this.

    • Jim Cherry

      You’ll think nothing of it until its released ;)

      • Firestorm185

        These are not the VR headsets you are looking for. Carry on.

        • Daemon Hunt

          lol

    • Lucidfeuer

      Like mostly everybody: meh.

    • Fred

      Google will only get large corporate developers and user generated content and no content of any significance in between.

  • Kev

    I wish some of these companies would innovate rather than releasing almost exactly the same thing. Same resolution, FOV, weight, lenses etc… They seem to be keenly interested in repeatedly changing the outer housing.

  • gothicvillas

    Boring. Glorified cardboard.

    • WyrdestGeek

      6dof ain’t cardboard.

      Still I am concerned that there may not be much actual *software* for Daydream.

      And it remains to be seen how good the WorldSense tracking actually is

      It will almost certainly *not* be as good as Oculus or Vice, but then that was never the point.

  • Interesting, but the fact that has no integrated audio is a big issue IMHO