No, Apple Imaginative and Prescient Pro devices do come in black. However, Play for Dream MR does. At the CES 2025 exhibition, the “Android Imaginative and prescient Professional”, a device running on an Android-based operating system, garnered significant attention, with many hailing it as a game-changer in its class?
Launched initially in Asia last year, Play For Dream, a Chinese headset manufacturer, has set its sights on introducing the innovative, Vision Professional-inspired mixed reality headset to Western markets. The crowdfunding campaign for Play For Dream MR successfully launched in September, ultimately securing $2,271,650.00 Hong Kong dollars (approximately $292,000 USD) through Kickstarter support.
Play For Dream MR has been stocked with an impressive array of recent XR features, coupled with a Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chipset running Android 15; twin 3,840 × 3,552 micro-OLED displays (90Hz), eye-tracking, auto IPD adjustment, wired and wireless PC streaming capabilities, and featuring a Quest Pro-inspired rear-mounted battery and Contact-style controllers.
The headset appears to incorporate all features, including the Intelligent Professionals’ user interface.
Amanda Watson, a former Quest engineer, had the chance to get hands-on experience with Play For Dreams’ MR headset, praising it as “the most impressive thing I’ve seen on the show floor so far” in an X publication.
“It’s essentially a ‘Android Apple Intelligent Specialist’.” however the execution was wonderful. Nice efficiency, optics, UI, and multimedia playback options,” Watson says, a former Meta executive who left the company in 2022.
During her tenure at Meta/Oculus, Watson worked on a range of Quest-related projects, including both the tethered Link and the company’s Wi-Fi streaming device, Air Link. Prior to the successful launch of Air Hyperlink, she single-handedly developed the platform for an impressive 13-month period. When Watson speaks about something being sweet, it’s reasonable to assume that it indeed is a sweet experience or quality.
The device features seamless PCVR streaming via USB or Wi-Fi, offering superior high-quality visuals with reduced body fee and latency compared to other options. While this technology is still relatively new, the current implementation already showcases its potential. Fundamentals were solidly established, with precise controller movement a hallmark of the development process, and an unwavering commitment to excellence evident throughout.
Moreover, Watson found that its Contact-style controllers had truly stood out as exceptionally superior. While the speakers acknowledged the presence of hand tracking, they failed to demonstrate its functionality. Meanwhile, the headset’s pancake lenses impressed with “remarkable” distortion correction, a feature that Watson deems “vitally crucial” in his own opinion.
Founded in 2020 under the banner YVR, Play For Dream has thus far debuted two distinct VR headset iterations, the YVR 1 and YVR 2, both introduced to the Chinese market in 2022.
The Play For Dream MR lacks concrete details on its agency launch date and pricing, although the company has hinted that it will be priced under $2,000. Visit Play For Dreams’ website for comprehensive specifications and varied purchasing options upon their arrival.
