Google says it is stopping work on the virtual reality project with Lenovo because Lenovo is focused on the upcoming release of Vive Focus, a cable-free, autonomous virtual reality headset.

Virtual reality and augmented reality are still in a fairly primary phase, but new developments and evolutions of these technologies are already being seen. The HTC company in May already commented that it was developing fully autonomous virtual reality glasses in collaboration with Google and that they were based on Daydream, the virtual reality system for Android. Caly Bavor, Vice President of VR and AR at Google, announces the cancellation of that project and that HTC will launch a product of its own. In addition, he has commented that they are still good partners and that they will not take it into account for the future.

Lenovo's project is the Viva Focus, autonomous virtual reality glasses, which have the Snapdragon 835 processor developed and manufactured by Qualcomm. The autonomy of this device is based on the fact that it does not need a computer, smartphone, tablet or other external device to work, so there are no cables that limit movement. In addition, this device has the appropriate sensors to not lose any movement that we make, in addition, cameras that allow importing elements from the physical world to the virtual world.

Said virtual reality glasses are a completely open platform, with the intention of the company to develop content for this product, which will logically require well-optimized utilities and games. Notably, Lenovo has been working with the Khornos Group, which develops OpenGL and Vulkan, into a global open source standard called OpenXR for some time. In addition, the content of Viveport will be compatible with Vive Focus and you can also enjoy Vive Wave VR as if you were a Daydream glasses, thinking of Chinese manufacturers and developers.