Xiaomi seems to be participating in the event CES 2018 Las Vegas in the shadow of its sub-brands, in fact after talking about the suitcase 90Fun's Puppy 1 now is the turn of the most famous brand for the Chinese technology giant. In fact it is precisely these last few hours that the news that Xiaomi or better Yi will present an interesting novelty during the event enriching the range of cameras produced by the company.
Yi has definitely hit waves of success with its products characterized by the excellent quality / price ratio from the very beginning with his Yi Action Camera until the presentation of the low-cost mirrorless Yi M1. But the time is now eager for resolutions in 4K as well as new technology at 360 degrees, and on this basis the new arrival in the stable of Yi and presented at CES 2018 is the Yi Horizon VR180.
VR180 is a format that Google has launched in the effort to bring the visualization of virtual reality on video and photos and in fact Yi worked with the Google Virtual Reality team to perfect this stereoscopic 3D camera. This means that instead of capturing VR videos in 360 degrees as other cameras already do, photos and videos will be at 180 degrees. The advantage of this format is that the media can be captured and displayed in VR, like a normal 2D photo or video without losing details.
Yi Horizon VR180 already supports Google Photos and Youtube when using Google Cardboard, Daydream, PSVR and other certified VR viewers. The video can be captured with a resolution of 5.7k to 30fps having the chance to transmit streaming in real time through the Yi 360 application, all managed by the Ambarella H2V95 processor . Among the features we find a touch screen display from 2,2 inch in the back with retin 640 x 360 resolutiona, which allows an easy reproduction and display of photos and videos, with the particularity and convenient option related to tipping of 180 degrees of the same therefore also suitable for video recording and photo capture in selfie mode.
Currently no further information has been leaked about the sensors of the double photographic lens, neither battery or other hardware level, as well as are unknown price and release date even if on the official website of the company Yi in good view echoes the wording COMING SPRING 2018.
