Can we say a$$le replicated the design of any watch? Or it's just one way that's forbidden?
The design of Apple's Vision Pro has been overtly replicated by a new headset from Chinese smartphone maker Vivo.
In the months following Apple's announcement of the Vision Pro, several companies revealed or teased similar devices, including Samsung, which announced in 2024 that it was working on an Android-based XR headset in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm. Now, at the 2025 Boao Forum for Asia, Vivo unveiled its first mixed reality headset, called the "Vivo Vision."
Observers were quick to notice that the device's design closely mirrors that of Apple's Vision Pro, including a gray fabric facial interface, a curved glass front visor, two downward-pointing cameras, a knitted rear tension strap, and an external battery in an aluminum casing connected via a braided cable.
The "Vivo Vision" name is also a clear take on "Vision Pro." The company even adopted Apple's terminology, using the phrase "spatial computing" in promotional materials to describe the capabilities of its headset.
Vivo positioned its announcement as part of a broader push into AI and robotics. The company simultaneously revealed the establishment of the Vivo Robotics Lab, which it claims will use technologies developed for Vivo Vision in the development of consumer robotics. According to Vivo Executive Vice President Hu Baishan, the lab will focus on the "brain" and "eyes" of robotics.
Although Vivo did not disclose any hardware specifications, pricing, or technical capabilities, it is expected to launch in "mid-2025." No details have been provided regarding its availability outside of China.
The Vivo Vision joins a series of consumer electronic device designs that have been very strongly influenced by Apple, particularly in Asia where the company's products often serve as reference points for domestic hardware development.
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I currently work for a company that prior to my hire had to fend off a major IP stealing case from a Chinese company. We were fortunate that the fancy tech tricks the Chinese manufacturer used to make their products more appealing were, in practice, abject failures. We eventually won back all of our business and then some. That's a lesson to take from all products, not just in tech: Deliver on your promises and you can overcome the competition. (This applies to Apple Intellligence too.)
I am unsure what the "big deal" is given that China has been doing this for years to lots of foreign products made in their nation. I find it interesting that kick start type of products often hit the market only to have nearly as quick Chinese knock offs of the very same product that were in the kick start Chinese factories.
Apple sells (all based on estimations) aprox. 22M Macs/year, and the Mac Studio, starting at $1999, is 1% of that. Apple sold 350k units of the Vision Pro, starting at $3499, during its first year.
Good for Vivo, I like to see more non-Apple alternatives.
and little since then, as Apple stopped building them. My local Mac stores took down the AVP display about six months ago.
Plus you left out high-end MBPs in your calculation. Let's say that 1% is the high-end model MBP, you're now a 440k/year.
I believe Apple only won in the US, surprise surprise with Apple being an American company, but was then overturned by the supreme court 8-0 and the two companies reach a settlement out of court. So didn't really win but guessing they got some loot out of it when they settled with Samsung out of court settlement at least.
Sure, but it’s the same case for the Mac Studio / MBP or any product. The VP launched more than one year ago.
And about the MBP, if it was 440k/year, it’s in the same order of magnitude.
I might think that launching the VP was not a good idea, but I don’t think it’s selling “bad” at all. Obviously a $3500 product is not going to sell in high volume.
I guess competition is a good thing. And that copy says they really admire apple and the Vision Pro. It’s a complement. Also i cant wait for the google Samsung copy to come out so we finally get a real youtube app for VR Glases. Maybe even for the AVP
The Vision Pro out sold both the Mac Studio and Mac Pro. The new version coming with the M5 processor will do even better. I know I will be upgrading from my M2 Vision Pro to the M5. My Vision Pro is the best computing device I own (which included iPad Pro and 14inc MacBook Pro).
As for the Chinese product, if it's good and proves somewhat popular, than that would be good competition for Apple. It is certainly true that in the field of electric cars, China is doing a much better job than American companies to date.
As for the Chinese product, if it's good and proves somewhat popular, than that would be good competition for Apple. It is certainly true that in the field of electric cars, China is doing a much better job than American companies to date.
"Let's design a product that impresses MacRumors commentators!"
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You know what Apple is bad at? Copying! Sometimes having the product is more important than being unique, especially if people buy into your ecosystem.
I am genuinely considering leaving apple because the lack of a foldable and a car. They don’t have to unique and special, they just need to exist.
Otherwise, if I want a strong ecosystem with foldable and cars, I will simply buy Xiaomi and Huawei instead.
I am genuinely considering leaving apple because the lack of a foldable and a car. They don’t have to unique and special, they just need to exist.
Otherwise, if I want a strong ecosystem with foldable and cars, I will simply buy Xiaomi and Huawei instead.
Nice try Tim Cook, we know that’s you behind that user name.
He was actually citing a quotation that’s most commonly attributed to Picasso.“Good artists copy; great artists steal.”
-Steve Jobs in 1996
I’ll get me coat (for those in the UK)!
And Samsung being super petty paid the settlement in truck loads of pennies, I loved it.