Multinational tech titans Lenovo recently announced their plans to enhance their XR for enterprise offering by becoming industrial-grade Varjo MR/VR headset resellers.
Both the Varjo XR-3 (EUR 5495) and VR-3 (EUR 3195) are high-performance, enterprise-grade headsets that deliver powerful immersive experiences for users from all types of professional backgrounds. Each headset is fitted with a full-frame bionic display with a human-eye resolution, offering a focus area (27° x 27°) of 70 PPD uOLED, 1920 x 1920 px per eye, along with some of the most advanced features in the MR/VR marketplace.
Delivering Complete XR Solutions in The Enterprise
As enterprise-grade Varjo resellers, Lenovo strengthens their existing relationship with the market-leading professional-grade XR headset developers to deliver complete solutions for their virtual and mixed reality applications.
“Many existing VR offerings in the market today are enterprise versions of a consumer designed product,” said Mike Leach, solution portfolio lead, Lenovo, in a statement. “However, Lenovo’s professional workstations and Varjo’s VR and XR headsets are specifically engineered to perform in the most sophisticated and demanding enterprise use cases. Our ability to offer customers a single point of purchase for certified workstations and VR/XR devices streamlines access to the tools needed for immersive workflows that are changing the way we work today.”
While video gaming VR headsets may be what caught the world’s attention in the beginning, the way XR tech is reshaping industries across the board – everything from healthcare and engineering to education and construction – is what will change the world tomorrow. This partnership, then, signals a new direction for XR vendors that realize the real value of extended reality is in the enterprise space, not the consumer.
What does the future hold for Lenovo & Varjo?
Lenovo and Varjo continue to test workstation and headset pairings to deliver a compatible and trusted solution that removes the guesswork for enterprise users. This partnership also marks the expansion of Lenovo’s catalog of certified workstations to ensure a high-performance experience when deploying virtual and mixed reality applications.
The following professional desktop and mobile workstations have been certified to work with Varjo’s various headsets and are capable of delivering the processing and computing power needed to achieve the next generation of spatial computing:
Optimized to support the VR-2, VR-2 Pro, and XR-1 devices:
- ThinkStation P520
- ThinkStation P720
- ThinkStation P920
Optimized to support the VR-2 and VR-2 Pro devices:
- ThinkPad P53
- ThinkPad P73
- ThinkPad P15
- ThinkPad P17
“One of the biggest obstacles in accelerating the usage and growth of professional VR/XR is getting all the right equipment sourced for an enterprise-grade set-up and ensuring compatibility between computers and headsets,” said Timo Toikkanen, CEO of Varjo. “With Lenovo becoming a Varjo reseller, we eliminate a lot of this complexity, making it even easier for customers to adopt VR/XR in the workplace for increased productivity and ROI.”
Customers can purchase certified Lenovo workstations and Varjo headsets immediately by contacting a local Lenovo representative. For more information on both Lenovo and Varjo in the enterprise space, keep checking XR Today.
