Movidius has announced a strategic partnership to provide advanced vision processing technology to a variety of virtual reality-related Lenovo products. As part of the deal, Lenovo will source the Myriad 2 vision processing unit (VPU) and custom computer vision algorithms for various virtual reality (VR) projects. Myriad 2 is an ultra-low power chip designed specifically for handling vision-based tasks such as head tracking, gesture recognition, and blending multiple video streams into interactive VR video. "Our technology was built to maximize machine vision performance in a sub-1 Watt power budget," says Movidius CEO, Remi El-Ouazzane. "In selecting Myriad 2 for their VR products, Lenovo is building devices designed from the ground-up for VR. We're very much looking forward to these no-compromise devices that will push VR adoption into the mainstream."