XGIMI Opens Pre-Orders for the AURA 3 Series, The World's First 4K 120Hz UST Projector Lineup

The new series features the world's first 4K 120Hz UST projectors, Dynamic Dual Iris technology, and immersive entertainment in a simple, modern design.

SHENZHEN, CHINA, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- XGIMI, a global leader in premium smart projection and home entertainment, today announced that the AURA 3 Series is now available for pre-order, ahead of its upcoming Kickstarter campaign launching October 20. Led by the flagship AURA 3 Max, the AURA 3 Series is the world's first 4K 120Hz UST projector series, combining Dynamic Dual Iris technology and RGB Triple Laser to deliver a next-level cinematic experience in the living room.

Designed to Blend In, Built to Stand Out

At the heart of the AURA 3 Series is XGIMI's Dynamic Dual Iris optical system, making the AURA 3 Series the world's first UST projector to feature the technology. By precisely controlling light output, the system delivers deeper blacks, brighter highlights, enhanced contrast, and richer shadow detail for a more immersive viewing experience. Combined with an RGB Triple Laser light engine and XGIMI's X-VISION AI Image Processor, the AURA 3 Series is designed to deliver a premium cinematic experience across movies, sports, streaming, and more.

Available in two models, the AURA 3 Max and AURA 3 Pro share the same core visual technologies, with the Max engineered for an even more powerful large-screen viewing experience. With a 0.163:1 throw ratio, the series can project a 120-inch image from approximately 8 inches away from the wall, while its furniture-inspired design fits naturally on a media console.

The AURA 3 Series supports the latest premium HDR standards, including IMAX Enhanced, Dolby Vision, and HDR10, delivering exceptional detail, contrast, and dynamic range in every scene. Filmmaker Mode further enhances the cinematic experience by preserving the director's original creative intent, reproducing movies with the picture settings, colors, and frame rates envisioned by the filmmakers.

Beyond entertainment, the built-in XGIMI WALL app transforms the projector into a design feature when not in use. A curated selection of artistic wallpapers turns your wall into a living canvas, creating the perfect ambiance for relaxing, entertaining, and everything in between.

Key Features Include:

• World's first 4K 120Hz UST projector series
• Dynamic Dual Iris Technology for unprecedented contrast, depth and detail
• RGB Triple Laser light engine
• X-VISION AI Image Processor
• Built-in Google TV
• Dolby Vision®, HDR10+, HLG, IMAX Enhanced & Filmmaker Mode
• Anti-RBE technology for reduced rainbow effect in both 2D and 3D
• Cinematic 3D with two pairs of 3D glasses included
• 80W Harman Kardon speakers with Dolby Atmos
• 0.163:1 Throw Ratio
• Ultra-short-throw projection up to 200 inches

XGIMI is also opening an affiliate program for media, creators, and other partners around the AURA 3 Series Kickstarter campaign. Approved partners will receive unique tracking links and may earn commissions on qualified conversions generated through their links.

Availability & Pricing

The AURA 3 Series will launch on Kickstarter on October 20th, with exclusive pre-orders now open at xgimi.com. By placing a $50 deposit, customers can unlock an extra $200 off and will receive a launch link via email on October 20th to complete their pledge for the AURA 3 Series UST projectors on Kickstarter.

About XGIMI

Since 2013, the state-of-the-art XGIMI projectors have helped countless people worldwide to create genuinely immersive audio-visual experiences. Working with reputable partners like Google, Harman Kardon, and Texas Instruments, XGIMI builds all-in-one entertainment devices, perfected due to their user-oriented philosophy. Through industry-leading innovation, streamlined setups, and unique designs, XGIMI always strives to develop the best home and portable projectors for everyone to enjoy. XGIMI is also expanding their expertise into commercial projector technology to bring immersive experiences to more spaces. Learn more at XGIMI Projector Technology.

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XGIMI Opens Pre-Orders for the AURA 3 Series, The World's First 4K 120Hz UST Projector Lineup

Orbis streams interactive 4K video at 24 frames per second, responds to user intervention instantly, and sustains hour-scale generation without evident visual or color drift.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Visko, the AI research company behind Live Models, today announced a $10 million pre-seed round of fundraising and opened public access to Orbis — the foundation model that creates living worlds and streams them in real time, with persistent memory, interactivity, and physics-grounded generation of unbounded length.

Most AI video generators work offline: a user submits a prompt, waits, and receives a finished clip that cannot be changed. Visko's models belong to a class the company calls Live Models — models that run rather than render. Orbis generates video continuously and in real time. Users can change the prompt at any moment during generation and see the update reflected instantly while the video keeps streaming.

According to the company's technical report, Orbis delivers 4K video at 24 frames per second in real time and sustains hour-scale generation without evident quality or color drift. Generation is grounded in physical dynamics: a latent world model scores candidate futures during inference, steering output toward physically plausible motion and object dynamics.

In the report's evaluations, Orbis leads compared real-time and long-video systems on DOVER aesthetic and technical quality and on VideoAlign visual and motion quality, and records the highest overall-preference and temporal-stability ratings in the report's long-form human preference study across eight systems. The report also discloses dimensions where Orbis trails other systems, with full methodology and results published.

"Every real-time system before this faced the same wall: the longer a world runs, the more it falls apart. We built Orbis to hold together — physically, visually and narratively — for as long as you want to stay inside it. Starting today, anyone can see that for themselves at visko.ai," said Qing (Will) Yin, founder and chief executive officer of Visko.

Dr. Michael I. Jordan from UC Berkeley, the Chairman of the Advisory Board of Visko, comments, "Visko is pursuing one of the most ambitious directions in video AI: live, stateful models that continuously perceive, predict, and interact with the world in real time while maintaining physical consistency. Visko delivers a state-of-the-art architecture that has a meaningful technological lead beyond conventional short-clip video generation. The same core capability could support a remarkably broad range of commercial opportunities, from robotics and physical simulation to gaming, live commerce, education, and real-time creative media."

Visko was founded in 2025 by Qing (Will) Yin, a Stanford Ph.D. in Computational Mathematics and Mechanics who spent three years as a researcher at Apple. The company's 16-person team draws from Apple, Google DeepMind, Meta, Amazon, and Tesla, and is advised by Michael I. Jordan of the University of California, Berkeley; Steve WaiChing Sun of Columbia University; and academic partner, Mengye Ren of New York University. Distribution is handled through Visko's partner Reactor.

About Visko

Visko is an AI research company pioneering Live Models — a new class of world models that run rather than render. Where conventional AI video generates a clip and stops, Visko's foundation model, Orbis, simulates a world and streams it live: physics-grounded, interactive, with persistent memory and no fixed length. The company's thesis is that the next paradigm of AI is not a model you call, but a process that runs in step with the world itself. Founded by Stanford Ph.D. and former Apple researcher Qing (Will) Yin, Visko is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and has raised $10 million led by Llama Ventures. Learn more at visko.ai.

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AI startup Visko closes $10 million pre-seed round and launches Orbis, its first Live Model

AI startup Visko closes $10 million pre-seed round and launches Orbis, its first Live Model