The VR backpack will likely be showcased by HP at the 2016 E3 event scheduled to be held in June. A smaller battery built-into the device allows you to hot-swap the other batteries without interrupting your activities. MSI is one of them, and the company has just come up with a Backpack PC that will let you take VR anywhere you want to go. A couple of PC makers have a solution for that: Backpack PCs that you wear. HP envisions VR aficionados transforming the Omen X from an odd, but cool-looking backpack into a powerful desktop. It is basically a PC desktop which is expected to power by an Intel Core i5 or i7 processors with 32GB of memory with an unspecified graphics card. check more details about this new PC Below. But the whole thing is crammed into the equivalent of a slender day pack that HP promises weighs under 10 pounds – the weight of a hefty VR-ready gaming laptop like Acer’s Predator 17X.
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While using a VR headset, you occasionally have to access Windows to change settings.
Nash added that despite the positive feedback, the existence of the cord limits the overall VR experience which may feel a little less real, in which he said, “But despite all of the demos, nobody has tripped over the cord”.
Right at MSI’s VR experience zones, visitors have a chance to create a visually appealing VR experience using MSI WT72 and Autodesk Stingray Game Engine. The unit will also feature a pair of fans that will dispel heat.
While the computing giant has released pictures of the Omen, we are still waiting to find out its specifics; what HP has already mentioned is that the Omen pack will be compatible with the HTC Vive headset.
We’ve been seeing several VR devices ever since the Oculus Rift.
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Sure, wearing a headset and computer on your back will make you look like an absolutely ridiculous hyper nerd, but who cares?
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Enlarge / The top of the HP Omen X VR PC Pack Hardware Development Kit. The second one, however, is that the cord involved during the VR experience is disturbing.
