Apparently computers you wear like a backpack are still a thing. Two years after launching the Zotac VR GO gaming PC that you strap to your back while running virtual reality games and applications, Zotac is back with the VR GO 2.0. The new model features an 8th-gen Intel Coffee Lake processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX […]
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HP Omen X Compact gaming desktop now available (backpack accessory coming soon)
The HP Omen X Compact is a gaming desktop with a powerful processor, one of the fastest consumer graphics cards on the market, and plenty of other goodies for high-performance gaming and virtual reality experiences. But the Omen X Compact is also a rather compact machine that measures 13.1″ x 9″ x 2.4″ and weighs […]
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HP’s latest VR backpack means business (it’s a wearable worksation)
Most PC-based virtual reality systems released to date are aimed at gamers. But HP figures that means there’s an untapped market for VR-ready PCs aimed at enterprise customers. So the company is adding VR capabilities to some of its business class computers… and launching a business-class version of the HP Omen X gaming-PC-in-a-backpack. The new […]
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HP Omen X Compact Desktop is also a VR-ready backpack PC
About a year after announcing plans to launch a VR-ready gaming PC that you can wear like a backpack, HP has unveiled an updated design, price, and launch date. The HP Omen X Compact Desktop is coming in July for $2,499 and up… and as the name suggests, it’s basically a gaming PC stuffed into […]
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HP’s VR-ready Omen X backpack PC coming in June
It’s been almost a year since HP unveiled a computer-in-a-backpack designed for virtual reality. Now the company says its Omen X backpack PC will be available for purchased in June. Why the long gap between announcement and release? Because HP has been making prototype hardware available to developers in order to gather feedback about things […]
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MSI VR One gaming PC-in-a-backpack now available for $1999
PC makers have been showing off PC-in-a-backpack systems designed for virtual reality gaming for a few months. Now you can buy one. The MSI VR One is now available for purchase in the US, Europe, Japan, Australia, China, and Taiwan. Newegg is taking orders for $1999 and up and says the VR One should begin […]
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I guess backpack PCs for VR gaming are a thing now (HP has one too)
HP unveiled a new line of gaming PCs under its Omen brand this week, and I didn’t pay much attention because for the most part the new HP Omen family is made up of high-power desktops and big, heavy laptops and the whole point of Liliputing is to focus on Lilliputian (small) computers. But then HP […]
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MSI’s new gaming PCs: 4.2 pound laptop, VR system-in-a-backpack
MSI plans to show off a new line of portable gaming machines at the Computex trade show in Taiwan next week. The lineup includes at least three new gaming laptops, a few desktops, and one rather odd system: a VR-capable gaming PC in a backpack. We’ll have more details soon, but here’s what we know […]