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09-03-2016, 10:36 PM
I tried a VR backpack PC for the HTC Vive and it was pretty cool
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VR backpacks are officially a thing.*
HP, MSI and Zotac all an**unced VR backpacks (http://mashable.com/2016/05/27/hp-msi-zotac-backpack-pc-vr/), which are basically just battery-powered gaming laptops, with shoulder straps this year. And at IFA 2016 (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/mashable.com/category/ifa-2016?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=), I finally got to try one for myself from XMG.
SEE ALSO: Alcatel's Vision VR headset doesn't need a phone (http://mashable.com/2016/09/01/alcatel-vision-vr-headset/)
The difference with the German computer maker's "Walker VR Backpack (http://www.xmg.gg/xmg-walker/)" is that it's the first one that's actually shipping this year. Everyone else's VR backpacks are still concepts with ** concrete pricing or launch dates.
The first thing I **ticed before putting the Walker on was how dorky it looked. As if wearing the HTC Vive and holding two wand-like controllers in my hands wasn't silly looking, wearing a VR backpack, which at best is still a mess of dangling wires, makes you look like a "geeky version of RoboCop" according to my colleague, Stan Schroeder. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/03/vr-backpack-htc-vive-hands-on/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Oculus Rift (http://mashable.com/category/oculus-rift/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Vr Backpack (http://mashable.com/category/vr-backpack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Xmg Walker Vr Backpack (http://mashable.com/category/xmg-walker-vr-backpack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Hands On (http://mashable.com/category/hands-on/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Ifa 2016 (http://mashable.com/category/ifa-2016/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/QpDyEBv9TdA
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VR backpacks are officially a thing.*
HP, MSI and Zotac all an**unced VR backpacks (http://mashable.com/2016/05/27/hp-msi-zotac-backpack-pc-vr/), which are basically just battery-powered gaming laptops, with shoulder straps this year. And at IFA 2016 (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/mashable.com/category/ifa-2016?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=), I finally got to try one for myself from XMG.
SEE ALSO: Alcatel's Vision VR headset doesn't need a phone (http://mashable.com/2016/09/01/alcatel-vision-vr-headset/)
The difference with the German computer maker's "Walker VR Backpack (http://www.xmg.gg/xmg-walker/)" is that it's the first one that's actually shipping this year. Everyone else's VR backpacks are still concepts with ** concrete pricing or launch dates.
The first thing I **ticed before putting the Walker on was how dorky it looked. As if wearing the HTC Vive and holding two wand-like controllers in my hands wasn't silly looking, wearing a VR backpack, which at best is still a mess of dangling wires, makes you look like a "geeky version of RoboCop" according to my colleague, Stan Schroeder. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/03/vr-backpack-htc-vive-hands-on/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Oculus Rift (http://mashable.com/category/oculus-rift/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Vr Backpack (http://mashable.com/category/vr-backpack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Xmg Walker Vr Backpack (http://mashable.com/category/xmg-walker-vr-backpack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Hands On (http://mashable.com/category/hands-on/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Ifa 2016 (http://mashable.com/category/ifa-2016/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/QpDyEBv9TdA