Companies like MSI and Zotac want you to cut the cables on your VR experience and get processing power strapped to your back. Nic Healey is a Senior Editor with CNET, based in the Australia office.

Earlier this month, Micro-Star International teased the VR One during the Tokyo Game Show gaming convention. It is a PC that customers wear on their back, enabling full freedom of movement when ...

HP is stepping up its Omen gaming line ahead of E3 next week with a slew of updates and additions. The company left no stone unturned this year, updating its 15- and 17-inch Omen laptops, introducing ...

If you want the best VR experience, mobile VR headsets like the Gear VR and Google Cardboard won't do at all. High-quality VR with headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive require equally powerful ...

Chiropractors should be excited at what might emerge as a future trend in PCs. With the rise of VR, you may be strapping a computer to your back to explore virtual realms. Virtual Reality and ...

HP will make a major virtual reality push in June, when it will start shipping its Omen X VR backpack PC. The backpack PC has already been announced, but the company until now had not provided a ...

is a senior tech and policy editor focused on VR, online platforms, and free expression. Adi has covered video games, biohacking, and more for The Verge since 2011. HP’s recently launched Omen gaming ...

Thanks to headsets like Google Cardboard and Gear VR, the virtual reality experience is already pretty portable. But on a smartphone, you’re only getting a watered-down version. That’s why MSI decided ...

It would seem that the category of ‘Backpack PC’ for VR is rapidly becoming a “thing”. With announcements from HP, MSI, and Zotac earlier this year, now followed by Alienware. A back-mounted PC for VR ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. At this point I’m pretty experienced with the HTC Vive VR headset, having used it at various trade shows and ...

Kickstarter has a lot to answer for. Because of the crowd-funding site every fool thinks they've got the next million dollar idea. The backpack for your desktop PC tower is the latest entrepreneurial ...

What's the biggest problem with PC-based virtual reality right now? Is it the price? The lack of deep gaming experiences? Or is it that darned cord that keeps you from properly leaping around like a ...