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 ...

At SIGGRAPH 2016 in Anaheim last week I had the unique opportunity to try Hewlett-Packard ’s HP Omen X VR backpack. This is in addition to trying out the Zotac VR backpack at Computex in June and ...

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Yesterday HP revealed their new lineup of gaming PCs under the Omen name, but on top of the desktop and laptop machines already shown off, there is one more machine to join the Omen lineup, a backpack ...

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 ...

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 ...

After announcing its new lineup of Omen gaming products earlier this week, HP is now teasing a prototype “Omen X” desktop that customers can wear on their back. Why? For mobile virtual reality, of ...

HP’s Omen X Compact Desktop was purely a VR backpack PC in a past life. For this generation, it’s branching out—perhaps because VR gaming hasn’t exactly set the world on fire. Instead, HP is ...

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 ...

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The HP Omen X Compact Desktop and backpack delivers PC-based VR gaming away from your desk. A neat-sounding idea, but ultimately, it's a pricey solution to a niche problem.

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 ...