{"id":24967,"date":"2016-04-25T17:03:25","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T00:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/zotac-vr-backpack-makes-virtual-reality-wireless-but-not-exactly-convenient"},"modified":"2017-06-04T10:27:33","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T17:27:33","slug":"zotac-vr-backpack-makes-virtual-reality-wireless-but-not-exactly-convenient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/zotac-vr-backpack-makes-virtual-reality-wireless-but-not-exactly-convenient","title":{"rendered":"Zotac VR Backpack Makes Virtual Reality Wireless \u2026 But Not Exactly Convenient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/96vtlLnSHG0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Zotac specializes in making small computers, like their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zotac.com\/news\/most-powerful-mini-pc\">Magnus EN980<\/a>, which packs a lot of powerful hardware into a tiny space. The company has used their proficiency with making compact hardware and applied it to this virtual reality backpack; it\u2019s wireless and battery-powered, so you can explore an open space without having to worry about tripping on any wires.<\/p>\n<p>The promotional video cites the possibility of tripping on wires as the main reason why you\u2019d want one of these, but that justification might not be enough to sell you on it. Wireless VR headsets don\u2019t exist yet, but they will soon. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/3044542\/virtual-reality\/optomas-new-wireless-vr-headset-frees-you-from-pc-cables.html\">Optoma<\/a> has been working on a cloud-based wireless VR headset; the reason that other companies haven\u2019t done that yet is because of concerns about lag or reduction in picture quality. Optoma claims their headset doesn\u2019t have these issues, and if that\u2019s true, they could end up competing handily with Sony and Oculus, both of which require the user to remain plugged in at all times. Optoma\u2019s headset won\u2019t launch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wareable.com\/vr\/optoma-wireless-vr-headset-price-specs-release-date\">for another year<\/a>, so until then, hardware developers have had to come up with some other ways to go wireless with VR.<\/p>\n<p>Zotac\u2019s backpack seems like one possible solution, and it certainly increases the user\u2019s ability to take VR with them on the go. You could take this thing out to an electricity-free cabin in the middle of nowhere, so long as the battery\u2019s charged up. (Also, most people probably go to remote cabins for reasons other than trying out a cool VR headset, but \u2026 shhh.) <\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/zotac-vr-backpack-wireless\/\">http:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/zotac-vr-backpack-wireless\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zotac specializes in making small computers, like their Magnus EN980, which packs a lot of powerful hardware into a tiny space. The company has used their proficiency with making compact hardware and applied it to this virtual reality backpack; it\u2019s wireless and battery-powered, so you can explore an open space without having to worry about [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,1879],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-virtual-reality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24967"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61975,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24967\/revisions\/61975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}