Intel VR Vest

[NumLock21]

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If you think about it, a VR vest arguably makes more sense than a VR backpack. A vest ideally has a more balanced design, hanging equally over your front and back instead of tugging backwards on your shoulders, and the two demonstrators on the IDF show floor, Rohit and Atsuo, told me was that was indeed the goal with this particular vest. They specifically tried to balance the components of the system evenly on the front and back, which wasn’t terribly difficult because the whole shebang weighs only about five pounds.

More pics in the link below and it's a concept for now.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-vr-vest-nuc-igpu,32509.html

[themaniac]

the real question is can you upgrade it/ build your own with your own chosen parts

[MoonlightSylv]

2 minutes ago, themaniac said:

the real question is can you upgrade it/ build your own with your own chosen parts

From looking at it's form factor, probably not.

[themaniac]

Just now, ShadowTechXTS said:

From looking at it's form factor, probably not.

well now you wont be able to but what about in the future, imagine if you can have your own vr backandfrontpack with the parts of your choosing

[PRTI]

4 minutes ago, themaniac said:

the real question is can you upgrade it/ build your own with your own chosen parts

Yea you can,if you even want you can fully water cool it !

[MoonlightSylv]

Just now, themaniac said:

well now you wont be able to but what about in the future, imagine if you can have your own vr backandfrontpack with the parts of your choosing

That would be cool.

[NumLock21]

4 minutes ago, themaniac said:

the real question is can you upgrade it/ build your own with your own chosen parts

 

1 minute ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

From looking at it's form factor, probably not.

It's basically a NUC running on a Core i7 6785R @ 3.3GHz turbos up to 3.9GHz. Iris Pro 580, 8GB DDR3L, and 64GB SSD that can be upgrade to 512GB or PCIe SSD in the future. The processor runs on socket 1151.

[PRTI]

Just now, NumLock21 said:

 

It's basically a NUC running on a Core i7 6785R @ 3.3GHz turbos up to 3.9GHz. Iris Pro 580, 8GB DDR3L, and 64GB SSD that can be upgrade to 512GB or PCIe SSD in the future. The processor runs on socket 1151.

So you can water cool it? YAY...Lets celebrate and cool it JayzTwoCents way!!! Titan X's for everybody !

[themaniac]

4 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

 

It's basically a NUC running on a Core i7 6785R @ 3.3GHz turbos up to 3.9GHz. Iris Pro 580, 8GB DDR3L, and 64GB SSD that can be upgrade to 512GB or PCIe SSD in the future. The processor runs on socket 1151.

well I knew that, but thinking of the possibilities in the future, also now I am curious of how this will compare to the vr suit Linus and Luke were talking about during the wan show

[AresKrieger]

Just now, themaniac said:

well I knew that, but thinking of the possibilities in the future, also now I am curious of how this will compare to the vr suit Linus and Luke were talking about during the wan show

Essentially it's the same idea but of course without the ability to swap parts

[themaniac]

Just now, AresKrieger said:

Essentially it's the same idea but of course without the ability to swap parts

well yeah, buts its more about the who can win Linus and Luke or Intel type thing, underdog vs overdog

[Misanthrope]

This should make really interesting laser tag or Paint ball matches. 

 

 

[AresKrieger]

11 minutes ago, themaniac said:

well yeah, buts its more about the who can win Linus and Luke or Intel type thing, underdog vs overdog

Well I think they could make something that performs better but it would be ghetto and more awkward feeling on the body I presume, I'm also wondering what kind of power pack they'll need since it sounded like they wanted to have sli which means they'll be drawing quite a bit of power, if they want this to last more than a couple minutes they'll need some good batteries.

[Cracklingice]

12 minutes ago, themaniac said:

well now you wont be able to but what about in the future, imagine if you can have your own vr backandfrontpack with the parts of your choosing

 

3 minutes ago, AresKrieger said:

Essentially it's the same idea but of course without the ability to swap parts

swapping and upgrading is going away.  Companies want to sell products that have to be replaced to sell more products.  Why else do you think cell phones and tablets have non removable batteries?  It's so when that battery goes bad and it will long before the hardware in many cases, that you just buy a new phone or tablet instead of a battery.

[Energycore]

5 minutes ago, Misanthrope said:

This should make really interesting laser tag or Paint ball matches. 

 

 

Considering the already confined nature of the Vive I wonder why no one's made VR dodgeball

[AresKrieger]

Just now, Cracklingice said:

 

swapping and upgrading is going away.  Companies want to sell products that have to be replaced to sell more products.  Why else do you think cell phones and tablets have non removable batteries?  It's so when that battery goes bad and it will long before the hardware in many cases, that you just buy a new phone or tablet instead of a battery.

Yeah which is why I don't buy that crap, Apple is and has always been a blacklisted company to me for a reason, I prefer quality to looks and really like customization, though I can mod things if I really have to since I have the expertise and the equipment.

[NumLock21]

9 minutes ago, keNNySOC said:

So you can water cool it? YAY...Lets celebrate and cool it JayzTwoCents way!!! Titan X's for everybody !

HP's Omen X VR uses custom cooling, maybe water cooling!

4 minutes ago, themaniac said:

well I knew that, but thinking of the possibilities in the future, also now I am curious of how this will compare to the vr suit Linus and Luke were talking about during the wan show

CPU is desktop, so that can be swapped out. SSD is upgradable, and ram can probably be upgraded too, maybe it's SO-DIMM. Only concern is the GPU, if its MXM then it can probably be upgraded.

[PRTI]

1 minute ago, NumLock21 said:

HP's Omen X VR uses custom cooling, maybe water cooling!

CPU is desktop, so that can be swapped out. SSD is upgradable, and ram can probably be upgraded too, maybe it's SO-DIMM. Only concern is the GPU, if its MXM then it can probably be upgraded.

 

Yay ! hopefully i get 4-Way SLI Titan X's and put them in there and use ln2 !

[themaniac]

Just now, NumLock21 said:

HP's Omen X VR uses custom cooling, maybe water cooling!

CPU is desktop, so that can be swapped out. SSD is upgradable, and ram can probably be upgraded too, maybe it's SO-DIMM. Only concern is the GPU, if its MXM then it can probably be upgraded.

where you gonna but the gpu is the bigger question with the design

[NumLock21]

16 minutes ago, themaniac said:

where you gonna but the gpu is the bigger question with the design

Stack it. GPU directly on the bottom of the motherboard. Too bad GPU can't be made into CPUs yet, where uses can swap them out.

 

 

[themaniac]

Just now, NumLock21 said:

Stack it. GPU directly on the bottom of the motherboard. Too bad GPU can't be made into CPUs yet, where uses can swap them out.

 

 

well if its gonna be consumer parts then we would end up using actual cards so it would be hard to safely attach it

[NumLock21]

Just now, themaniac said:

well if its gonna be consumer parts then we would end up using actual cards so it would be hard to safely attach it

MSI Vortex, Mac Pro, and Zotac Magnus all run on custom designed MXM gpus. Your average consumer won't be opening up and doing some gpu ugprade. Those that will are tech, so they will probably know to be careful when trying to do a gpu upgrade.

[themaniac]

Just now, NumLock21 said:

MSI Vortex, Mac Pro, and Zotac Magnus all run on custom designed MXM gpus. Your average consumer won't be opening up and doing some gpu ugprade. Those that will are tech, so they will probably know to be careful when trying to do a gpu upgrade.

yeah custom designed gpu's i'm talking about the standard consumer desktop gpu, and think about it being modular in the future while that most likely wont happen, but if it did it would end up using standter consumer desktop gpus

[NumLock21]

1 minute ago, themaniac said:

yeah custom designed gpu's i'm talking about the standard consumer desktop gpu, and think about it being modular in the future while that most likely wont happen, but if it did it would end up using standter consumer desktop gpus

They are using standard consumer desktop gpus. MXM has nothing to do with the GPU that's on the PCB. The GPU on a MXM card is the exact same as the one in your desktop. Now if you're talking about the physical design of the PCB, then smallest standard right now are those ITX GPUs.

[themaniac]

Just now, NumLock21 said:

They are using standard consumer desktop gpus. MXM has nothing to do with the GPU that's on the PCB. The GPU on a MXM card is the exact same as the one in your desktop. Now if you're talking about the physical design of the PCB, then smallest standard right now are those ITX GPUs.

yeah that's what i'm talking about the full card PCB and all, yes I know itx are the smallest at the moment, i'm just trying to think of how it could be safely swapped in/out