Chime in: What's the best affordable PC for VR or Windows Mixed Reality?

The VR industry continues to grow, and there are plenty of affordable mobile devices that can get you lot into a virtual globe. Notwithstanding, virtually of the premier experiences are still reserved for the PC-based systems, whether Windows Mixed Reality, HTC Vive, or Oculus Rift.

The problem hither is that these systems price a good chunk of coin, and that's before figuring in the cost of a PC or laptop capable of delivering a decent feel.

Windows Central forum member Kram Devil recently created a new thread in our VR and AR Lounge asking for some advice on ownership a new PC explicitly for Windows Mixed Reality Ultra.

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04-06-2018 10:39 PM

Meet Chuckles my friendly MR headset holder My Lenovo Explorer headset finally arrived. (Yippee YAY!!) It looks practiced, it feels good, it fifty-fifty smells good! :grin: This disclaimer probably invalidates whatsoever run a risk of me winning the oculus rift contest but in club to get advice you'd have to know where I'thousand coming from. I think Windows MR headsets are better in my opinion than OR anyway so no...
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This question carries over to pretty much whatsoever VR system, and indeed Kram Devil's topic asks an important question; virtually people don't want to overspend, especially afterwards dropping a lump sum on a VR headset.

Accept an affordable pre-built PC in mind? Thinking instead of a powerful laptop? Have any suggestions for custom builds? Head over to our forum and share your opinion with Kram Devil!

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