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JULY 2020 PCWorld 31

The HP Reverb G2 upgrades


Windows Mixed Reality with Valve’s


VR design smarts and 4 cameras


Finally, the beleaguered Windows Mixed Reality platform gets the upgrade it needed.
BY HAYDEN DINGMAN

T


he HP Reverb G2 might be the
savior Windows Mixed Reality
(MR) so desperately needs.
Hopefully. Announced recently
but not available until the fall, HP has a lot
to prove and a lot of skeptics to convert,
myself included.

I’ve spoken often, and loudly (go.
pcworld.com/l0ud), about my issues with the
Windows MR ecosystem. Even in 2017 the
hardware was a bit underwhelming, and the
ensuing “upgrades” never rectified some of
the fundamental problems with the platform.
Last year’s HP Reverb featured a best-in-class

IMAGE: HP

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