In pictures: The serious business of VR at Computex 2016

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Many show attendees were paragliding in the middle of the Computex exhibition hall, courtesy of Cooler Master and the use of elaborate mechanisms to pull off a convincing experience. This could be the arcade of the near future.
 

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Everyone was showing off their products for VR. Here, you can use Zotac motherboards and graphics cards to power a VR-capable system.

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Not to be outdone, ASUS wants attendees to know that their systems are more than capable of running VR too.
 

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Meanwhile, MSI is charging aheard in VR gaming with the new backpack PC that gives users an unhindered VR experience. We've got more details of this unique purpose-built machine over here. Oh and here's a video clip to see how it looks and feels on someone testing the backpack PC.

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Over at HTC's booth, you could soar through a cityscape as if you were a bird! Again, using some props (including a fan to simulate wind) and the use of HTC's Vive VR headset, attendees managed to fly free and leave their troubles behind - well, for a while at least. Experience it over here!

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Here's another demo at HTC, this time in a Battlefield-like game segment. What's interesting was how the audience too joined in to provide direction and quick advise as to what weapon to use and who/where to direct it at as the attendee was grappling around to stay alive! This is spectator-gaming at its finest.

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Not to be left behind, Samsung put on one of the most adrenaline pumping VR gaming demos with their Galaxy S7 devices coupled with their Gear VR heads and looping participants through a rollercoaster or space fighter simulator on a chair that can effortlessly spin 360 degrees if required! Watch our Facebook video feeds of this in action over here and here.

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This is a peculiar VR game. In it, players are tasked with building their own computer system!

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VR is serious business. Keep out!

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And here's even more VR booths at Computex 2016. Why would a power supply specialist need to show off one? We honestly don't know.