Asus working on gaming laptop less than 2cm thick and all-in-one VR headset

Asus is working on a new gaming laptop in the Republic of Gamers series that is less than 2cm thick. The manufacturer makes this known during the presentation of its quarterly figures. Asus also says it will release its own all-in-one VR headset this year.

According to the presentation that Asus gave when announcing the quarterly figures, the thin gaming laptop should be a ‘hero’ product. This connects the laptop to existing models such as the ZenBook 3 Deluxe, or the UX490, the Vivobook S, Vivobook Pro and ZenBook Flip UX370.

The new gaming laptop should be released in the second quarter. The laptop will probably get a GTX 10 GPU. Several manufacturers have already released thin laptops with a GTX 1060. MSI has a 22mm thick gaming laptop with that video card and Razer puts the same GPU in its 18mm thick Blade laptop.

Asus also shows in the presentation that an all-in-one VR headset will be released this year. Details about the glasses are missing, but the name indicates that it is a product that works independently, without the intervention of a computer or smartphone. When the headset appears is not clear.

In the past quarter, Asus achieved revenue of 117 billion Taiwan dollars. Converted that is about 3.6 billion euros. Turnover was therefore five percent lower than in the comparable quarter a year earlier.