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Meta/Facebook is expected to have a new later this year, but its face tracking and better displays could add up to a $1000 price. The Quest 2 remains the recommended pick until a Quest 3 arrives, which may not happen until 2023.

"I have no doubt making the BDR compulsory for licensees, giving police more agility and the courts more scope to place problem drinkers on the BDR will lead to a reduction in alcohol-related harm and crime."

If you're looking for the best VR headset, the ideal choice will depend on what you enjoy doing in the virtual world. VR's strongest applications tend to be gaming and fitness. The Oculus Quest 2, which is an excellent home VR console, is still one of my favorite ways to play games. But you still have to decide whether you want a headset that plugs into your PC or console, or a stand-alone option like the Quest 2 (which can also double as a PC headset). 

Given the success of Prime Day each year, we've seen regular rumors that Amazon could move to a twice-a-year format in order to juice sales in the summer and the fall. Therefore, it's not surprising to see Amazon try to get out ahead of the competition before the Black Friday sales kick off in November.

The Quest 2 reminds me of the Nintendo Switch for its versatility and fun, and it has a growing library of surprisingly effective fitness apps. The Quest 2 can also connect with a PC to run more advanced apps from Steam or Meta's own app library,  or wirelessly.

One day after ending an eight-game postseason losing streak, the Cleveland Guardians will look to record another milestone when they face the visiting Tampa Bay Rays in Game 2 of the best-of-three American League wild-card series on Saturday.

There's always another wash to put on. It creates an undeniably weird loop — between arcade sessions and launderette maintenance — but isn't that what life is like, anyway? Sometimes neon. Sometimes full of dirty socks.

Tampa Bay will look to bounce back behind right-hander Tyler Glasnow (0-0, 1.35 ERA in the regular season), who rejoined the team's rotation last week after missing nearly 14 months because of Tommy John surgery.
As you can see, an Amazon shopping event in October is not unprecedented but two Prime Day-like sales in one year is. Amazon likely gathered some valuable insight into the effectiveness of a fall placement during the delayed 2020 Prime Day event and will be hoping it can again get the jump on Black Friday sales which tend to kick off in mid-November these days. 

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Good: Futuristic controllers; high-quality headset; works with Vive hardware

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The old world of phone-based VR headsets -- like the Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream -- are basically dead. A good number of the current iPhone, Android and VR app options don't even work with the old mobile VR goggles. The Quest 2 does have a phone app for streaming content for a parent to monitor, and can receive phone notifications and sync some health data for workouts, but it's still not fully integrated with phones. If smartphone-based VR comes back, it will more likely be in the form of small headsets that plug into phones via USB-C for VR content, VR gaming and other uses.

There are about three dozen to collect in total, and all of them are actually playable. We have riffs on old classics like Pac-Man and Mr Driller and Missile Command. Just walk up to them, poker pkv as the launderette-arcade's proprietor-turned-patron, and start gaming.

The teams entered the postseason heading in opposite directions, and that trend continued in Game 1. Tampa Bay has lost six straight games while the American League Central champion Guardians have won 25 of their last 31 games.

VR in 2022 remains an impressive but still limited proposition. Thanks to tremendous advancements in the visuals, tracking and overall performance of VR hardware, the best VR headset options have become more realistic and immersive. These advances have made VR a viable option for a lot of applications and more appealing to businesses, which are starting to take note of the technology's power and potential for becoming a big part of everyday life in the future. More advanced metaverse platforms and social worlds have given VR owners more to explore, too. Even so, VR still hasn't become a necessary product for most people.

It appears that Google didn't tell many developers about the shut-down prior to the public blog post. Destiny 2 makers Bungie tweeted on Thursday about coming up with "a plan of action" in the wake of the announcement. Assassin's Creed developer Ubisoft intends to allow players who've bought its games on Stadia to bring them to PC through its Ubisoft Connect digital distribution service, it said Friday. 

As it tends to do in the lead up to its Prime Day sales, Amazon has teased several Prime Early Access Sale deals for us to get excited about, though they aren't live just yet. However, Amazon has kicked off a bunch of early deals on its own hardware as well as some other goodies. The company is