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By Jasmine Blue D’Katz chase for my system.

The Oculus Quest headset come with two battery op-
During the pandemic, like many others, I have been erated motion controllers. The headset was amazing-
unable to get to my local gym to break out a little ly comfortable after a few adjustments with included
sweat. Although I have gotten in a little exercise an extension ring for my glasses. The eye mask easi-
with my Wii, I needed a new adventure. I have ly pulls out, so I was able to adjust the position of the
heard about their new virtual reality devices but did lenes, and to insert the included separator that lifts
not pay much attention to it until Ron Brown from the headset slightly from my face for my glasses. Alt-
Tech for Seniors talked about his experience with hough there are no wires to trip over, I needed my
his new Oculus Quest VR system. Facebook account to log in. A fully charges system
gives me about two hours of playtime, but 20 to 30
The Oculus Quest is a standalone VR device that minutes is about my limit.
brings me easy access to everything that makes
virtual reality special. Although my main intent was For additional entertainment, I can hang out with us-
using it for exercise, it allows you to step into a ers from all over the world, by a virtual explorer,
gaming world, and get some exercise as well. sculpt and paint, attend live music and sport games,
listen to music, face my fears, and watch movies and
Once I literally jumped into this new 360-degree TV.
video world, I was immersed with a new concept of
game play that allowed me to freely roam around in
a physical and digital play space since it has not Oculus Quest is available with
attached wire to be tripping over. 64GB for $299, and 256GB for

The setup of was straight forward, and within $399. Many of the Quest
minutes, I was able to don the headset and peek games take up about 8GB or
into this new world. After the initial instructional tour more.
of the system, I was then able to select from a
plethora of separately sold game, puzzle, fitness
titles to medication apps to freely download or pur-

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