PSVR 2 review, and the best multiroom audio gadgets

The Vergecast

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🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Today on the flagship podcast of not-yet-announced Sonos speakers: Adi Robertson and Sean Hollister discuss their review of the PSVR2, and how it ranks among the other VR options today, along with its predecessor. PSVR 2 review: love on a leash We plugged the PSVR2 into a PC, and here’s what it does Meta is improving Quest hand tracking so you can touch buttons and type on virtual keyboards Alex Cranz, Chris Welch, Chris Person, and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy discuss the world of multi-room audio devices to play music. How do smart speakers like Sonos, Amazon Echo, and Google Home compare to audiophile gadgets like the WiiM Mini and the Raspberry Pi? WiiM’s Mini and Pro are the Chromecast Audio’s real replacement Exclusive: these are the new Sonos Era speakers Amazon’s Alexa app gets more Sonos-y with new multiroom audio controls How to set up multiroom music playback with Google Home speakers Email us at vergecast@theverge.com, or call the Vergecast Hotline at 866-VERGE11, we'd love to hear from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Verge cast, the flagship podcast of not yet announced Sonos
0:08.2	speakers.
0:09.2	That's right.
0:10.2	We've got a bunch of stuff on the side about it.
0:11.4	You should go read it.
0:12.4	I'm your friend, Alex Kranz, and I just realized I haven't used my Oculus Quest 2 in like
0:18.4	four months.
0:19.4	I'm probably going to blame the steam deck for that lack of playing time because Baldur's
0:22.8	Gate 3 is really, really good.
0:24.5	But I also think it's because I'm getting tired of that form of VR and all of the metaverse
0:29.5	junk.
0:30.5	And I want something different, which is why I have selfishly brought Addy and Sean
0:34.0	onto the show to talk about the PSVR too, because it feels more like what I want, which
0:38.9	is, you know, to play games in VR.
0:41.7	Also to carry on that theme of things I want, the other thing we're going to be talking
0:45.0	about on the show today is the state of multi-room audio.
0:48.4	It's not just Sonos anymore, and I've got two crisses and a gin-touille coming on to
0:52.5	explain things.
0:53.5	So stay tuned.
0:54.5	More's coming up right after this.
0:56.8	Okay, welcome back.
1:00.3	Sony's new VR headset.
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