Oculus for my Baby Boomer Parents

I had to get input from my my siblings and friends, cus I found very little about buying VR devices like Oculus for baby boomers online. Purchase Considerations TL;DR: I am buying an Oculus Quest 2 for my baby boomer parents. What to buy? There is a ton of online content for "which device to purchase" so I will keep this short.  I was drawn to the Oculus specifically because it is stand-alone. Other devices on the market expect that you have a video game console or laptop loaded with games. In short, I am not a gamer, and neither are my parents. My decision was solidified after I read this line in PC Magazine : "Oculus is phasing out the Rift S and focusing entirely on the Quest platform going forward."   Oculus Quest is made for someone like my baby boomer mama. She is exactly the type of customer for whom Steve Jobs changed the world: she understood the value of computers but had no time to tinker. MacBooks, iPhones and iPads (not to mention user-friendly software...

WFH Log:  It's month 10 of pandemic + quarantine and everyone hates it (except me?) Maybe due to growing up on an isolated farm or cus I am a computer nerd, or maybe it's the overwhelming relief  in my career of being judged for my work itself, rather than my appearances, now that real-life meetings are obsolete. Regardless- I am doing great but most people, not so much. My family is in another country and I am in US, so we haven't seen each other in over a year. I am a millennial and feel *almost* satisfied with online connections, but I do worry for my parents and friends. I'm also saving more money than usual cus I can't travel abroad or go to bars & parties :( I first tried Oculus in 2017 at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. It was cool, got to explore a VR spaceship, but slightly dizzying. Then in 2019, I tried Oculus at a friend's party, and LOVED shooting at VR zombies.  I've imagined buying VR devices to connect my family for ...