STUFF AWARDS 2019
GADGET OF THE YEAR
OCULUS QUEST
Insults were hurled, defences were mounted
and once-unbreakable bonds disintegrated.
And that was just deciding which pub to
go to. Once we got there, the big debate
to settle on our overall Gadget of the Year
began in earnest.
While we saw stonkingly great tellies and
near-flawless phones aplenty in 2019, we had
to award the big prize to a true game-changer.
Proper virtual reality has for too long been
associated with messy cables, an awkwardO Games room
Every category
winner is up for
Gadget of the
Year, but truly
untethered
VR – tracking
across up to
4000ft2 with no
wires – was too
cool to ignore.OO Hands free
We’re big fans
of the Touch
Controllers, but
who needs ’em?
An experimental
new feature
allows the
headset itself
to track hand
movements.setup process and hulking PCs you can’t
afford. Not any more.
Contained in this faff-free headset is all
the tech you need to visit alien planets and
fantasy kingdoms in between walking the
dog and taking the bins out. Games look
brilliant, the library keeps growing and the
room-scale tracking just works. The Quest
is one of the finest gadgets we’ve ever had
the joy of using, and has the best chance
yet of bringing VR to the masses.2