The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Alex Cranz, and Adi Robertson discuss HTC's new VR headset the Vive Flow.

Also: Apple, Google, and Samsung all have events next week. The crew discuss what to expect.

Further reading:

• The $499 HTC Vive Flow is VR for people who don’t like VR
• I have a hard time believing your wearable is good if you had to Photoshop it onto a model
• Magic Leap somehow raised $500 million to make another AR headset
• Facebook execs tease VR prototype hardware with new photos
• Apple Watch Series 7 review: time and time again 
• Apple announces October 18th event after months of Mac rumors
• Apple exploring AirPods that take your temperature and monitor posture: report
• Google announced its Pixel 6 event on October 19th
• Watch the Pixel 6 Pro get put together and taken apart in leaked videos
• Google Pixel 6 leak teases Magic Eraser feature, plus five years of Android security updates
• Google says it’s dropping Material Design components on iOS in favor of Apple’s UIKit
• ‘Pixel Pass’ is Google’s rumored response to Apple One
• Samsung announces Unpacked 2 event for Wednesday Oct 20th, right after Apple and Google
• Samsung tries to prove its foldable phones are tough in a new test video
• VanMoof’s new V e-bike is its fastest ever 

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