VR

The agency said in a statement that “driving while wearing a V.R. headset is reckless and disregards the safety of everyone on the road.”

With many V.R. headsets I’ve tried — and I’ve tried a lot — the initial novelty fades, and minor annoyances, like blurry graphics or a lack of compelling apps, start to pile up.

It’s leaps and bounds better than the previous best V.R. headsets on the market, the Meta Quest series, when it comes to its eye-tracking and gesture-based controls, the quality of its displays and the way it combines immersive virtual experiences with the ability to see the world around you, a feature known as “pass-through.”

In its current state, V.R. is still a mostly solitary experience.

Also unlike Meta, Sony leans into the use of V.R. goggles only for gaming — a wise choice because, so far, games are the most popular V.R. applications and productivity apps for taking video calls through headsets haven’t gained traction.