The Morning After: Wireless Oculus Rift headsets are coming

It's Saturday, July 15, 2017. Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Welcome to the weekend. Water bears are hard to kill, we got a peek at Disney’s Star Wars theme parks and it’s time for EVO. The closest you’ll ever get to a ‘3DS XL Lite.’ Nintendo New 2DS XL review The latest addition to Nintendo’s handheld gaming lineup hits stores on July 28th, but we’ve already had our turn with the New 2DS XL. Sean Buckley reports that despite a new chassis, this entry isn’t the best portable gaming console in the 3DS lineup, with a shorter battery life than its 3D-enabled counterpart. On the plus side, it does have comfortable controls with smaller bezels and a repositioned hinge. It doesn’t stop at just movies and games. Disney shows off a preview of its upcoming ‘Star Wars’ theme park As part of the D23 event going on this weekend, Disney unveiled a model version of the Star Wars-inspired lands that are under construction at its Disney World and Disneyland resorts. Ride specifics are still hazy, but one attraction will give guests control of the Millennium Falcon, while another drops them into a battle between the Resistance and the First Order. The parks are scheduled to open in 2019, but we’ll let you know if there’s any other news out of D23. Now the thumbnails move YouTube experiments with GIF-like video previews Soon you might notice a 3-second teaser when your computer's pointer hovers over a thumbnail, though it only works for videos that are longer than 30 seconds. Here are your plans for the weekend. Tune into the EVO 2017 fighting game championships Get your fill of esports action today streaming on Twitch live from the EVO 2017 event in Las Vegas. For Sunday night’s final rounds, you can watch Disney XD and ESPN 2 to see champions crowned in Super Smash Bros. and Street Fighter V, respectively. It got a nose job. See how Tesla’s Model 3 has changed since its debut We’ll let the gif do most of the talking. #FontGate. Microsoft’s default font settings are taking center stage in a political drama Really. Say goodbye to projector distortion. Samsung made a giant 34-foot LED TV for movie theaters Samsung has unveiled the Cinema LED Screen that's an epic 10.3 meters (33.8 feet, or 406 inches). It runs at full 4K (4,096 x 2,160) resolution, features HDR and peaks out at 146 fL of brightness, "ten times greater than that offered by standard projector technologies. Scientists, Steven Segal would like a word with you. Water bears may be the last species alive when the sun dies Scientists have discovered that the tardigrade, also called the water bear, is the world's most indestructible living species. Researchers at the University of Oxford tested three potential catastrophic space-based events that could affect the Earth to see whether tardigrades would survive: asteroids, supernovae and gamma ray bursts. "To our surprise we found that although nearby supernovae or large asteroid impacts would be catastrophic for people, tardigrades could be unaffected,"  says Dr. David Sloan, the paper's coauthor. But wait, there's more... 1. Here's our first look at Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' movie 2. White House releases voter-fraud comments, personal info included 3. Why TV is Facebook's next frontier 4. Microsoft officially ended support for Windows Phone 5. Spotify denied allegations it uses 'fake' artists to cut royalty costs The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.

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The Morning After: Wireless Oculus Rift headsets are coming

It's Friday, July 14, 2017. Hey, good morning!  Welcome to Friday morning! Netflix has claimed a load of Emmy nominations, Radiohead hid an ancient computer program in its album reissue and high-fashion’s answer to Amazon has arrived.   Trophies incoming.   Netflix snags 91 Emmy nominations   The nominations for the 2017 Emmy Awards have been announced, and streaming services are all over the lists. In total, Netflix has 91 nominations, while Hulu has 18 and Amazon snagged 16. Of Netflix’s nominations, 18 are in the key categories that will be broadcast September 17th, where newer shows like Master of None and Stranger Things join standbys like Orange is the New Black and House of Cards. No phone, no computer.   Oculus has a $200 wireless VR headset in the works for 2018   We didn’t know how long it would take Oculus to deliver a truly cord-free VR experience. Turns out, it might not be too long: Oculus is apparently developing a $200 wireless VR headset for release next year. The device, codenamed Pacific, won’t just be an empty shell for your smartphone, like the Gear VR and DayDream View, it’ll pack in all the hardware it needs for VR experiences.   From hardware-centric to software-centric.   AT&T’s next-gen TV platform rollout will start on DirecTV Now   To unify its various video platforms, AT&T is launching a new next-gen platform across internet, satellite and IPTV. The first service to get the new look and feel will be DirecTV Now when a beta test kicks off later this year. That will also bring cloud DVR to the streaming service, while other features like 4K video and user profiles are also in the works.   Okay, computer.   Radiohead album hides an app that only runs on an ‘80s computer   In the age of the hipster, dust-covered and irrelevant mediums like the vinyl and cassette tape have slowly been given a new lease of life. Now, thanks to Radiohead, it looks like popular British computer the ZX Spectrum might be the next ‘80s relic to come back into fashion. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the band’s genre-bending opus, OK Computer, Radiohead has released a £100 (roughly $130) commemorative special edition of the album, entitled OKNOTOK. The world of high fashion finally has its answer to Amazon.   The company behind Louis Vuitton wants to make 24 Sèvres the online home of luxury shopping   LVMH which owns brands like Dior, Fendi, Givenchy and Prada, in addition to LV, is the epitome of luxury. And now, with 24 Sèvres, the company has what it hopes can become the main online destination for high-fashion shoppers. CEO Eric Goguey says the site is designed as the web version of Le Bon Marché, an iconic retail space often described as the most selective department store in Paris. Nintendo Japan has ended production.   It’s the end of days for the New 3DS in Japan   Late last month, we reported that while the Nintendo 3DS wasn’t dead, it didn’t really make sense to buy one anymore. After all, the Switch serves the purpose of both console and handheld gaming. Now, it appears as if Nintendo might agree with us: Their Japanese site indicates that production has ended on the Nintendo New 3DS.   But wait, there's more... 1. FanDuel and DraftKing's merger is just a fantasy after all 2. Google Play Music's New Release Radio is available for all users 3. iFixit takes a peek at the Galaxy Note Fan Edition's new, smaller battery 4. Nine Inch Nails' latest video taps into gaming legend 5. Audi knows millennials will have to deal with self-driving boredom 6. NASA doesn't have the money to land humans on Mars The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.