Samsung has explicitly stated that Galaxy Note 7 owners should "power down and take advantage of the remedies available, including a refund at their place of purchase." The Oculus update disabling the headset was first reported by Reddit user Bahaman23 and confirmed by Android Central. Despite the danger, some Redditors are complaining that they can no longer use not only their Galaxy Note 7s, but their Gear VR headsets, too. (We've reached out to Oculus and Samsung for more details.)

You do have options with a new Gear VR, however, provided you're willing to stay in the Samsung camp (and it would be hard to blame you if you didn't). The headset supports older Samsung headsets that don't explode, including the Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, S6, S6 Edge and Note 5, according to Samsung's site. All of those devices (including the Galaxy S6 Edge, I can confirm) still work with the Gear VR. If you still want smartphone-based VR but have had it with Samsung, your best bet might be Google's new Pixel phones and the Daydream VR headset.

Update: Things have changed considerably since this article was first published, as Samsung has effectively killed the Galaxy Note 7. However, there is one relevant tidbit from Oculus -- it will refund any Oculus Store content purchased for the Galaxy Note 7 and Gear VR. Its full statement is below.