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create world forget what you thought you knew about video games your head is now the controller at the e3 expo in los angeles microsoft and sony revealed their vision for a brave new virtual world microsoft's hololens is a wearable holographic computer that opens up a way to play using augmented reality the company showed how users can display game worlds from minecraft on a wall or even a tabletop microsoft also partnered with oculus the virtual reality company owned by Facebook every oculus rift headset will come with an Xbox controller and the ability to stream xbox one games via Windows 10 you want there to be a good story you want there to be a reason that you use you're putting on this headset for it you know a couple of hours and cutting yourself off from the real world you don't want you want there to be a compelling reason to do that Sony pushed hard on the VR front with project Morpheus the headset which works with the PlayStation 4 will allow multiple players to experience a single world together it's not all virtual reality though as players will soon get updates to existing consoles I'm pleased to announce Xbox one backward compatibility Microsoft now lets you play selected games from the older xbox 360 right on the Xbox one without you needing to buy the game again Sony took aim at cable TV with the ability to buy access to individual channels through its PlayStation view service and will be the first pay-tv service to allow users to subscribe to individual channels without the purchase of a multi-channel bundle come 2016 the way you use your console may look very different in San Francisco I'm Lexus avedis cnet.com for CBS News