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reporting from day to the consumer electronics show in las vegas I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update it seems that gaming is a bigger topic than usual for this year's CES right as the tech show kicked off sony revealed a new way to stream old playstation games much like how you would stream a movie on Netflix it's called PlayStation now we got a chance to demo how it works here at the show but it won't be available for all consumers until the summer at launch you'll be able to stream ps3 games from your ps3 or the new ps4 and if you have one of Sony's new 2014 bravia tvs well then you can stream a game right from the TV in the future more platforms will be supported so you could stream a game to your sony tablet or xperia phone there's no word yet if sony will add old playstation 1 and 2 games to the streaming library as for cost you can either rent one game or sign up for a subscription plan and if you're worried about your internet connection being a little laggy the system will analyze your speed and give you a heads up if you may encounter problems and this is also the year of the steam machine it's a gaming system by valve and it lets you play PC games on your living room TV there are 13 prototype consoles made by third-party game hardware manufacturers like alienware an Origin with different sizes and specs and since some pc games are programmed for being controlled a little differently with a mouse these steam machines have controllers designed with to track pads but the price of these systems were not announced yet the steam machine can play 250 games there are new ways to play android games on your TV such as the snakebite Viper it's a 7 inch android tablet with a docking station remote control and Bluetooth game controller it will be out at the end of the month in the u.s. starting at two hundred dollars there's also a new prototype of the 3d virtual reality gaming system by oculus it's called the crystal cove now from a year ago it has improved resolution with a 1080p OLED screen inside and it knows where you're moving in the game with little LEDs in a camera and there's less blur to help you avoid motion sickness now virtual reality still may be a bit futuristic but there's some classic tech that gotta reboot Polaroid announced that it's making a retro-looking socialmatic Android camera to come out in the fall it has a 14 megapixel front camera and a 2-megapixel back camera built-in Wi-Fi for uploading your pics to social media and like the classic Polaroid it has an inkless printing system to pop out 2 by 3 inch prints with sticker backings be sure to follow our live coverage of CES all week long at cnet com / live from the cnet stage at the Las Vegas Convention Center I'm Bridget Carey