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really close to me it actually feels like I'm swimming of dolphins when I first tried mixed reality that's Microsoft's term for blending the digital and physical world but it's more like VR because you're walking through a virtual space that's essentially the Windows desktop things you'd normally do on Windows like launching apps or typing on a keyboard work in this environment called the cliff house but you'll need a special headset like the Samsung hmd Odyssey based on Microsoft's reference design it has inside-out positional tracking so you don't need to set up sensors or cameras around the room I ran through a few demos wearing the headset including Haley recruit and a game called Luna the AMOLED screens make the whole experience really vivid the Odyssey also has a wide 110 degree field of view AKG headphones and microphones the controllers are comfortable to hold and there's a Windows button so you can get back to the cliff house instantly but does it have enough to compete with oculus and HTC vive Microsoft thinks so because it's plug-and-play so you're up and running within minutes mixed reality is coming to Windows 10 with a four creator update on October 17 the odyssey will be four hundred and ninety nine dollars with controllers which is a little bit more than other mixed reality headsets made by brands like HP and Lenovo well I think I deflect