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hi I'm Robert verge here at e2 2013 in Berlin I'm checking out one of the crazy things in the show Sony's new hmz - three head mounted display you have two OLED displays up here not 0.7 inches they're HD now 1280 by 720 resolution and as usual with trade shows Sony has one of these show up this is a third-generation actually I tried it on today I have to say it's quiet and weird experience I've tried oculus rift I haven't actually tried the earlier generations of the these Sony headsets the oculus rift was an amazing experience I can't say the same for this one you have all of these soft attachments which are flexible and adjustable and you also have these adjustments for your eyes down at the bottom as much they'll try to adjust them I never managed to get the 3d look to be crisp and proper it does to the video as well however the whole 3d experience just isn't that great and the other thing is you still have most of the weight of the headset resting on your nose which is kind of an issue if you want to use it for longer than a few minutes so what's new with the new head mounted display from Sony one of the major things is that you can actually do Wireless easy transfers now there's still whatever here it actually connects a battery pack which gives you a few hours worth of endurance but still needs a connection to get the power from the battery onto here you also don't have audio so this is why we have two cables connected to the set one of them is for headphones with a headphone jack on the headset itself so actually once you get this on your head together with one of Sony's large / your headphone sets it's a big old crazy set of things to have carry in your head and all the new features is the ability to connect to a smartphone by an MHL cable which hooks up to the battery pack which in turn can then transfer any HD video or anything else you have on your phone over to the headset so as usual for Sony it's a massive headset it's not all that comfortable actually the company you might want to push this with together with its PlayStation and the PlayStation 4 for gaming purposes however I'm not all that encouraged and one of the reasons for it is also the price here in Europe is going to cost $12.99 it releases on October I believe it's something like a hundred thousand yen in Japan as well same release date sony says they'll be a global release you you'll probably be able to get it from the Sony store but I would advise trying it on first just to get a feel of how big chunky and overwhelming this thing can be so that's it Sony's latest head mounted display here at E for 2013 in Berlin