PLAYSTATION HOME

Virtual World for PlayStation 3 Sony PlayStation 3 Console

 

PlayStation Home is a social virtual world for the PlayStation 3 Console

 Announced at the 2007 Game Developers Conference, Sony’s PlayStation Home allows users to design and dress an avatar, create their own virtual apartment for their avatar, and even have virtual pets. Within Home, you can interact with other PlayStation 3 Console users, from anywhere in the world

PlayStation Home also includes interactive games within its own environment, provides meeting places for many PS3 multiplayer games, enables you to host virtual parties, and offers you the chance to experience exclusive virtual events

 

PlayStation Home Avatars
PlayStation Home Avatar

 

PlayStation Home is a free service for all Sony PlayStation 3 console owners, available via the PlayStation Network. Every user in Home is represented by their own avatar, rendered in realistic 3D graphics. Through your avatar, you can communicate with other PlayStation 3 users via text, voice chat and your avatar’s movements and gestures. You can customize your avatar, including height, weight, sex, complexion, facial features, hair style, clothing and more

Home Square is the heart of PlayStation Home, and it provides access to your own personal Home Space apartment, the Game Space and Home Theatre...

 

PlayStation Home Square PlayStation Home Square

 

The Square features and gives access to other public spaces, which can be used by Sony and PlayStation partners for interactive exhibitions, games, virtual events or just places to meet and chat with PlayStation Home users

You can add any other users you meet in public spaces to your Friends List - then you can check the status of those users in your Friends List to see when they are on PlayStation Home. You can invite anyone in your Friends List to come over to visit your Home Space. Your Home Space apartment can be personalised with your own choice of decoration and furnishings...

 

PlayStation Home Space PlayStation Home Space

 

Home Theatre is a virtual cinema where users can watch movie trailers, game features, and other video content in a 3D environment on huge virtual screens. The main Game Space features the Bowling Alley, pool tables, video screens, dart boards, and a video game arcade. Sony and other developers have also created various Game Spaces dedicated to & themed around specific game titles. These spaces often have mini-games and other interactive elements

 Spaces are also developed to serve as a virtual venue covering a real world event: E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo), Leipzig Game Convention, etc.

 

PlayStation Home Theatre PlayStation Game Space

 

PlayStation Home is updated every week via the PlayStation Network. Recent additions include Game Spaces for Far Cry 2, Resident Evil 5 and Resistance 2; a Shopping Centre, the Red Bull Air Race Space, and the EA Sports Complex...

PlayStation Home at the official US PlayStation website

PlayStation Home at the official UK PlayStation site

PlayStation Home at official Asia PlayStation site

 

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