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Wednesday, March 07, 2007
PS3 virtual world - metaverse going mainstream?
This just in via 3pointD:
"Before you do anything else, watch the trailer above, which just went up on GameTrailers.com after being shown at GDC. It shows a PS3 service from Sony called “home,” which is, yes, a free 3D online space where you’ll be able to customize your avatar and your own private home, hang out with other users there and in various common spaces, stream your media into your virtual pad (as in Kaneva), and chat via voice, emotes, short pre-loaded phrases or with a USB keyboard, as well as hook up with other people and follow them into PS3 games. In terms of pushing the metaverse out to the mainstream, this is pretty huge news."
It certainly seems like a big step towards the mainstream, as well as potentially making the PS3 appeal to whole new demographic. I wonder how extensible this service/platform will be. I feel the in-game survey concept, or at the very least the in-game-console survey concept, is about to take a big step forward..
Update: Alice over at Wonderland has notes on Phil Harrison's keynote speech on "Game 3.0", part of which was about the "Home" service. From the sounds of it, they will be providing extensibility - the service is built using Maya, and Sony will provide SDKs to developers.
Full 20-minute video of the speech/demo, worth having a look:
"Before you do anything else, watch the trailer above, which just went up on GameTrailers.com after being shown at GDC. It shows a PS3 service from Sony called “home,” which is, yes, a free 3D online space where you’ll be able to customize your avatar and your own private home, hang out with other users there and in various common spaces, stream your media into your virtual pad (as in Kaneva), and chat via voice, emotes, short pre-loaded phrases or with a USB keyboard, as well as hook up with other people and follow them into PS3 games. In terms of pushing the metaverse out to the mainstream, this is pretty huge news."
It certainly seems like a big step towards the mainstream, as well as potentially making the PS3 appeal to whole new demographic. I wonder how extensible this service/platform will be. I feel the in-game survey concept, or at the very least the in-game-console survey concept, is about to take a big step forward..
Update: Alice over at Wonderland has notes on Phil Harrison's keynote speech on "Game 3.0", part of which was about the "Home" service. From the sounds of it, they will be providing extensibility - the service is built using Maya, and Sony will provide SDKs to developers.
Full 20-minute video of the speech/demo, worth having a look:
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