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Ubi Day's over:
http://kotaku.com/5011511/this-is-how-home-will-flood-you-with-pr
Yes, I feel the same way by looking at the clip. The formula for virtual exhibition still needs to be refined. Even in a virtual world, the focus should be on consolidating/summarizing popular and valuable activities, and making them available one step away.
* People should be able to view the media in their apartments, clanrooms, Home game lobbies (suspend the game search), or virtual PSP... as long as there is a TV screen. Chat should be part of the video watching. Walking/running should not be required at all.
* Q&A with the organizer and guests should always be possible and organized/automated.
* Recording of the event should be possible.
Don't worry about the virtual world. Serve the user needs first. As long as the users are happy, they will decorate and use the space over time. Work on web integration and improve the browser (e.g., Web surfaces should be allowed). As long as people can access their favorite sites from Home, they may not mind lingering around slightly longer and sharing their findings.
http://kotaku.com/5011511/this-is-how-home-will-flood-you-with-pr
Yes, I feel the same way by looking at the clip. The formula for virtual exhibition still needs to be refined. Even in a virtual world, the focus should be on consolidating/summarizing popular and valuable activities, and making them available one step away.
* People should be able to view the media in their apartments, clanrooms, Home game lobbies (suspend the game search), or virtual PSP... as long as there is a TV screen. Chat should be part of the video watching. Walking/running should not be required at all.
* Q&A with the organizer and guests should always be possible and organized/automated.
* Recording of the event should be possible.
Don't worry about the virtual world. Serve the user needs first. As long as the users are happy, they will decorate and use the space over time. Work on web integration and improve the browser (e.g., Web surfaces should be allowed). As long as people can access their favorite sites from Home, they may not mind lingering around slightly longer and sharing their findings.
I think that Kotaku vid is a few days old Patsu. From the Judges Day or whatever it was called. I do take their point about things being a few clicks away on a PC.
As long as there's a virtual psp button that'll take you straight to an event (rather than having to jostle for a view of the screen!) it won't be as niche as they're hinting at. Or alternatively the suggestions you make.
Of course content will be king again. If reveals are done (time)exclusively in Home there will be a market. But that's a whole other discussion.
As long as there's a virtual psp button that'll take you straight to an event (rather than having to jostle for a view of the screen!) it won't be as niche as they're hinting at. Or alternatively the suggestions you make.
Of course content will be king again. If reveals are done (time)exclusively in Home there will be a market. But that's a whole other discussion.
Yeah, both the Judges Day and Ubiday were over. The video is indeed from the Judges Day, but I think Ubiday has the same format.
EDIT: slider, Kotaku and I are referring to the way the events were organized and executed. It's not as effective and useful if they simply do a simulated, off-line event.
They will need to repackage it to fit the Home environment. You're right to say that PS Home may already have the foundation to address the concerns. There may be some gaps that prevents certain use cases though. We won't know until Sony experiment and optimize the event experience further.
EDIT: slider, Kotaku and I are referring to the way the events were organized and executed. It's not as effective and useful if they simply do a simulated, off-line event.
They will need to repackage it to fit the Home environment. You're right to say that PS Home may already have the foundation to address the concerns. There may be some gaps that prevents certain use cases though. We won't know until Sony experiment and optimize the event experience further.
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More details about Dress
Dress was one of the applications highlighted together with Home. I am not quite sure what the relationships between them are.
Here's more details about Dress: http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/fashion-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=59583
Dress was one of the applications highlighted together with Home. I am not quite sure what the relationships between them are.
Here's more details about Dress: http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/fashion-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=59583
Dress is an embedded aspect to Home, as I understand it; one of the places you can visit when you join Home, where you can do...fashion stuff. Clearly hosting your own catwalks is one of the options, and designing your own clothes was another tooted feature, with the possibility of having them made, but I don't know how that'd work. I presume that'd be more a case of uploading images as printed textures on existing designs, rather than having full dress patterns cut and stitched together.
Yes, but I also heard that Dress uses a different avatar system. *If* this is true, then it seems that Dress is just another application, like how Home can launch a game from within.
May be they have updated Dress (or Home) to use a common avatar system. If not, a virtual world interoperability standard will be interesting:
http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/07/ibm-and-linden.html
EDIT: Also, another minor leak on the Home beta: http://www.ps3-sense.nl/showthread....merhouse-screenshots-1301.html?p=9059&goto=#1
I remember the photo frame wasn't working before. Now it is (could be working for some time already).
Thanks patsu, very cool update! I'm intrigued by dress for some time, its new business model and cloth simulation signify key aspects of PS3. It'll be one of the focuses in the non-game strategy recently announced by Hirai at the strategy meeting. Hopefully we get more details soon.
E3 to be broadcasted live in Home:
http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News-168300.aspx
So you can switch between watching the trailers and the live E3 coverage in Home ? (Just look at different billboards and video screens).
http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News-168300.aspx
So you can switch between watching the trailers and the live E3 coverage in Home ? (Just look at different billboards and video screens).
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Very nice.
Weren't some of us just discussing the possibility, or lack there of, for something like this in another thread? Our discussion may have revolved more around capacity and load, however, if memory serves me.
Very nice.
Weren't some of us just discussing the possibility, or lack there of, for something like this in another thread? Our discussion may have revolved more around capacity and load, however, if memory serves me.
They did the same for Playstation Day in Europe.
Do we know how many ppl can be in one area of Home?
Eurogamer has a not too informative (i.e. deals with a fraction of what we already know) but fairly enthusiastic hands-on of Home:
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=194738
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=194738
Yes, the experience sounded terribly sparse. The R2 voice chat sounds very good, working within earshot. But the example of bowling being a rather isolated affair doesn't invite one to go hang out with friends in the Game Space. As a social space, all games should have a significant social aspect, such as a big remote-control car track. A few nicknacks for your apartment will kill off interest. I hope a lot of stuff is available for customization, at least in response to playing/buying games as added incentive, rather than only nickel-and-dime-ing people for anything new. Otherwise the place will just be a bunch of cloned people in cloned spaces, and that'll be freaky enough to destroy much of the illusion.
There's also a question of realism. In one of the walkthroughs, the player had to find an arcade machine not being used. Well we're not tied to hardware! Why can't someone play the game just standing near it?
There's also a question of realism. In one of the walkthroughs, the player had to find an arcade machine not being used. Well we're not tied to hardware! Why can't someone play the game just standing near it?
Best is to use Mainichi Isshyo's approach. They have new items every week/episode. As long as you stick around long enough, you'll have tons of things to play with. This activity can help to grow the initial base.
The developers will also be able to value add (We saw R&C and MotorStorm constumes last year). This is the part where Sony is working on today, but I feel that Sony has to launch first to generate the momentum (i.e. create content on behalf of developers). It's fine that they want profitability but in a network services, initial investment is inevitable. Few companies want to take the lead if Sony only builds the base platform and hope that people will come.
In the future, the users can chip in too... when they open up the content creation to them. I feel that instead of saying it, they should start sooner than later -- starting with media sharing first (i.e., picture frame).
Phil mentioned this before. You have the option of buying an arcade machine for your own apartment. The arcade machines in the public spaces is a form of game demo. The engine seems to be LUA-based. So technically, end users may be able to create these games too. ;-)
It's all good in theory, but a look at PSPs download service, followed by a brief visit to the EU PSN store, amply demonstrates Sony's lack of commitment to content. Seriously, they don't even copy over all the same E3 vids from the US store the EU store! I think Home will be dependent on 3rd party additions. If EA, Acitivision-Blizzard and maybe external companies like Addidas/Nike compete for attention, content could grow. But I can't see them investing without a substantial interest, and Sony won't keep that long if they don't launch with enough to keep things interesting.
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