Sony Previews 'Life with PlayStation'
Navtej Kohli has a Good news for all PS3 users. Sony's PS3 run-game service release is just around the corner.
Sony is preparing a non-game service for its PlayStation 3 console that
at first glance is similar to one available on Nintendo's Wii.
Called "Life with PlayStation," the service will launch with news and
weather information channels but is set to be considerably expanded in
the future, said Kaz Hirai, president of Sony Computer Entertainment.
The basic interface was a globe of the Earth that could be spun to
reveal the different regions of the world. Major cities were marked on
the globe along with the current weather conditions and news headlines
pertaining to the city were listed in the corner of the screen. As you
browse, background music from the hard-disk in the PlayStation 3 can be
played either as a user-defined playlist or one chosen by the console.
The interface is similar to the news and weather channels on the
Nintendo Wii, which are navigated through a globe and offer similar
news and weather information.
It is different from the news and weather channels on the Nintendo Wii
in terms of graphics - the PlayStation 3 graphics have higher
resolution and the globe isn't a simple map of the world but a weather
satellite image showing the cloud patterns above the planet.
The news and weather channels are just some initial features, later
many other state-of-the-art features will be added to it. Plans are to
build a system that can visually present stored photos and movies
according to their recorded time and place, allowing users with their
friends and family to enjoy the visuals in chronological order," said
Hirai.
Release date is not yet fixed and will be announced soon anytime later.
