PlayStation Home will be host to a few virtual meetings operated by Ernst & Young to reduce carbon emissions. The hope is that a suitable online world will help eliminating the daily need to commute and meet in real-world offices. The project is being led by Dr. Nipan Maniar and Manish Malik from Portsmouth University and includes other participants, like Microsoft and Merill Lynch.

"Audio and video-conferencing solutions have emerged but the use of virtual worlds may offer the next evolution in overcoming the tyranny of distance - a more realistic and learning-enhanced environment," Andrew Mawson, managing director of Advanced Workplace Associates said.

As bloggers, we certainly know the benefits of telecommuting. Who knows? Maybe in the future all of us will be able to work from home and log in to the office using our PlayStations.


Source: PS3fanboy!

I read this earlier, but I think there was a different source.

I live 5 minutes from Portsmouth University!!!! If its the one in England they're talking about!

It's a good idea in theory, but I don't like how our world is slowly moving towards never having to see another person in real life.

Thanks to Penny Arcade, I have images of these serious professional types logging in to Home only to be greeted with, "im fuckin ur ass!!!"

good initiative,hope that more compagnies will joined them

Why not create another thread:

"Sony employees use Microsoft Windows at work"

or:

"Sony use Microsoft Netmeeting to hold virtual meetings"

or:

"Sony use Microsoft Windows Mobile in their cellphones."



Grow up folks!

I think this has to be regarded as a publicity stunt and little else. This type of facility has been available for years without restricting it to owners of a particular game console. There are a FEW more PCs and Macs out there with more appropriate monitors, keyboards etc for this type of thing.

I also suspect there may be quite a few academic institutions and authorities that may not be, believe it or not, hooked up to Playstation Home.

It's a little difficult to take this sort of crap seriously. And it's pathetic to resort to this to boost a system designed for a commerical application.

What the hell are you talking about? How is using Home even remotely similar to these things?

Home is a social networking service that requires you to own a PS3, the things you listed come on cellphones and computers, stuff everyone has and needs to use, they don't need to use home to have meetings.

This is completely retarded.