PlayStation has released Climate Station, a free experience available on PlayStation 5 and PS VR2, developed to highlight the effects of climate change in collaboration with the United Nations Playing for the Planet Alliance.
Available now, Climate Station is designed using real-world science in collaboration with research and policymaking organizations to educate players. In a PlayStation Blog post, it’s said that Climate Station allows players to interact with a globe, zooming into climate events and data layers using the DualSense controller. If players want even more immersion, they can don the PS VR2 headset and manipulate the globe using the Sense controllers.
Climate Station allows players to “interact with real scientific data, explore climate scenarios, and uncover the stories behind the numbers.” The PlayStation app has launched with a guided tour for players. Once you load into the experience, you’ll be taken through each section, unlocking new features. As you continue, you’ll open new ways to explore and uncover hidden stories behind the climate across four modes.
Climate Station offers over 90 minutes of content to experience and interact with. The app’s content is narrated by Laura Tobin, a climate advocate. Using data derived by NASA, NOAA, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), Climate Station highlights the shifting temperatures seen across the globe as well as climate futures predicted by real-world data.
PlayStation’s app is largely broken up into three main zones. The first is ‘Weather Year’, which shows a time-lapse of planetary change. The second is ‘Oberservations’ which players can witness over a century’s worth of climate change using authoritative data. Finally, ‘Projections’ is a glimpse into the future, showing five possible pathways, all impacted by various global emissions decisions.
Climate Station is available now on PlayStation 5. Using a supporting TV, players can unlock up to 4K visuals as well as audio mixing in Dolby Atmos.
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