Climate Station
Immersive PlayStation experience now available
If you have a PlayStation then you might be interested in the new ‘Climate Station’ which transforms complex climate data into an immersive PlayStation experience that puts users face-to-face with our changing planet.
Climate Station is now available for free for PS5 and PS VR2 players and uses the latest gaming technology, including virtual reality, to allow players to view, interact with, and understand complex climate data to raise awareness about climate change. Users can witness a year of Earth's weather unfold in real-time, explore over a century of temperature data, and navigate five possible climate futures—all guided by real scientific data from the IPCC.
Climate scientists worked with developers at Sony Interactive Entertainment to translate complex climate research and create an experience where players can easily understand the impacts of climate change. The climate stripes are used throughout the application to illustrate how fast the world is warming.
There is a deeply immersive experience for audiences as they discover their own climate story through three key acts, Weather Year, Observations, and Projections. There’s also an Explainer Library to explore.
● Weather Year - An immersive visual timelapse showing Earth's weather patterns, storms, and climate events throughout a full year.
● Observations - An interactive tool using IPCC data to explore over a century of climate change through a 3D globe with temperature indicators and global tracking of key metrics like CO₂, sea ice, and sea level rise.
● Projections - Explores five potential climate futures based on different emission scenarios using IPCC models, showing how temperature rises and impacts vary depending on the choices we make today.
● Explainer Library - Around 90 minutes of content that demystifies climate change concepts, voiced by Meteorologist & TV Weather Presenter Laura Tobin.
