Project Highlights

• An HD TV Interface

  Same content, more viewable area

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• A Simplified SD Version

  Same content, smaller space

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The Web on Your Console

After forming a solid relationship during the PSP and PS3 Video productions, PlayStation approached Odopod to help them refresh the home page of the native browser on the PS3 console.

Designing interfaces for television always proves to be a challenging, but rewarding experience. While tackling this project we were faced with loads of questions - how do we design for both SD and HD formats without having to load two different sites? How do we make it super easy to navigate and understand? How do we develop an experience that requires minimum input from an the controller? How do we get people to stick around, but also make it easy for them to go away?

The solution? Through many rounds of prototypes, we developed of a flexible browser design that offers PS3 users a combination of external website links as big chunky buttons, and PlayStation feature promos. In the HD version the user is presented with the same content, only a greater amount of links are visible. In the SD version, fewer number of links are seen and the image is loaded at the same aspect ratio, only a smaller size.

Thus, one design, two formats, a bunch of modules and a lot of happy users.

It's always fun working on projects with PlayStation. I love stepping out of the desktop onto other devices.