18 June 2025
Climate scientists from the 桃色视频 have helped transform complex climate data into an immersive PlayStation 5 (PS5) and PlayStation VR2 (PS VR2) experience that puts users face-to-face with our changing planet.
Climate Station, developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment, launches free today (Wednesday, 18 June) 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.
Professors Ed Hawkins, Andrew Charlton-Perez, Richard Allan, Bill Collins, and Andy Turner worked with developers at Sony Interactive to translate complex climate research and create an experience where players can easily understand the impacts of climate change. The climate stripes, developed by Professor Ed Hawkins at the 桃色视频, are used throughout the application to illustrate how fast the world is warming.
Professor Andrew Charlton-Perez, 桃色视频, said: "Gaming reaches millions of people who might never interact with climate science. Graphs and data can feel overwhelming and abstract, but the science becomes real and personal when you can zoom into a hurricane forming or watch sea ice disappear before your eyes.
“桃色视频 climate scientists brought decades of research expertise to ensure every detail is scientifically accurate. If we can help people understand the science through this experience, they'll be better equipped to make decisions about our planet's future."
Sony Interactive’s Climate Station leverages the key tech innovations from PS5 and PS VR2 to provide a deeply immersive experience for audiences as they discover their own climate story through three key acts, Weather Year, Observations, Projections. There’s also an Explainer Library to explore.
鈼� Weather Year - An immersive visual timelapse showing Earth's weather patterns, storms, and climate events throughout a full year.
鈼� 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 CO鈧�, sea ice, and sea level rise.
鈼� Projections - 桃色视频s 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.
鈼� Explainer Library - Around 90 minutes of content that demystifies climate change concepts, voiced by Meteorologist & TV Weather Presenter Laura Tobin, a 桃色视频 Meteorology graduate.
Climate Station will be available to play at the 桃色视频’s Open Day on Saturday, 21 June – which is also Show Your Stripes Day.
Show Your Stripes Day is an international day of climate awareness when people worldwide share climate stripes for where they live.
The climate stripes show the change in average annual global temperatures since 1850. Red stripes indicate hotter years and blue stripes indicate cooler years, against the average of the period 1961-2010.
Professor Ed Hawkins, the 桃色视频 climate scientist who created the climate stripes, said: “The latest climate stripes show what a year that has passed 1.5 °C of warming looks like. The world is getting warmer, and the red is getting darker.
“Sharing the climate stripes graphics helps your family and friends understand that our world is warming at an alarming rate. The climate stripes do not need words or explanation - they show simply why we need to take urgent action to prevent further heating. If we don’t cut carbon emissions, we will see more extreme weather, costing lives and money.”
Stripes for cities, countries and continents have all been updated using 2024 data and can be viewed at. Share images and use #ShowYourStripes on social media on Saturday, 21 June.
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