Getting Started with Home

Once an avatar has been chosen, it can then move about the virtual world freely and its first stop will likely be the "Central Plaza."
The Central Plaza
The Central Plaza is the public meeting space where you can find new friends and access the games lounge, mall and Home theater. Communication is key in Home, and there are many simple ways to get to know people. Emotes are animations that get your point across fast. You can access short phrases using Quick Write, or if you have something big to say you can type with a Virtual or USB keyboard, or talk with a Bluetooth or USB headset.
Bowling Alley
The Bowling Alley is where you can meet and relax with your friends with free casual games such as bowling, pool and play retro arcade games.
Home Space
If hanging out in the Central Plaza with strangers isn't your thing, each Home resident has their own apartment, called the Home Space.
Your Home Space is your private apartment where you can invite your friends. Your apartment can be
decorated to your liking and you can upgrade to the height of luxury with furniture, accessories, pictures and videos from your own collection.
Users can design their own apartment and modify their living quarters into a quaint little hideaway or a lavish two-story pimp pad. Plus, just like the public areas are customizable for a paying businesses, your own home can likewise be customized by you.
Pictures, movies, and even websites can be imported from your PS3 hard drive and put onto virtual television sets or picture frames in a matter of seconds. Wallpapers can be customized and any furniture you buy is entirely physics-based. In addition, users will be able hang out and listen to MP3s or audio CDs via virtual stereos if they choose, and be able to launch a group multiplayer game without having to leave their space. Also, players will be able to add personal pool tables and arcade units of their own should they not want to venture out into the games lounge.
Home Theater
The Home Theater is a shared viewing area for the latest trailers, films and user-created content provided by Sony.