"Remote Play" confirmed for PSP, PS3 connectivity
Good news for anyone who owns a PSP and may be purchasing a PS3. Sony
is currently demonstrating several of the Playstation 3's features at
CEATEC JAPAN 2006, a consumer electronics convention currently taking
place in Japan.
Sony has been demoing the Playstation 3's "Cross Media Bar" interface, which if you own a PSP, you're already familiar with.
During the demonstration, Sony showed an icon under the Playstation 3's
"Network" menu called "Remote Play." As you can see in the image below,
it clearly depicts a PSP. Sony has also confirmed that you will be able
to
use the PS3's integrated WiFi functionality to "throw" the PS3's video signal to your PSP. Details were found in
Game Watch's coverage of the event. So not only will you be able to use your PSP to control your PS3 games, you'll be able to use your PSP to
see your PS3 games.
It should be noted that because only the 60GB Playstation 3 model
includes integrated WiFi, this function will apparently not be
available on the 20GB model.
This feature may just be one small component of Sony's implementation of
DLNA
on the Playstation 3. Other possible (as in, we're just guessing)
implementations include being able to watch movies from the PS3's
Blu-ray/hard drive on the PSP, and being able to watch UMD-Video on the
PS3.
Source:
PSP-Vault