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SAPARi (さぱり) was an online 3-D virtual world service developed in Java and run by Sony. Users could speak to one another and join chat lobbies by using a dedicated server browser called the Community Place Browser. Upon selecting a server, users would appear in a 3-D virtual world as an avatar in the form of a human or an animal.
SAPARi was an early Sony‑developed virtual world for the PlayStation 2, pioneering console‑based social environments before broadband was widespread. It influenced later console social platforms, including PlayStation Home. SAPARi demonstrated that living‑room hardware could support persistent social worlds. Its early experiments helped shape the trajectory of console‑driven virtual socialization.
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