The interface is used on Playstation Portable (PSP), Playstation 3 (PS3), Sony's Blu Ray Players and some of the Bravia TV's. In addition, Sony has also added the XMB to its latest range of VAIO laptops.
It is the most easiest and user friendly that I have used. It is self explanatory icons spread horizontally across the screen, selecting icons reveals several options vertically above and below the selected icon thus, forming a cross.
Navigation is very simple any device that uses this kind of interface has an up, down, left and right arrow keys into it such as the 4 way Directional pad or D-pad on Playstation Portable and Playstation 3. As for Blu Ray players and Bravia TV's a D-pad looking button is visible on a remote.Did you know that?
The interface won the Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for "Outstanding Innovation and Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Best Use of Personal Media Display and Presentation Technology" in 2006.
Click here for a web based user guide for PS3's XMB
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