Sony has shown us some great stuff substitute controllers for the PlayStation 5, and a potential version is still in the patent stage. Recently Published patent document It is suggested that Sony may currently be experimenting with touch technology that allows a part of your controller to change shape or temperature depending on how you play.
The patent, originally spotted by the gaming site flagrant, detailing how the technology would work if that were to happen. The console will feature a more flexible “elastic member”. While the controls as they exist today are hard, inflexible plastic, the flexible member can actually change shape. And while that hard plastic body hasn’t changed in decades, controllers have gotten more advanced, adding details like the haptic features found in the current DualSense controller that comes with every PS5.
“However, recent years have seen widespread use of technologies that display vibrations and dictate sensations in order to enrich user experiences in games and the like,” the patent document states. “The present invention has been made in view of the aforementioned conditions, and it is intended to provide a control unit capable of enriching tactile experiences.”
The patent further describes a sensor that would measure details such as whether a flexible piece is touching, twisted, pinched with a finger, pinched, compressed, or loosened. It can also measure things like acceleration. In response, this flexible part of the console can change its temperature, shape, and rigidity. I’m trying not to make a dirty joke, but Sony’s patent description does most of the work here. The fact that all of these features are controlled by pressure and heat from the player’s hands makes it look even worse.
Regardless of my little brain, the touch technology is pretty neat. The flexible piece can be filled with pockets of gas that expand. When the console heats up, the organ’s gel can change its stability. The flexible piece also has the vibration capabilities of any modern console. While it might be interesting to think about how a console could convey the intensity of a volcano level or simulate the feeling of a rope climb, I have some reservations. All of these features look like they could be also Physically stimulating when I’m trying to focus on executing some satisfying moves God of War.
It’s also important to realize that just because a patent exists doesn’t mean the console will ever come to life, or that Sony has any plans for it. companies often Defensive patenting, basically so that no other company can do it (at least not without paying), even if it’s not something you actually want to pursue. Before the release of PlayStation 5, Patent documents revealed a version of the console It never saw the light of a Walmart shelf.
These possibilities seem more like extra bells and whistles than anything that would change the way you experience PlayStation games today. in Premium DualSense Edge reviewAnd Kotaku Staff writer Kenneth Shepherd couldn’t recommend the console to the average person because of its hefty $200 price tag. If the temperature-responsive controllers cost so much more than the regular DualSense, I’m not sure if it’s really worth swapping out what you currently have.
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