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Sony’s new design patent: Banana turns into a PlayStation game console controller #vr (160175)

Compared with traditional home video game consoles, they must be operated with a controller, and the operating interface settings are relatively limited. Therefore, Sony’s patent may be to break such restrictions, and at the same time make game interaction more flexible, and even Adding more fun, on the other hand, can even reduce the demand for the use of the controller, avoiding more e-waste problems in the future.

In addition to bananas, items including oranges, mugs, etc. can also be used

Compared with the current common home video game consoles, most of them will be equipped with a set of controllers to allow users to operate the game project. However, Sony proposed in mid-July last year and was approved in early February this year.A special design patentIn this way, users can use visible objects in daily life as controllers. Even bananas are used as an example in the patent description. They can even interact with 3D virtual space content in this way. It seems that they can also be used in the future. Realistic operation.

According to what Sony stated in the patent description, it means that after the camera can recognize the object, the virtual button is mapped to the tracked object through the object tracking technology, so that the user can use the object as a controller in this way.

At the same time, Sony stated that the tracked object can be bananas, oranges, or mugs, pens, glass products, etc., but did not specifically specify whether the tracked items have restrictions on size, material, etc., and this design patent will be used for PlayStation related content.

Compared with traditional home video game consoles, they must be operated with a controller, and the operating interface settings are relatively limited. Therefore, Sony’s patent may be to break such restrictions and at the same time make game interaction more flexible. Even adding more fun, on the other hand, it can even reduce the demand for the use of the controller, and avoid causing more electronic waste problems in the future.

In addition, the relevant instructions even mention that this type of design can be applied to 3D virtual space interaction, which means that this design may also be applied in the future.New PlayStation VRThe corresponding virtual reality interactive experience may even be directly used as a controller through the user’s hands.

However, it is not yet possible to confirm whether Sony will implement this technology in future sales of products.


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