New PlayStation Patent Reveals Banana Controller Concept – Sony New Features: A patent filed by Sony last month would allow players to use items such as bananas and oranges in place of actual controllers, basically turning everyday objects into inexpensive game peripherals.
While Sony’s patent uses bananas and oranges specifically, the idea is that any “non-luminous passive object being held by a user” could take the place of an actual game controller.
A PS Camera would take a picture of the object in the player’s hands allowing it to be used to control the game.
Theoretically, this would work for games using motion controls, but Sony is even looking into ways that buttons could be mapped to certain areas of the banana!
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The 2020 patent for a ‘Controller Device‘ showed a device capable of tracking the user’s fingers, similar to existing VR controllers from Oculus and Valve.
The controller described can detect “the proximity or contact of a finger and outputs a finger detection signal indicating the state of proximity or contact of the finger.”
In 2019, another patent suggested that Sony could be preparing to release a next-gen PlayStation VR headset. It described a device that includes two front cameras and one rear camera, as well as upgraded Sony Move controllers which could feature a built-in camera too.
Sony has filed a patent for a system that could turn bananas and other household items into PlayStation controllers
- Sony Interactive Inc. has filed a patent to convert inanimate objects into game controllers.
- The system could potentially work with anything from coffee mugs to pens.
- It would also be equipped with a camera that will allow players to press virtual buttons.
In a recently filed patent application, Sony Interactive Entertainment submitted a system that could potentially use a banana as a PS5 controller.
Yes, you read that correctly. The patent application, discovered by GamesIndustry, was filed to the US Patent and Trademark Office on July 15, 2020.
It describes Sony’s intention to potentially allow any “passive non-luminous objects” such as bananas, oranges, pens, and even coffee mugs to replace your PlayStation’s DualSense controller.
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- Sony’s patent vaguely outlines how its system would work without going into too much detail. According to the filing, an “input unit” would first obtain images of an object being held by a user as a video games controller.
Sony recently rolled out a new software update for the PS4, and things aren’t going so hot. Update 8.00 was meant to introduce several new quality of life improvements, such as streamlining Parental Controls and adding new free avatars.
Unfortunately, there have been a few issues with the rollout of this latest update, including a major change that players were not warned about ahead of time.
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A recent PlayStation blog post detailed the new features in the update. The one that is causing the most fuss is the latest change to party chats.
According to a new note added to the blog post, some users are getting an interesting notification after installing Update 8.00. This notification explains “Party Safety” and warns gamers that “voice chats in parties may be recorded.”
This was clearly a point of contention, as well as a cause for some confusion among gamers, which is most likely why Sony added the extra info to the blog.
According to Sid Shuman, Senior Director at SIE Content Communications, players are getting this notification because of a feature coming to the PlayStation 5 next month.
Shuman wrote, “Voice chat recording for moderation is a feature that will be available on PS5 when it launches and will enable users to record their voice chats on PS5 and submit them for moderation review.”
