Text / Kakabu [Gamermarch (please indicate the source)]
Sony has already adopted gamepad haptics on the PlayStation 5, and the feature has been used to enhance the experience of some first-party games.
Yesterday GamerMarch reported that Sony has registered a patent for a game controller (gamepad) that can change the temperature depending on the player's movements and gameplay. According to source Exputer, the patent describes the capabilities of a concept controller that will enrich the "tactile experience" with the help of a soft, "elastic deformed" sensor assembly. After releasing the DualSense Edge elite controller in January this year, Sony will also run on the road of optimizing the controller to try to overtake Microsoft.
Some of the patent's exciting details, such as sensors that detect when the player presses, twists, rubs, or squeezes the handle. In addition, the controller also contains a "temperature control device" that can make the temperature of the controller higher or lower, depending on the player's customization needs or the specific scene that appears in the game.
The patent also mentions the potential to use a combination of "magnetic fluids" and electric or magnetic fields to change the shape and hardness of the soft parts of the theoretical controller, "for example, the greater the deformation of a temperature control device may be controlled, the higher the temperature." "This allows the user to feel the temperature change corresponding to the deformation."
Needless to say, this will enhance the player's immersive experience.
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Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC; Abbreviated SIE), formerly known as Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI or SCE), is a Sony game console, game software development, manufacturing and sales manufacturer, founded on November 16, 1993 in Tokyo, Japan, since 1994 has used the current 45 degree angle tilt square pattern as the company logo. The four major markets are divided into North America, Europe, Japan, and Asia by region.
On April 1, 2016, Sony Computer Entertainment merged with Sony Network Entertainment to form "Sony Interactive Entertainment", and the headquarters was moved from Japan to San Mateo, California (which is also the headquarters of SIE USA), and the trademark follows the square trademark of SCE.
Founded: 1993
Headquarters: San Mateo, California, USA
Representative works: PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 5