Is this Sony playing catch-up to Microsoft’s Project Natal? It may be developing a system that lets you control the PS3 with real world objects, like coffee mugs, glasses, bongs, and books.
This isn’t the motion controller wand we saw at E3. It looks a little more like Microsoft’s Project Natal, except you’d actually be using physical objects—anything you had lying around—as a motion controller.
https://gizmodo.com/a-few-more-details-on-sonys-motion-controller-5299619
The object (demonstrated in the diagram by that U-shaped-looking thing) is mapped into the system by rotating it in front of the camera, and saving it as a file.
If this sees the light of day, I give it 24 hours until we see the first YouTube video of someone playing Killzone with their Chihuahua.
I also wonder if Sony will comment on this patent when it coughs up more details on its E3 announcements at the Develop Conference on July 14.
https://gizmodo.com/even-more-ps3-motion-controller-details-coming-on-july-5302401
[Siliconera via Kotaku]
https://kotaku.com/sony-motion-control-patent-shows-coffee-mug-gaming-5306751
