Just because they filed it as a patent doesn't mean it will ever make it onto the actual PS5 controller
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PS5 Controller Will Track Your Heart Rate and Sweat Secretion, Suggests Patent
- Thread starter anastiel
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I live...
Right Joycon: "Am I a joke to you?"
*System warning pops up
*Game paused. Sweat content indicates improper hydration. Please drink water.
*Game paused. Sweat content indicates improper hydration. Please drink water.
Hey, I mentioned it in another comment. :P
Right Joycon: "Am I a joke to you?"
The resistant triggers are already something people will say cool the first time they experience it then stop giving a shit. Controllers are one of those things companies still feel the need to inject new features into but more often than not those features go unused and are nothing more than a cost sink. Sony could have simply improved the flaws of the DS4 and gamers would be happy.
"Your Playstation has detected that you have the Coronavirus. Please give us money, download a bunch of games and stay home"
What's with sony putting stupid useless gimmicks in their controllers? First the touchpad, lightbar, and speaker. Now this. Ew no thanks lol.
Oh, goody. Jam as much useless shit in the controllers as possible so you can charge $90 a pop. The DS4 is fine, don't turn PS5 into Wii2. If I want to sweat, I'll go to the gym. I don't need pixelated Jillian Michaels screaming at me, Sony.
But will the sweat detectors compensate for junk food residue left behind by that one grubby friend who never washes their fucking hands?
My hands never sweat
This just reads like an excuse for Sony to tell me to "go outside and take a break" message mid destiny raid.
This just reads like an excuse for Sony to tell me to "go outside and take a break" message mid destiny raid.
This would actually be useful for monitoring user (dis)comfort in VR - or even for acute incidents, panic attacks etc - and adjusting certain parameters accordingly. VR comfort isn't a solved problem so research into that is worthwhile.
Speaking of, I imagine this patent is probably a matter of research rather than imminent commercialisation plans (i.e. in DS5). But it was cheap to implement for VR future proofing it might be worthwhile.
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If it can track your heart rate and suspend the game when your heart rate goes too high for safety that would be good.
The article I read about this yesterday on USGamer (link grabbed via SIFTD) said the patent called this a "biofeedback sensor attachment for a controller," so hopefully it'll just be something I can never put on my damn controller.
I haven't seen a link to the actual patent to look at, though.
Sony going to end up sending an ambulance when I sit all sweaty on my couch, five rum and diets deep, mid temper tantrum hurling expletives at Bloodborne 2.
In all seriousness, I agree with everyone that suggests this won't really lead anywhere interesting, it's just a patent claiming.
In all seriousness, I agree with everyone that suggests this won't really lead anywhere interesting, it's just a patent claiming.
Just give me paddles and better analog sticks. I'm not exactly comfortable with my console collecting and analyzing my heart rate.
Or this. This is actually a more lucrative field i feel. They don't have to guess what you're thinking at any moment in any game. It's also why Netflix never shares thier data. It's valuable.
