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Sony Interactive Entertainment have a new patent for a robot companion which reacts to your emotions/gameplay

Toumari

Toumari

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Oct 27, 2017
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Sounds kinda cool for kids actually. So it's a bit like a more advanced Tamagotchi for gaming.

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Sony is working on a new robot technology that watches your gameplay and reacts to your emotions. It is a companion robot that is seemingly developed to help lonely gamers? And encourage them to play more games. According to the patent, data shows that when a player is being watched it boosts his/her motivation for playing the game. The patent describes the robot as a "joint viewing player." The robot will react to your emotions.
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The inventor focused on the possibility of utilizing a robot as a joint viewing player who experiences sympathy with a user. For example, it is expected that the user's affinity with the robot is increased and motivation for playing a game is enhanced by the robot viewing the gameplay next to the user and being pleased or sad together with the user.
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via Respawn First: https://respawnfirst.com/sony-is-working-on-a-bizarre-technology-for-lonely-gamers/
 
thuway

thuway

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Oct 27, 2017
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With this and DualSense - it really feels super neat that Sony is going after innovation and quirk.

This is very Nintendo like.
 
Philippo

Philippo

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Oct 28, 2017
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Me: *keeps dying in Elden Ring*
An AI developed to understand my feelings and emotions:
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Nightengale

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Oct 26, 2017
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<By the way, you've died to Bloodstarved Beast 20 times already, isn't it about time to gitgud?>
<I saw the you lowering the difficulty from Normal to Easy *laughs* >
 
gofreak

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Oct 26, 2017
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They've filed a lot of patent applications over the last year or so relating to robotics & drones. The latter more for 'live action' drone games in physical arenas. The former more like this, a living room device, with some more and less interesting applications. Some involve using a robot to map the room in realtime (SLAM basically), mapping real objects, using a robot for second screen projection that may be dependent on the user's gaze, projecting stuff onto controllers, telepresence for VR... loads of stuff.

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Probably a lot of it is longer term research for a time when a household robotics/projection can be nimble/cheap/powerful enough.

I could see some toio-like systems leaning more into robotics though, shorter term.
 

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So instead of having a sidekick in my single player action games that annoys me by talking nonstop, I will have a stuffed animal next to me in real life that annoys me nonstop while I play games?
 

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LOL this thing is fucking freaky as shit looking.
 
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