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Sony patent application shows control method that resembles Wii U

2012-02-02 14:34
В Sony filed for an interesting patent in 2010 that shows it has technology that resembles Nintendo 8217;s upcoming Wii U game console. Titled Position-Dependent Gaming 3-D controller, and Handheld as a Remote, the patent shows that the game company is at the very least interested in a controller or mobile device with a built-in display to be used as an input device for a console game. The concept is similar to the Wii U, which was unveiled at E3 last year. The device shows objects onscreen and interacts with the objects on В the television while acting as a controller. It suggest that the next-generation game consoles will embrace touchscreen tablets in a big way. Below is a description of how the device is supposed to function: Methods and systems for using a position of a mobile device with an integrated display as an input to a video game or other presentation are presented. Embodiments include rendering an avatar on a mobile device such that it appears to overlay a competing user in the real world. Using the mobile device 8217;s position, view direction, and the other user 8217;s mobile device position, an avatar (or vehicle, etc.) is depicted at an apparently inertially stabilized location of the other user 8217;s mobile device or body. Some embodiments may estimate the other user 8217;s head and body positions and angles and reflect them in the avatar 8217;s gestures. The device is position-dependent, and the application only describes it as a mobile device, so it 8217;s difficult to know whether it 8217;s a handheld such as the PlayStation Vita or a separate game controller designed for a future console. Still, it 8217;s only a patent application, and Sony may only be covering their bases for future control possibilities. It has been said in the past that the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3 combination can do what Nintendo 8217;s Wii U can do. Perhaps Sony was way ahead of us on that one. Check out the additional images below: Via US Patent Office Filed under: games
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