Report: Sony Developing "Hybrid Separable Motion Controller"
Sony has filed a patent for a "hybrid separable motion controller."
According to a recent patent filing, Sony is working on a modular motion controller.
Dubbed the "hybrid separable motion controller" in the filing, the controller is essentially a fusion of the Dualshock controller and the PS Move motion sensor.
Diagrams indicate that the controller can be played like a regular controller, broken apart to play motion-enabled portions of games, and then recombined again.
The patent also indicates that both sides of the controller will be equipped with an accelerometer, speaker, magnetometer, and gyroscope for motion detection.
Unfortunately, the patent reveals little of the plans that Sony has for this motion controller, although presumably this new motion controller may be the first of many plans that we see for the next-generation PlayStation as we move into 2013.
You can see the patent filing for yourself here.
and they will make the kinect the only input device for their console.
not really, most of the crap in the controller could be done with a simple chip/s that costs nothing.
if they arent wired together at all, than its will be the batteries that cost the most in it, and probably wont add to the cost of the next system and with how much crap dropped in price, probably not the stand alone controllers either.
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besides this, i want a consle maker to make head mount displays supported from DAY ONE
at least that way they make make more head room in the market than as the specialty product they currently are.
This is Toms. Need I say more?
Really, that looks harder and useless. How are you going to be able to reach the directional controllers without extra the leverage of one hand holding the other side of the controller?
Wii Motion Plus is also 1:1 when properly programmed and the Wii U Gamepad is 1:1 by default (accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer).
Even the original Wii remote can understand traversal in conjunction with the IR sensor but that does require it to be pointed where the IR camera in the remote can see the IR light bar so it's limited.
. comfortable
. functional
You can thumb me down all you want, but I won't tolerate anything that it doesn't equal or better
this 2 major points above.
So do I think that this proposed controller for PS4 as illustrated here is crap?
Absolutely.
When you take away half of the controller, only your curled fingers are holding the remaining half. There can be no compressive force between your hands because each part is only held by one hand. Relax your fingers, even for a moment, and the controller-half can slip to a different orientation, or slide right out of your hand entirely. Now imagine that the controller-half is moving around rapidly, such as in a simulated karate game. Because the acceleration forces on the device are that much higher, you have to hold it that much tighter with your fingers to avoid slipping. After an hour of that, I think you'd have a hard time gripping anything with your hands. And over time, this just seems like it will end up in something far worse than carpal-tunnel syndrome.