7 Apr. (Portaltic/EP) –
sony has filed a new patent for its PlayStation 5 (PS5) DualSense controller, which is made of an elastic material capable of responding to gestures such as tapping or squeezing and changing temperature during use.
The latest controller presented by the Japanese technology company for its next-generation console is DualSense Edge, which supports customization of the controls to adapt them to the player’s needs.
Other of its outstanding features are the option to recalibrate the so-called dead zones of the ‘joysticks’ and triggers, as well as the user interface on the controller to create profiles and switch between them intuitively.
The company has been working on new possibilities for the controller, which it has patented with a new controller design that integrates as the main novelty the ability to change the temperature depending on what is happening in the game.
According to this patent, this control uses an elastic and deformable material -such as a macromolecular gel material and other elastomers- “to enrich the user’s haptic experiences”.
Thanks to this new format, the controller is capable of recognizing user gestures, so that could be pressed, rotated, pinched or rubbed, among other actions, concentrated in that elastic part of the device.
In the patent it is also mentioned that the controller can also “communicate to the user the sensation of heat and cold”, which indicates that its temperature could change based on what is happening during the game.
