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Sony Patents Reconfigurable Controller

Posted by Soulskill on from the keeping-up-with-the-wiises dept.

1Up reports on a patent recently awarded to Sony for a game controller that fits together in several different ways to accommodate different types of gameplay. It also appears to make use of motion-sensing technology, much like the Wiimote. "This new controller isn't just another revision of the Sixaxis; rather, it looks like a complete overhaul of the form and function of the device, resembling a pair of ice cream cones more than Sony's ubiquitous Dual Shock. The images accompanying the patent display two Wii-like remotes with removable button faceplates, topped off with strange, bulb-like shapes. These glowing, spherical structures house LEDs and ultrasonic sound emitters, which would allow the PlayStation Eye camera to determine the controllers' positions in three-dimensional space."

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  1. Damn! by brian0918 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wish Nintendo would have thought of that first, so that I could put back together the Wiimote I threw through my TV.

  2. Sony in a nutshell by neostorm · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is a great example of Sony as a company - take someone else's idea, brainstorm on it, and then head off in precisely the wrong direction at full-steam.