PS5 may get this bizarre robot companion to play games with you

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PS5 may get this bizarre robot companion to play games with you

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Sony's PS5 is ready to be an impressive next-generation games console, but it could also come with a robot friend if Sony's latest patent is annihilation to get past.

The patent filed with the Us Patent & Trademark Function details an bodily robot companion, not a PS5-orientated virtual assistant, making this one of the more bizarre PlayStation patents we've seen. The robot drawn in the patent looks something like a drawing sketch of a cloud with optics, arms and legs, which Sony describes equally a "human-blazon pet-blazon robot".

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Sony envisions the robot as a course of a companion to go with the PS5, which will sit with the user and watch movies with them, too as watch their gaming and react to what'south happening on the screen that the PS5 (or a after PlayStation console) is attached to.

"A user places a robot nearby and views contents together, while the robot communicates with the user by outputting a reaction to sympathise with the user or outputting a reaction against the user conversely, on the basis of a deduced user'south feeling," the patent explains.

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But the robot could too accept the form of a virtual object when the user is wearing a head-mounted display, likely a PS VR headset.

"In the embodiment, in the virtual space constructed when the user wears an HMD, a machinery is proposed in which the content is reproduced in front of the user, and when the user turns sideways, the user may see how the virtual character is viewing the content together with the user," the patent said. "Similarly to the robot, the virtual character as well communicates with the user by outputting the reaction to empathise with the user or outputting the reaction against the user conversely."

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The patent besides details what looks like some course of sensor or camera on tiptop of the Tv the console is continued to. From what nosotros tin glean from the patent, this camera organisation is part of what Sony describes as a "feelings deduction unit of measurement" that uses camera footage, motion and biological sensor data, and audio inputs to detect how someone using the console is feeling and thus can instruct the robot how to react.

The thought of a robot companion might seem odd for some, especially when online gaming and Twitch streaming is and then prevalent that people rarely demand to game alone. Just Sony reckons such a robot could aid encourage people to game.

"It is expected that the user'south affinity with the robot is increased and motivation for playing a game is enhanced by the robot viewing the game play next to the user and being pleased or sad together with the user," the patent added.

Equally the hype and competition betwixt the PS5 and Xbox Serial X builds alee of their release toward the stop of 2020, it looks like Sony will explore innovative, if slightly bizarre ways to assist its panel and PlayStation ecosystem stand out.

Roland Moore-Colyer is U.K. Editor at Tom's Guide with a focus on news, features and opinion articles. He frequently writes about gaming, phones, laptops and other bits of hardware; he'southward also got an interest in cars. When not at his desk Roland can exist establish wandering around London, ofttimes with a look of curiosity on his face.

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