Sony's PlayStation motion controller patents venture into abstract realms

We've seen plenty of PlayStation motion control patents from Sony, some of them surprisingly similar to what we've actually observed of the as-yet-unnamed controller. This new one, however, gets a little odd. The basic structure seems familiar, but Sony's recently-filed patent application deals with add-ons in wild ways that not even the peripheral-happy folks at Nintendo have envisioned. Our favorite is probably the double-ender (Fig. 6B for those of you following along at home), which is probably the most assured recipe for a little brother's bloody nose to be run by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office since the longstaff was invented. So, does this mean more cash to shell out for a "full" PS3 motion control experience? We can't imagine Sony being gung-ho about that strategy in the face of the (as yet) add-on free Project Natal, but we suppose we'll just have to wait and find out.

[jackculled Posted Dec 8th 2009 11:05PM]

Sony motion controller has some pretty good commercial too, though one of the most 'craziest' I remember is PS3's last video about a PS3 slim crashing to a Sony Bravia HD.. at 50MPH.. LOL, hopefully they will still create videos like that on the coming years.

http://bit.ly/PS3-crashing-to-bravia-how-insane

[neoanime Posted Dec 8th 2009 11:11PM]

I see that someone wanted to imitate Darth Maul with Fig. 6B.
Awesome.

[One Love Posted Dec 8th 2009 11:31PM]

Romulan Disruptor?

[JayVe Posted Dec 8th 2009 11:38PM]

http://zattooblog.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/universal_translator.jpg

[IBneel Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:21AM]

the more i see of this and natal
the more i want motion control to fail

[Davo Posted Dec 9th 2009 6:51AM]

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no. Xbox motion sensor for Kim Jung Il then.

[JackBarron Posted Dec 9th 2009 1:27PM]

Did Sony outsource the design to Doc Johnson?