Sony patents odd VR foot controller with giant trackballs

[Gamernyc78]

Sony patents odd VR foot controller with giant trackballs

Sony Interactive Entertainment's latest patent takes inspiration from old trackball mice with a new PlayStation VR2 controller operated with feet.

www.tweaktown.com

Sony's latest VR patent (US20230398438) is a little unconventional. It's a controller that gamers can operate with their feet, kind of like some sort of inverse Roll & Rocker from an alternate universe. The device is essentially a big trackball with a housing outfitted by bearings, complete with "inertial measurement units" like an accelerometer or gyroscope.

Read more: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/9515...t-controller-with-giant-trackballs/index.html

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

The more immersive VR they go for, the better IMO.

 

[anonpuffs]

twitch streamers boutta go wild

 

[Danja]

They need to can VR

 

[Zzero]

Looks like an accessability controller to me. If so, good.

Edit: Nope, it really is VR, as said in the patent. I guess it could work, if people really want a dedicated VR chair or whatever.

 

[John Elden Ring]

Companies patent all the kinds of weird shit.

 

[Loy310]

Looks like an accessible vr controller?

 

[rofif]

Seems more like accessibility which is a fantastic idea

 

[KiryuRealty]

The balls are modeled after Jim Ryan’s massive cojones.

 

[Alabtrosmyster]

I'm going to try to stand on this one day and die.