A new patent filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment has surfaced and is making rounds for its impact on the PS5 and what could be added in an update in the future. future. The patent comes in the way of the U.S. Trademark and Trademark Office, and although it was filed back in September, it was not published until January 7. Like most patents, it has a hole on this new one, “The game ‘s place user interface, however, while the patent title is snooker, the interior details are quite interesting.
While the patent is full of technical jargon, its abstraction is boiling down the new technology that Sony has been working on, and now patented. According to the patent’s official summary, the technology allows players to communicate through broadcast messages both in text, image, and audio format to other game players. This allowed players to leave notes and messages for other players at specific locations or during special events. If anyone knows this it looks like Sony just made a copy Death Strand.
“Generating, linking, and displaying in-game tags is published. Such tags bring an added amount of community engagement to both single and multiplayer games. Through these tags , players have the power to communicate via text messages and images as well as audio clips that other game players, including high-end players, have created and sent at specific coordinates and / or in the context of specific events within the game space.
At present, it is difficult to imagine how this technology could be implemented. As it is, managing and filtering is like a nightmare, however, as you can see, it works with single and multiplayer games, although it seems like you have to internet connection to access.
For now, take all this with a grain of salt. While the patent is legit, there is nothing to say whether we will ever see this technology in the PS5 or any PlayStation console. Companies like Sony file get patented all the time, many of which have never grown beyond the conceptual level.
At the time of release, Sony has not commented on this newly released patent. In the past, when patents have surfaced, Sony has declined to comment. If for some reason he breaks this pattern and comments on the patent and the profiteering he created, we’ll be sure to update the story. In the meantime, for more coverage on the new PlayStation console, click here.
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