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The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently received a strange request from Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. that could take the PlayStation experience to the next level.
Per Business Insider, Sony has filed a patent application for the ability to turn household items and food products into PlayStation controllers. The order was paired with an illustration of a banana being used to play the video game console.
“The system comprises an operable input unit for obtaining images of a passive non-luminous object maintained by a user such as a video game controller,” says the patent. “For example, a player can hold two bananas – one in each respective hand; or, for example, two oranges – one in each respective hand. “
The new feature will be done through a camera that will map virtual buttons on an object of the player’s choice. According to the patent, Sony believes that this is an inexpensive way to enhance the gaming experience. In addition, it will help users take advantage of all the features of the console, as parts of its multiplayer mode.
At this point, it is not clear whether this concept will come true. Although Sony has done its best to patent the idea, it does not mean that it will actually hit the market. A patent only protects the technology from being used by Sony’s competitors for now.
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