PSVR 2 patent application reveals details about possible new controller

(Paradigm credit: Sony | Remix via Nick Bush)

It'south no secret that Sony is working on a successor to the PlayStation VR. Back in February of this year, the Tokyo-based company revealed that it was developing a new virtual reality unit for the always-out-of-stock PS5.

We haven't had much in the style of official updates from Sony since and then, but a recently discovered patent application gives us a glimpse of what the device'southward controllers might look similar.

A patent application for what nosotros'll call the PSVR 2 controller was filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on February. 26, 2021. The images filed with the application show a device identical to the official render of the PSVR 2 controller that Sony previously revealed.

The images in question have several blackness dots on each 1, and some of the dots announced to correlate with the device's tracking points. According to the filing, "the present invention improves the stability of detecting a light-emitting unit by using a camera." This would presumably be the PS5 Hard disk drive photographic camera.

PSVR 2 controller patent — (Prototype credit: World Intellectual Property Organization)

Save for the tracking low-cal'south placements, the patent awarding doesn't show more than nosotros've already seen from the official return. We run across three additional buttons that a user can printing with their middle, band, and petty fingers. It'due south anyone'due south judge what these extra buttons are for. The ring sitting backside the buttons and the user's thumb, as seen in the official render, is conspicuously visible.

This isn't the commencement time we've seen a patent application filed for the PSVR 2. Early in Nov, a patent application for the device's headset surfaced. Back in 2019, some other patent awarding mentioned the potential for a wireless headset.

That detail patent application said that "signals could be transmitted to the [head-mounted display] by a wired or wireless connection". It further stated that Bluetooth could be 1 method of wireless connection with the panel.

While the latest patent application is certainly real, information technology is no indication of something that volition actually see the light of day. Even the official return revealed in Feb isn't one hundred percent finalized.

Whatsoever the case, we will encounter a PSVR successor somewhen, though there's no way to decide when that will be. It will be interesting to see how this device volition distinguish itself from machines like the Oculus Quest 2 and Valve Index.

Exist certain to check out our PSVR 2 hub for all the data we've gathered so far.

Tony is a computing author at Tom'southward Guide covering laptops, tablets, Windows, and iOS. During his off-hours, Tony enjoys reading comic books, playing video games, reading speculative fiction novels, and spending too much time on Twitter. His non-nerdy pursuits involve attending Hard Rock/Heavy Metal concerts and going to NYC bars with friends and colleagues. His work has appeared in publications such as Laptop Mag, PC Mag, and various independent gaming sites.