Depends on your implementation, it could be a great addition, or a very bad idea.
PlayStation logo, one of the most important companies in the sector, and which has now registered this patent.
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The issue of patents in videogames is very particular, and it is that over the years we have been able to learn about a large number of these, some of which have later been translated into the most unique products or functions, and which have managed to surprise us all, while others went into oblivion, waiting for some executive decides to dust it off and implement itUnfortunately, sometimes this doesn’t happen. Even so, players do not learn and we will continue to be excited every time one of these is discovered, and today it is the turn of PlayStation, a company that over the years has offered us some of the best games in history.
As we have already said, and as the headline of this news also expresses, we are talking about PlayStation has registered a very particular patentwhich would allow you to capture emotions through voice chat, this being a very curious function, and that at first can make us raise an eyebrow.
A very special technology
As we have been able to learn through a Reddit post, Sony would have filed a patent, which is basically capable of detecting the emotions of users in a voice chat, in order to be able to moderate their chats more efficiently. This would be the general explanation, and if you want much more details about its operation, and you have the knowledge to understand it, here you have the complete document, which consists of about 15 pages.
This patent would probably help a lot in certain traditionally toxic communities, such as Call of Duty.
Of course, this may even sound fanciful, but the truth is that it could allow them to more correctly moderate all their voice channels, something extremely necessary in certain video game communitiesin which the most hurtful and aggressive insults are usually poured, which end up making some players feel bad.
Of course, it is necessary to be careful, since These kinds of technologies are never perfect., being able to ban people when they have not broken any community rule. Also, for many people this can feel like an invasion of their privacy, and therefore push them to use other tools to use voice chats, such as Discord, which is already available on PS5.
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