Remember when Nintendo showed off its vitality sensor? It was meant to be a biometric you stuck your finger into, so that games could read your emotional state, and alter the game based on your heart rate. It would take something Like Left 4 Dead’s AI director and make it a million times more effective. It was a silly idea then, and we all laughed. The device never came to fruition. And now, Sony’s patented something quite similar. Only substantially crazier. It goes in your mouth.
This comes via a Sony Computer Entertainment of America patent filed two years ago, but published yesterday by the US Patent Office.
A small sensor would fit behind your front teeth and detect the changes in hormones and chemicals in your saliva. This would allow it to ascertain your psychological and emotional state, and then throw more bad guys at you in your videogames.
"Emotion recognition or understanding the mood of the user is important and beneficial for many applications; including games, man-machine interface etc.," the patent states. "Emotion recognition is a challenging task due to the nature of the complexity of human emotion; hence automatic emotion recognition accuracy is very low."
It would work in conjunction with a suite of other sensors – like a ring to measure your heart-rate and a head-cap to measure brain activity. this would all work together with the biometric sensors that were originally part of the PlayStation 4’s controller – before Sony wisely abandoned the idea.
I’m all for innovation, but having gaming accessories that go in your mouth? No thanks.
Last Updated: April 25, 2014
Umar's Sin
April 25, 2014 at 07:49
Sony can put whatever they want in my mouth…..I mean…..Uhm…..Well this awkward…..
Wincethis
April 25, 2014 at 07:58
But, but, the Xbox One has Kinect, television, and sports! http://gamemoir.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/xbox5.gif?w=1112
Hammersteyn
April 25, 2014 at 07:59
But not nearly as intimate as Sony. Now say aaah
Wincethis
April 25, 2014 at 08:00
Gaaaahahhhhhh
Umar's Sin
April 25, 2014 at 08:00
Kinect wants to watch, just like a voyeur, Sony wants to be close to you…it want’s to be in you.. #trueLove
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
April 25, 2014 at 08:02
It likes to cuddle afterwards… wait… what?
Umar's Sin
April 25, 2014 at 08:04
Sony will still cuddle afterwards…MS will just be like, “Ay yo, I..I gotta go, peace out”
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
April 25, 2014 at 08:15
RROD
Jedi JJ
April 25, 2014 at 08:18
That means something else to people who have been to jail, or bought an Xbox One.
Norm the Horrible
April 25, 2014 at 08:21
RROD…. to the teeth!
Wincethis
April 25, 2014 at 08:07
So SONY is going for those chaps out there who are #foreverSP? “Like a virgin…” http://act.mtv.com/files/2011/08/thumb_1984-Like-A-Virgin2.gif
Umar's Sin
April 25, 2014 at 08:09
Sony will love you NO MATTER what. ForeverSp? Don’t worry, Sony will love you long time
Wincethis
April 25, 2014 at 08:09
What, SONY will touch you for the very first time? 0-O
Hammersteyn
April 25, 2014 at 07:51
So I guess this device doesn’t apply to most people from Cape Town?
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
April 25, 2014 at 07:53
BOOM
Umar's Sin
April 25, 2014 at 07:53
ROFLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh man, this is the best comment ever. Dat passion gap!
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
April 25, 2014 at 07:54
Please don’t ever call it that again… Ever. Please.
Umar's Sin
April 25, 2014 at 07:55
That is what it’s called is it not? I still don’t know where the name came from
Hammersteyn
April 25, 2014 at 08:00
Apparently it elevates french kissing to a whole new level. If I recall my club rugby days. Yet I don’t recall he French doing this at all.
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
April 25, 2014 at 08:01
Guyz… STAHP
Umar's Sin
April 25, 2014 at 08:03
Neither do I . Apparently you’ve never experienced true kissing like a passion gap kiss
http://31.media.tumblr.com/bfddd74ec8423f65db5d68afc8ec805a/tumblr_msh0vv9LCd1qzmh88o1_500.png
Hammersteyn
April 25, 2014 at 08:05
He looks like a vampire, but he can hardly bite his victim to suck their blood. The best that mouth can do is give a hickey
Umar's Sin
April 25, 2014 at 08:07
LOOOOOL imagine all the mushy sounds while he tries to suck the blood *SHLURRRRRRRP*
Hammersteyn
April 25, 2014 at 08:07
Whahahahahaha!
Jedi JJ
April 25, 2014 at 08:12
More of an extraction gap than a passion gap
Wincethis
April 25, 2014 at 08:13
Oh man. You just disturbed the rest of my day…
Jedi JJ
April 25, 2014 at 08:14
The things that go lisp in the night
Hammersteyn
April 25, 2014 at 08:15
XD
Umar's Sin
April 25, 2014 at 08:16
LOL!!
Wincethis
April 25, 2014 at 08:17
Lol. Have you seen the video?
Jedi JJ
April 25, 2014 at 08:17
Nope. Will have to have a look.
Wincethis
April 25, 2014 at 08:19
Don’t do it! Lol. Really rather disturbing.
Jedi JJ
April 25, 2014 at 08:19
Ah. Alright. Thanks for the warning
Umar's Sin
April 25, 2014 at 08:16
This pleases me
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
April 25, 2014 at 08:14
STAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHP
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 25, 2014 at 08:31
I can tell you, but I’d prefer not to lol
Norm the Horrible
April 25, 2014 at 08:20
BWAHAHA!! Passion gap!!! *sheds a tear*
VampyreSquirrel
April 25, 2014 at 08:30
Good memories? hahahaha
Admiral Chief in Space
April 25, 2014 at 08:31
Oh snap!
Norm the Horrible
April 25, 2014 at 08:40
Good thing I don’t live in Cape Town or it would probably be so.
XD
Wincethis
April 25, 2014 at 08:01
Gwat ooo ooo wean?
Hammersteyn
April 25, 2014 at 08:03
Google can’t translate that.
Brenz
April 25, 2014 at 09:07
awe jy, whe must I put dis fing naow!
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
April 25, 2014 at 07:52
Ok puttingsomething in my mouth? No thank you. But I still feel the idea behind it is cool.
It could add some very unique dynamics to game by having the game subtly change based on your biometrics.
It could also be used for data collection. See what makes a gamer most excited, scared, etc; which can then be used to make the next game even better by pinpointing exactly what gamers are most responsive to.
Umar's Sin
April 25, 2014 at 07:57
Or it could just be used to inject microchips into our brain…Oh wait this isn’t MS
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
April 25, 2014 at 08:01
#trollol
Hammersteyn
April 25, 2014 at 08:02
I take it one doesn’t take turns using it, like you play a game and then pass it to your brother and when he’s done you use it again?
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
April 25, 2014 at 08:02
That’s disgusting lol
Norm the Horrible
April 25, 2014 at 08:19
I prefer Nintendo’s idea better. 😛
Should make one that you wear on your wrist (great place to detect pulse).
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
April 25, 2014 at 08:36
As I said. The idea is cool. Just not inside my mouth. As you said. Around the wrist or something instead
Admiral Chief in Space
April 25, 2014 at 08:04
At least its not a device that requires some sort of lube…
Hammersteyn
April 25, 2014 at 08:07
No….. just teeth
Jedi JJ
April 25, 2014 at 08:08
O_O
Jedi JJ
April 25, 2014 at 08:07
Heh?…
http://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/thumbs/diy-bluetooth-glove-headset.jpeg
Umar's Sin
April 25, 2014 at 08:10
Best Leon Prank EVER
Hammersteyn
April 25, 2014 at 08:11
Taste the rainbow
Admiral Chief in Space
April 25, 2014 at 08:25
I forgot about this one, thanks for reminding me
4:14 GOLDEN
Umar's Sin
April 25, 2014 at 08:29
Best ever lol
Admiral Chief in Space
April 25, 2014 at 08:31
Cracked me up!
Guest
April 25, 2014 at 08:22
That’s great, but wouldn’t you have to wash it every time someone else used it?
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 25, 2014 at 08:33
And here I thought the article I read earlier about a VR treadmill was the stupidest thing I’d read today, but not even 30 minutes later…
Jedi JJ
April 25, 2014 at 08:36
VR treadmill?
Can we please just pretend that I never read you say that? I don’t want to believe how low we as a species have gone
Admiral Chief in Space
April 25, 2014 at 08:37
Species that worship stupidity
Jedi JJ
April 25, 2014 at 08:43
So true it’s sad.
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 25, 2014 at 09:50
Are you trying to say the bacteria in my gut aren’t smarter than my brain? O_o
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
April 25, 2014 at 08:36
VR Treadmil 0_0
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
April 25, 2014 at 09:00
The Virtuix Omni?
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 25, 2014 at 09:49
Yeah that’s it. I can’t believe people actually want something like that.
InezPJacobs
April 25, 2014 at 08:46
It could also be used for data collection. See what makes a gamer most excited, scared, etc; which can then be used to make the next game even better by pinpointing exactly what gamers are most responsive to. http://xub.me/VmOay
Pieter Kruger
April 25, 2014 at 09:34
Yeah, Kinect can already do this and I don’t need to take it in my mouth…..LOL!
Unavengedavo
April 25, 2014 at 10:12
Boy am I glad that we got past the whole 18th century “the rectum is a vital location for health” thing O_o
Sk3tz0
April 26, 2014 at 18:19
HAHAHA… and if u get a hardon while playing Evil Within, ur PS4 calls the nearest Shrink..