I swear, if Microsoft starts coming out with a Kinect Tablet that instead of having a touch screen, it senses your hand movements, I'm gone to destroy the world.
Sony Patents "EyePad" Controller
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It took almost a week to get this news on the Escapist, but at least they got the part about the name being a placeholder and not a guaranteed named.
However, the patent lawyer battle would be EPIC, were it to happen. I would have popcorn in one hand and a vuvuzela in the other.
Kinect v2pointoh might be integrated, but it's unlikely to be mandatory.Genocidicles said:
That would be irrelevant, however, as the ibranding would be more likely to win. Of course, this depends entirely on them releasing it as the "Eyepad," which is not an official name. Which also depends on them releasing it. Sony's patented a lot of products to never see the light of day.VanQQisH said:
However, the patent lawyer battle would be EPIC, were it to happen. I would have popcorn in one hand and a vuvuzela in the other.
I do wonder if the name used is a troll attempt, just for shits and giggles.Major_Tom said:
They haven't really done anything yet. This is a patent on potential hardware that, incidentally, appears to build on prior Sony patents in the first place. I'm not sure what you're specifically talking about, but the name is not a given and the idea for the hardware possibly predates any Wii application, so it's hardly revolutionary. Keep in mind, this is a European patent specifically. I don't know much about the European patent process, so it's quite possible this filing is specifically necessary in Europe for things already covered in Japan and/or the USA. The hardware itself isn't even specific, either; the actual patent application says what MAY be included. The configuration is not set in stone.trty00 said:
"Apple Lawyers" was the first thought that popped into my head as well. & they'll probably lose again.Evil Smurf said:
The first generation iMac was made in 1998, whereas the EyeToy came out in.. 2003?VanQQisH said:
I actually want the Apple team to win this one. This is such an obvious troll name. iPad and eyePad, c'mon now.
Apple lawsuit arriving in 10, 9, 8...
They have to know Apple will sue them over this nonsense. Which suggests that they are very confident they can win.
They have to know Apple will sue them over this nonsense. Which suggests that they are very confident they can win.
None of which were exactly original devices, so it's weird to call it "ripping off" in the first place. This is part of the reason it seems necessary to be so "exacting." To make sure you understand that such statements are not only weird, but out of place and not exactly grounded.trty00 said:
Thedutchjelle said:
You guys do understand there's nothing to sue over, right? It's not a trademarked name, it's just a name given as a placeholder in the patent documents. They may have kicked it around the office as a joke or whatever, but there isn't even a product to sell yet, let alone an intellectual property dispute because it hasn't really been named yet.Adam Jensen said:
Hell, even the Escapist article is headlined with "EyePad" in quotes.
And Nintendo ran after the mainstream market. Hell, it's not unreasonable to eliminate the "Nintendo" step here and just accuse Sony of going the way the market already appeared to be going. And at that point, complaining is really ridiculous. It's akin to complaining that the last generation of consoles used controllers. I mean, how dare they "rip off" everyone on the market!Rainforce said:
The fact is, there has always been a certain amount of similarity between devices and always will be. There's a reason that most controllers look similar, for example, at least in terms of basic layout. I don't get why suddenly, so many people are obsessed with reinventing the wheel, to the point people will go after a company for copying something another company didn't invent.
I mean, by the logic that seems to go around here, the iPad is one of the greatest ripoffs of all times. Apple did what it's done for the last couple of decades and took someone else's idea and made it shinier. Yet we see the Slate, from guys who brought us tablets a decade before the iPad, and ZOMG COPYING APPUL.
Hell, I owned an MP3 player that existed before the iPod, and people referred to it as an iPod "clone." I sort of wish they had cloned the ergonomics when they went into the future and ripped Apple's 'to be released in a year or two' idea. I think my second Mp3 player also beat Apple to the market. I seem to recall that Archos was the first to the market with an HDD-based MP3 device, and they were accused of ripping off Apple, too.
Nintendo took the existing idea of touchscreen gaming and offered it up in the DS. That's great, but hardly a new thing. They took the Philips CD-i, gave it a gyroscope, and created the Wii (simplistic statement, but it should get the point across). Again, cool but hardly a new idea (even for consoles, this time). Tablet applications for big-screen use? Again, not really all that novel. Cool, but not so much an idea that's the sole domain of Nintendo.
At this point, due to the success of mobile gaming on smart phones and tablets, the entire gaming industry is going to be looking into this. And like it or not (I don't, for the most part), they probably SHOULD.
I know, right?Zachary Amaranth said:
also I'm playing some game with my Logitech dual shock controller on pc right now, which is TOTALLY IRRELEVANT that I'm complaining about ripped off designs : D
(seriously though, I think the dual shock concept is the best controller design I've ever seen. the weird Gamecube and Xbox stick asymmetry is annoying as hell.)
This "prototype" looks exactly like the Wii U pad which, I personally think that it is the dumbest idea ever. Why would you even own a T.V. if you could do all of the game and stuff on this pad alone?
This just doesn't seem like a smart move on Sony's part to me. Not to mention the impending lawsuit from our sue-happy friends at Apple, the "Eye-Pad" seems like a cool idea until you play with it, then it seems like a massive paper-weight when you can't play with it effectively.
This just doesn't seem like a smart move on Sony's part to me. Not to mention the impending lawsuit from our sue-happy friends at Apple, the "Eye-Pad" seems like a cool idea until you play with it, then it seems like a massive paper-weight when you can't play with it effectively.
The screen on the controller is a good idea at first, and I liked it... AT FIRST. But think about it, there you are Need For Speed, any mistake and you lose the 1st place you've been struggling to keep, so you look at the map for a single moment, but WTF the map's not on the screen!!!!! It's there, the middle of your controller: you're HOLDING IT, neat huh? Only as soon as you look at it you lose control, because your attention was driven away from the main screen, and you fucking lose the race. Now, this problem will happen in every game with a similar feature... I love games on my iPad, I truly do, but hey, they're designed FOR the iPad and tablets alike, meaning the only screen is the iPad screen. Ah Sony, don't do that...Nomadic Fanatic said:
