Immersion Teams up With eDimensional – Controller of the Future in the Works?

If console wars are to be considered an actual battle among the triad of gaming industry, then it’s only apt for each to gather as much ammo they could muster. Nintendo Wii has the revolutionary Wiimote (and a cheaper tagprice), Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has a well-established online feature with its Xbox Live! (and pretty good headstart), and Sony’s PS3 is promising to have the complete package.

Immersion, the same company that sued Sony for allegedly stealing the rumble technology present to earlier PlayStation controllers, has just granted eDimensional a patent license for advanced vibro-tactile. The said technology is aimed for PC and Sony PlayStation and PlayStation 2 gaming peripherals. While it may be noticeable that the PS3 is not mentioned among them, it’s not actually farfetched to assume that the feature could be infused to Sony’s upcoming next-gen machine.

eDimensional will now include Immersion’s TouchSense tactile feedback technology along with next-generation, virtual-reality motion-sensing in the upcoming G-Pad Pro Gyroscopic Game Pad designed for use with a PC or with the Sony PlayStation 2 game console. It’s worth noting that Sony has removed the rumble feature in its PS3’s controller claiming that the said technology is messing up the controllers motion- and tilt-sensing capability.

However, Victor Viegas of Immersion Corporation has openly announced before that “Immersion has experts that would be happy to solve that problem for them” thus signifying possibilities of merging the features. Mark Belinsky, Immersion vice president of marketing strategy even claimed that “adding eDimensional as an Immersion licensee means that we’re supporting the combination of touch feedback along with motion sensing. Together, these technologies define what most gamers would call ‘next-generation,’ and we’re pleased to be working with eDimensional to make it happen.”

If Sony’s starting to warm up with the company that cost them million of dollars, then a controller equipped with motion- and tilt-sensing features, plus reality-based vibrating actions might be part of PlayStation 3’s growing armament — and this pact with Immersion and eDimensional could be its gunpowder. The way this console war is shaping up, PS3 might just have found their own MOAB, or should I say, MOAC (Mother Of All Controllers)?

If console wars are to be considered an actual battle among the triad of gaming industry, then it’s only apt for each to gather as much ammo they could muster. Nintendo Wii has the revolutionary Wiimote (and a cheaper tagprice), Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has a well-established online feature with its Xbox Live! (and pretty good headstart), and Sony’s PS3 is promising to have the complete package.

Immersion, the same company that sued Sony for allegedly stealing the rumble technology present to earlier PlayStation controllers, has just granted eDimensional a patent license for advanced vibro-tactile. The said technology is aimed for PC and Sony PlayStation and PlayStation 2 gaming peripherals. While it may be noticeable that the PS3 is not mentioned among them, it’s not actually farfetched to assume that the feature could be infused to Sony’s upcoming next-gen machine.

eDimensional will now include Immersion’s TouchSense tactile feedback technology along with next-generation, virtual-reality motion-sensing in the upcoming G-Pad Pro Gyroscopic Game Pad designed for use with a PC or with the Sony PlayStation 2 game console. It’s worth noting that Sony has removed the rumble feature in its PS3’s controller claiming that the said technology is messing up the controllers motion- and tilt-sensing capability.

However, Victor Viegas of Immersion Corporation has openly announced before that “Immersion has experts that would be happy to solve that problem for them” thus signifying possibilities of merging the features. Mark Belinsky, Immersion vice president of marketing strategy even claimed that “adding eDimensional as an Immersion licensee means that we’re supporting the combination of touch feedback along with motion sensing. Together, these technologies define what most gamers would call ‘next-generation,’ and we’re pleased to be working with eDimensional to make it happen.”

If Sony’s starting to warm up with the company that cost them million of dollars, then a controller equipped with motion- and tilt-sensing features, plus reality-based vibrating actions might be part of PlayStation 3’s growing armament — and this pact with Immersion and eDimensional could be its gunpowder. The way this console war is shaping up, PS3 might just have found their own MOAB, or should I say, MOAC (Mother Of All Controllers)?