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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2018
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An entertainment system includes a two-handed controller comprising corresponding controls in each of opposing halves of the controller, a first of the corresponding controls in each half providing input in at least two dimensions and a second of the corresponding controls in each half providing input in at least one dimension; and an entertainment device comprising a receiver adapted to receive control input signals from the two-handed controller, and adapted to operate in a first mode where the received control input signals from the controller are interpreted according to an asymmetric control assignment, and to operate in a second mode where control input signals from the first and second controls for a respective half of the controller are used to control the position of a respective virtual limb in three dimensions within a virtual environment provided by the entertainment device.