Sony patents tech that turns bananasinto a PlayStation controller
b'Sony patents tech that turns \\u2018bananas\\u2019into a PlayStation controller The patent is essentially a method that turns a \\u201cnon-luminous passive object being held by a user\\u201d into a controller, superimposing virtual buttons on top of it, with a banana being described as the example. A camera could detect the objects so they could be used as controllers, or a camera could \\u201cdetect a user\\u2019s finger in the obtained images\\u201d to coincide \\u201cwith the location of the virtual button\\u201d. The idea is to use any physical object, it could a coffee mug or an orange, as a video game controller.'