Sony Patents Motion Tech Using Everyday Items as Controllers

Considering Sony only just revealed their new motion control wand at E3 last month, we're not quite sure what to make of this: Siliconera reports ( via Joystiq) that Sony has patented new motion control technology that will apparently allow gamers to use any real-world object as a controller. According to the description of this technology, it'll use the PlayStation Eye camera to read any object a player holds up to it, which will then be used to control actions in a game. One example described is the use of a U-shaped block. Although it's just a standard block, the camera can read its position, allowing the player to affect the game world depending on how the block is held. So for example, if the block is held with the U-shape pointing upward, a character in a game will turn on a lightsaber-like sword. Hold the block downward, and the laser-sword turns off. While the u-shape block is one example given, the system ... (link)