We all know that one backseat gamer, constantly telling you to ‘go there’, ‘watch out’, and other useless callouts.<\/p>\n
Perhaps you’re even that person, turning your infinite gaming wisdom to teach Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok streamers how not to be complete failures.<\/p>\n
Now, these armchair co-stars are getting more influence.<\/p>\n
A new Sony<\/a> patent has been discovered that could soon give the tapped-out player so much more control by introducing an adaptive cursor that can give online viewers a way to point them in the right direction.<\/p>\n Streamer watchers are getting the power with PlayStation 5’s latest patent<\/p>\n With streamers becoming increasingly annoying to watch, given a heightened skill level in recently-released games, Sony is putting viewers to good use.<\/p>\n A new patent will introduce new cursors that viewers can place on a content creator’s PlayStation console that will replace spamming instructions and directions into Twitch chat.<\/p>\n According to the patent, which was filed in 2023, the feature will include “game-specific screen share features can be provided to viewers of a video game livestream. <\/p>\n “The viewers can control a themed or adaptive cursor presented to the gamer during gameplay, and can also provide themed or adaptive sentiment-based reactions to the gamer during gameplay. <\/p>\n “The cursor and reactions can then be surfaced to the gamer a number of ways and can even be tied back into the game execution environment itself.<\/p>\n RELATED ARTICLES<\/p>\n Read More: GTA 6 may be unplayable on PS5 if players don’t follow this one instruction on launch day<\/a><\/p>\n Sony is pushing the boundaries of what can be done with a PlayStation with its new-era patents, which are piled in heaps throughout the blue-team offices.<\/p>\n