Alongside the development of its next-generation Playstation console, the PS5, Sony is creating a voice assistant of its own, according to the company's recent patent filing. However, the software will not be like Google Assistant or Alexa (Amazon) or Cortana (Microsoft), it will go beyond supporting the user within the game.
According to Daniel Ahmad, gaming industry analyst, the Playstation Assist will work in sync with the game, helping the player through the challenges that will arise along the way. It will be possible, for example, to ask where the character's health recovery item is or to help tell what the next step is to be done.
Sony has filed a new patent for an AI powered voice assistant called PlayStation Assist.
You can input a query and then the game will dynamically respond.
E.g. Ask for the nearest health pack > The game marks it on your map.https://t.co/BQWibOqSRP pic.twitter.com/PNKDEH7jGe
The Japanese game developer described its assistant as:
a method for assistance in games
In the patent registration it is said:
"For example, when a player gets stuck in a part of a game application, they can request help through a query to a backend game assistance server. The query can be any format or a combination of formats, including audio, text, video, etc. The game assist server is configured to match the query to responses modeled based on the current game context from which the query was presented."
The registered patent says that the given answer will be generated through "deep learning engine" (deep learning mechanism), managed by the game's assistance server or by a third-party AI (artificial intelligence). The intention of the project is to bring the user an enhanced experience between player and game). Sony also says that:
"The player may want to get more information about some aspects of the gaming app, such as character information, strategy information, general popularity of the gaming app, scheduling a time to play with friends in a multiplayer format through a service from cloud gaming. , getting information about friends from social networks who are playing the same app or another gaming app (e.g. find out which gaming app a friend is playing, getting information about that gaming app, getting purchase information about this game app, etc.), getting information about how to overcome some obstacles that prevent the player from moving forward in the game app, etc."
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"As a result, the player has a more immersive experience with the gaming app, so that instead of just playing the game app right away, so to speak, the player can enhance their game with information that is presented (e.g. , audio, text, video, etc.) concurrently with gameplay and/or an ongoing conversation with an automated game assistant (e.g. butler/game browser) during gameplay configured to provide psychological information and player informational support ".
However, this rumor about the emergence of the voice assistant developed for Sony's new console should be viewed with caution, as several patents never materialized. However, the idea is still plausible, especially as the use of AI continues to grow, both in the gaming industry and elsewhere.
Source: Eurogamer
